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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
“I think I can! I think I can!”
From Astronomy Pic of the Day comes a tale about The Little Mars Rover That Could! Nereus Crater on Mars Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission, JPL, NASA; Image Processing: Kenneth Kremer Explanation: It was along the way. The robotic rover … Read More
Fingerprint
In the really cool department… this is from The Times October 13, 2009Unrecognised Leonardo da Vinci portrait revealed by his fingerprintBen Hoyle, Arts Correspondent The ghost of a fingerprint in the top left corner of an obscure portrait appears to … Read More
Saturnian Dust Ring
Very cool. From Astronomy Pic of the Day: Giant Dust Ring Discovered Around SaturnCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Virginia Explanation: What has created a large dust ring around Saturn? [Spooky music HERE] At over 200 times the radius of Saturn and over … Read More
LEPANTO!
We need more victories like these right now.
Interesting article about the Shroud of Turin
CNA has a cool Shroud article. A detail I did not know: [W]e know that the blood contacted the shroud before the body “because there’s no image beneath the shroud.” Pope Benedict has announced that the Shroud will be … Read More
Shine on Harvest Moon!
Space Weather News for Oct. 2, 2009 http://spaceweather.com HARVEST MOON: This weekend’s full Moon has a special name–the Harvest Moon. It’s the full moon closest to the northern autumnal equinox (Sept. 22). In years past, farmers depended on the light … Read More
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un- – – – – tethered
From Astronomy Pic of the Day: Explanation: At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut … Read More
A spanner in the works
Sometimes life runs smoothly. You are in the groove. Things click along. Then… A little thing goes wrong and the proverbial spanner is in the works. That is when the 80/20 rule clicks into play and you wind up spending … Read More
Just Too Cool: College kids build space camera for $148
Watching the destruction of education in the US and elsewhere should be sufficient to prove that throwing lots of money at a project doesn’t always produce results. Here is a great story. The $150 Edge-of-Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA … Read More
Documentary about Matteo Ricci screened at Venice Film Festival
Very cool… from CNA: Documentary about Jesuit missionary to China screened at Venice Film Festival Venice, Italy, Sep 12, 2009 / 06:13 pm (CNA).- A new documentary on the life of Fr. Matteo Ricci, a pioneering Jesuit missionary to China, … Read More
