Fly Me to the Moon
The time is upon us when the first civilian journeys into space are on the not to distant horizon And with Virgin Galactic already having sold out of tickets for their first (as yet unscheduled) flight, it appears there is going to be no shortage of people willing to shell out the minimum $200,000 ticket price
Freshman / Father Team Unveil Cell Phone Industry's First Game Rendered in OpenGL 3D
Jared Schrock, a high school freshman, and his father today announced the release of Metron3D, a galactic asteroid fighter game available for all Google android cell phones. Metron3D is the first cell phone application to render all animated elements using Google's android implementation of the OpenGL 3D graphics API. 3D elements (e.g. Metron3D galactic starship, 3D asteroids, powerup effects, etc.) are combined with 2D background images derived from the NASA Hubble space telescope. This combination results in eye-appealing stellar game play for players challenging the galactic superhighway.
What are Black Diamonds?
Black Diamonds have an incredibly rich history. Named carbonados by the Brazilians who first discovered them in 1840, Black Diamonds are found almost exclusively in Brazil and the Central African Republic. Carbonado formed 2.6 to 3.8 billion years ago and is exceedingly rare. Carbonado - is a natural polycrystalline diamond and only about three metric tons have been mined, usually from stream beds.
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How to Reduce Light Pollution
More and more research about the negative effect light pollution has on humans and wildlife is coming to light (pun intended) As the population of the planet increases, so does the amount of homes, businesses, parking lots, schools, airports and roadways
Ever Dream of Taking Pictures Through a Space Telescope? This May Bring the Dream Closer
Global-Rent-a-scope, a ground-based telescope time rental service, using space telescope like technology, offers 24 hours a day operation (weather permitting). Global-Rent-a-scope, an international telescope time rental service, based in Mayhill, New Mexico, USA announces, for the first
time in recorded history, a new, spectacular service available anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
Exciting news for amateur and professional astronomers and the general public. Global Rent-a-scope offers access to a remote telescope network that permits astronomical imaging and research 24 hours a day. Similar to the operation of a space telescope, the major difference is that these systems are maintained on the ground instead of in spa ...
Using a Meteor Shower as Decoy for ICBM Attack
In the event of that a threatening nation to the security of America requires a pre-emptive attack, we may wish to consider creating a News Event of an expected meteor shower in the media or consider launching the attack during a real meteor shower. There are many events such as Solar Flares, Space Weather which could give us a few minutes of additional surprise as the enemy looks to consider if in fact it is something else, before they launch, thus giving our multiple warheads time to reach separation point, it also allows us to allow for separation of multiple dummy warheads as decoys to overwhelm the enemies defenses to help us fulfill our kill ratios on desired targets.
Mayans, Meteors, Magnetics and More
Let us discuss the issues of the Ancient Mayan Culture and Society and their obvious advancements over other Indian Civilizations of the period throughout the globe at that time. The city of Tenochtitlán in the Yucatan Peninsula was geographically near the location of a Meteor strike over 100 million years the prior.
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