I think you’ll be intrigued by this: [...]
|
This one, the German Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, is anticipated to have more than one tone of material make it through re-entry, including a large, heat-resistant mirror system. [...] I thought this was amusing. And ironic, considering the stunt pulled at the White House before. ===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle Not politics. Science and a bit of science fiction, combined with a sad commentary on … a commentary. [...] 
The phrase “Trojan asteroid” meant, a century ago, an asteroid in a gravitationally stable point either 60 degrees ahead or or behind Jupiter, but in its same orbit. These are “low spots” gravitationally, and tend to collect debris over time. [...] 
Eight years ago, on a February morn, I was struck by the loss of Columbia on re-entry. We waited for long minutes, and in the sky above my office the high, thin contrail from the ill-fated orbiter dissipated with our hopes. Soon, the reports of debris began. [...] |
||
|
Copyright © 2012 DeHavelle.com - All Rights Reserved |
||
![the-declaration-of-independence[1]](http://www.dehavelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/the-declaration-of-independence1-150x150.jpg "the-declaration-of-independence[1]")
![Japanese_road_camp[1]](http://www.dehavelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Japanese_road_camp1-150x150.jpg "Japanese_road_camp[1]")
![A16sm[1]](http://www.dehavelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/A16sm1-150x150.jpg "A16sm[1]")
![memorial_day[1]](http://www.dehavelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/memorial_day1-150x150.jpg "memorial_day[1]")
Recent Comments