Interview with Senior SETI Astronomer Dr. Seth Shostak – March 15, 2010 By Peter Burkey Dr. Seth Shostak is a self described alien hunter. Author of the book “Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence”, Dr. Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and host …
Monthly Archive: March 2010
Mar 08
March 2010
The March meeting took place on Monday, March 8th at The Beechwood Inn. In attendance: Jim Reier, Frank Roldan, Peter Burkey, George Miller. Old Business Items 1) Treasury Report: Account balance as of Feb. 4th $889.58 Collected Membership Dues $60.00 Vivekananda Monastery Land-Use Fee -$50.00 (To be mailed) Account balance as of Mar. 8th $899.58 …
Mar 01
March 2010
What’s Up in the Sky March, 2010 By Peter Burkey In the past I have written about the real connection between us and the stars (as Carl Sagan said, “we are made of star stuff”). I have related how all of our scientific achievements, in fact, the entire scientific and industrial revolutions, can be traced …
NASA POTD
The Engine Burns Blue
This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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