International Left-handers Day

What happened to NASA?

January 27, 2014

Do We Need Another Space Truck?

NASA’s Space Shuttle program ended July 8, 2011, we no longer have any satellite boosting capacity, other than ‘throw-away rockets’ that were until then the mainstay.

The Space Shuttle was our ‘Cargo Capable Carrier’ from Earth to orbit, retreival of non-functioning, repair and return-to-orbit satellites, and, was re-usable. Only the orbiter’s main tank needed replacing when used (refitting was also required). Once the ‘way to go’ was worked out and snarls removed, many satelittes were put into orbit, including the very large ”International Space Station” inhabited by dozens of ”space fare-ers” up to now. There were a total of 135 missions. Canada produced the ”Canadarm”, the necessary mechanical arm used to remove ‘cargo’ and delicately place it into  orbit.

Notable satellite, “The Hubble Space telescope” was one. Due to the vacuum of space and distance from gravity-heavy, atmosphere and tremor-filled Earth, the Hubble has, and continues to produce awesome images of billion light-year distant Stars and Galaxies. Now what could be more inspiring than that? Knowledge of other planets with lifeforms like our own would be a momentous occasion.

”SpaceX” in 2011 has commited to designing and building a heavy-lift, low-cost rocket booster that would do twice the job of current rockets, at a third of the cost, in the ‘mythical’  $1,000/pound range, still being worked on.

In 2012, NASA was building a heavy lift rocket bigger than the Saturn V, that would have a payload of 77 metric tons, due in 2017. But is it a Space Shuttle? Not being reusable, this would not be the case. It’s a ‘different package’ rocket, to be used for deep space missions.

Manned Mars missions would cost $500 million with a scaled up version of this new rocket, with a 130 ton payload, compared to a shuttle SRB worth $23 - $70 million. The SRB did have a lower payload.

So, space is not being ‘left alone’, we do have future plans for inter-planetary travel, and, it will be spectacular.

. Sources: Ask.com, Google images

DS

Antibody for fighting cancer emerges

Antibody for fighting cancer emerges https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170519151432.htm

Read about how the body can fight it’s own cancer.

David Schaedler 5/23/17

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U.aS. Election Spending Using his $330 million, I’ll bet Donald Trump sent an SOS to Russia in his seemingly unreasonable rants to the public, ‘asking to be saved’ from Hillary Clinton s “$1.2 billion”, spent on the campaign. Or maybe it was just his support of wife from Slovenia.

CIA REPORTS IN SEPTEBER THAT RUSSIAN HACKING IS INTERFERING IN US ELECTIONS

In September, in a Congressional meet meant to establish bipartisan support in order to stand with the international community against Russian government interference in US elections, as reported by the CIA, President Obama’s had his idea squashed by Mitch McConnell, a seemingly unAmerican act, threatening partisan action. In a check on the government, the media had publicized this with varying results.

DS 12/11/16

James Comey, FBI director, "has been terminated and removed from office". News 2:55 pm PST, 5/9/17. David Schaedler

Smartwatch? It must've charged? 1 week!

Alphabet's health division Verily built a health-focused smartwatch with 1-week battery life (for science) - Android Police

February 7, 2016

Funny things you find on the internet ...

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Image credit: Google Images

YOUR SISTER

    I have a sister, but we don’t talk. We should, I have that feeling. We grew up together, I left when a teen to go to school and I had seen her some. We still haven’t talked at all. I talk to my brothers just fine. I’m old now and want to make amends, however, I can’t think of how to break the barrier between us. I get the impression it’s just like another person, being so close. Ideas? Comments?

DS :-)

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ISS

The ISS is over Arizona, travelling at 4.76 m/s, heading North, now! 8:45 am PST, 4/25/17.

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

Trump Commits Impeachable Offense

https://plus.google.com/100212344229354267307/posts/jDoTKNyP8Wi

    Trump probably has committed many Impeachable Offenses, but he has also covered up that with fake news, and tweets covering his butt by distractions, misdirection and out and out bluster.

    This time, it wasn’t for firing James Comey from his job as FBI Director, but a disregard of intelligence information he handed over to…

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