Hello again, dear reader, SPACE While we were Earth-bound last week, 17 out of Earth’s 8 billion people were in orbit – a new (if soon-to-be-exceeded) record. ¿How high an orbit? Consider the standard (in the U.S.) 12-inch globe. They were orbiting 4 tenths of an inch above its surface. The thickness of a piece of standard … Read more
Dear science aware reader, Last Monday, September 26, the 600 kg DART spacecraft struck the 4.8 billion kg asteroid Dimorphos. An Italian CubeSat detached from DART 15 days earlier to take pictures of the collision with cameras Leia and Luke. The collision ‘should’ slow the asteroid’s speed by 2 cm/sec from its initial (stellar) velocity of … Read more
It was in Lesotho, Africa in 1968 when Ashton-Martin Moejane and i reached Maletsunyane Falls on horseback. There wasn’t much water in the stream that plunged 630 feet to a rocky pool below. We dismounted our horses, and tied their reins to a stubby bushes. Ashton walked right up to the precipice edge with no … Read more
Although dawn was merely a suggestion in early morning darkness, i woke to sounds of cheery banter and laughter as men and women greeted each other in my end of Hamahlong village. Thatched roofs aren’t sound proof. I turned over – a challenge in a tub-shaped torture device masquerading as a bed – and put … Read more
James Michael Harris, D.V.M. persuaded the folk at U.C. Berkeley Extension to let the International Bird Rescue Research Center offer a six-week night course in avian anatomy & physiology. This was when the Bird Center was in the warehouse on Eighth Street in Berkeley adjacent to the East Bay Humane Society. I would co-teach with … Read more
David Almandsmith Send this page’s link to your friends and to your representatives and voice your approval of this valuable vision. https://cogito.blog/require-paid-public-service-by-age-24/ Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute expressed multiple reasons why a program of mandatory public service is not only a bad idea, but is also infeasible. His paper is “Mandatory Universal National Service: … Read more
Underlying Concept: Government Support for Candidates Who Show Backing “Every member of Congress is guilty of fundraising on the government’s time and taxpayers’ dime.” “… our ‘representatives’ of the people spend as much as half their time raising money.” “I received a call from a sitting lawmaker, asking for a donation toward the $325,000 dollars he’s obligated … Read more
NOTES c speed of light: 2.99792 x 105 km/sec ls light-second: 2.99792 x 105 km ld light-day: 2.590206837 x 1010 km ly light-year: 9.46 x 1012 km yr year: 3.1 x 107 seconds ve exhaust velocity v … Read more
GLOSSARY BiomodulatorA 29th century implanted medical device that: acquires biometric data: temperature, pulse rate, respiration, blood gases, blood cell counts, pH, electrolyte concentrations, hormone levels, viral and bacterial infections, etc.; stores these data and, upon receiving a correct radio-frequency I.D. code, transmits them via radio signal to the individual’s nearby e-pad or to a health … Read more
Epilogue Saturday 18 June 2831 María Escovedo was in pain; mental anguish actually. She was watching a tragedy unfold while being totally helpless. María was not alone. The entire solar system watched as the Trillium Support facility released selected videos for public viewing. They watched as 17-year-old Esperanza Ramirez requisitioned and collected bomb-making materials and … Read more