2001 Exhibit News |
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Volume 2 |
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April 10, 2002 |
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Issue 61 |
April 10, 2002:
Greetings from Dennis Gonzales
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After two attempts, Space Shuttle Atlantis thundered into orbit on Monday, April 8th, at 4:44 p.m., with a new part for the International Space Station, a 44-foot section of latticework that is equipped with a railcar and track. Although watching it on our monitors is not the same as watching it live, the lift-off was postcard perfect launch and still inspiring to see.
For further information on the mission, visit http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/.
And to see the mission on the Internet, visit http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/index.html
To learn up to date information about the mission, visit http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/spacenews/reports/sts110/index.html
All week, NASA Ames Research Center is hosting the second Astrobiology Science Conference set. Over 400 preeminent international researchers have converged on Ames to discuss the field of astrobiologyóthe search for the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.
Of course, my favorite topic of the conference was held today is Life in the Universe. Geoff Marcy from the University of California, Berkeley gave an excellent presentation on Planetary Systems Around Other Stars and how planets are detected and how their orbits are measured to differentiate Jupiter like planets from Earth or Mars like planets. At this time there are approximately 72 planets discovered in various star systems.
http://exoplanets.org/
It was a perfect sigway to the next presentation by Jim Kasting, Pennsylvania State University, Habitable Zones around Stars and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. The habitable zone (HZ) around a star is defined as the region in which an Earth-like planet could support liquid water.
http://exobiology.nasa.gov/blue_dot/blue_dot_jk.html
If we can detect Earth like planets around other stars, then it is conceivable to look for intelligent life. Jill Tarter (a.k.a. Contact Jodie Foster) from SETI, gave an excellent presentation how SETI is doing that. Jill explains the major objectives for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with the Allen Telescope Array. http://www.seti.org/
Later this evening, I attend the sci-fi night chaired by Keith Cowing, Reston Communications with special guests world-renowned physicist Paul Davies on his talk on "How To Build a Time Machine" and science fiction writer, Ben Bova. As you can imagine, I was very excited to talk to Mr. Bova about the topic of sci-fi and making his recent novels into films as Sir Arthur Clarke is for his books. We plan to keep in to contact for an interview for this website. Visit his website at http://www.benbova.net
Paul Davies topic of travelling into the future or backward was not only entertaining but a possible theory. Since time travelling into the future has been proven recently by judging time clocks on a jet or spacecraft and comparing the results with the time clocks on earth itís very difficult to prove for long distant tests. For more information about Time Travel, visit http://residentassociates.si.edu/rap/otomar/davies.asp.
Website Update:
Spaceships category is now updated with new technical diagrams of all the spaceships and technology from "2001." I plan to add more technical blueprints of computer screens and Clavius Base structures and more in the next couple of weeks. I want to thank Dennis Gilliam and Simon Atkinson for allowing me to use their resources to educate the visitors to this website about the type of technology used in the film and designed for space exploration.
Visit http://www.2001exhibit.org/science/spaceships.html
Other minor changes,
http://www.2001exhibit.org/2001expo.html
http://www.2001exhibit.org/arts/panam_costume.html
http://www.2001exhibit.org/arts/goad_costume.html
http://www.2001exhibit.org/arts/goad_costume2.html
More changes are to come as we continue to renovate the website.
Paul Bailey has informed me that his website DN, "2001:a space oddity" has been updated to http://www.cyclepathz.com.
If you have "2001/2010" news to report to the World Tonight, please send them to me! Until then...
See you next Wednesday (Frank).
THE DIGITAL ILLUSION: PCS THAT CAN SEE?
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/03/28/seeing.pcs.idg/index.html
Mike Jackson
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Dennis Gonzales
2001: Exhibit