Oct 21st, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Astronomy, Blurbs, Physics
A little while ago, the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem opened an exhibit featuring some of the torn, slightly burned pages of Col. Ilan Ramon’s personal diary from the shuttle Columbia. Ramon was the payload specialist onboard STS-107 (the spaceshuttle “Columbia”) that disintegrated during re-entry from space, killing all 7 crewmembers onboard. The diary survived the [...]
Tags: Astronomy, Col. Ilan Ramon, Columbia, Density, DNA, Earth, energy, Force, friction, Ilan, Israeli, Light, Mass, NASA, process, Ramon, round, shuttle, Space, space age, Speed, STS, surface
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Aug 11th, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Blurbs, Physics
The Olympics Games are here (well, in Beijing) and everyone’s watching and trying to guess who will win a medal. But, apparently, even the Olympics is a source of scientific inquiry, and not just for geeks. The “Speedo” controversy raises some interesting points about the effect of a swimsuit on the swimmer, and the effect [...]
Tags: Beijing, controversy, energy, Force, friction, Light, Liquid, LZR, Michael Phelps, Olympic, olympics, Pressure, RACER, space age, Speed, Speedo, surface, Swimsuit, Vacuum, Water
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