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5 July 2016
Wise Words from Richard Feynman About Juno and Jupiter
JUNO is in orbit around Jupiter, and one of NASA’s most difficult missions is so far a success. I ran across this quote while reading Feynman’s Lectures on Physics tonight, and it is so appropriate. Dedicated to the folks at JPL, and all who worked and will study the data, from JUNO. “The stars are made of the same atoms as the earth.” I usually pick one small topic like …
13 November 2013
The Most Amazing Space Picture Of The Year
I know others have blogged this today, but for those that missed it… and an annotated version- WOW!
16 August 2013
Is Voyager 1 In Interstellar Space?? The Debate Heats Up
NASA Voyager Statement about Competing Models to Explain Recent Spacecraft Data Aug. 15, 2013 A newly published paper argues that NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has already entered interstellar space. The model described in the paper is new and different from other models used so far to explain the data the spacecraft has been sending back from more than 11 billion miles (18 billion kilometers) away from our sun. NASA’s Voyager …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.