Outer space posts

eagle on the moon January 10, 2003
On the back of the Susan B. Anthony dollair coin is an image of a eagle on the moon! Wha-Wha-What? Is this crazy? 1) This eagle does not have a space helmet on to breath.2) This eagle could not have…
3D glasses with every computer August 28, 2002
Every day I check out the astronomy picture of the day. Today’s picture was a 3D (red/blue) picture of Mars. I was even able to look at it, cuz i got 3D glasses at my desk. I think every computer…
radio tower on the moon June 11, 2002
Claudio Maccone for Astrodynamics in Turin, Italy is proposing that a radio tower be built on the “radio oasis” on the “shielded zone” of the moon to observe “clean” radio waves from space that aren’t cluttered up from planet earth…
alien lady beetles April 11, 2002
Springtime means that ladybugs come out. But in recent years, we’ve seen a new type of ladybug emerge. One that isn’t as bright red as our earthbound ladybugs. Yes indeed, these new ladybugs are actually… ALIEN LADY BEETLES! They will…
Expect computer problems today, because of solar flares February 7, 2002
We are under a current solar flare attack from our sun. A rather large coronal hole on the sun is shooting magnetic rays towards the earth at current speeds of 591.5 km/s. Expect speeds as high as 800.0 km/s. http://sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_SWEPAM_7d.html…
The Great Spot War on Jupiter February 5, 2002
Jupiter’s Great Spot WarIt’s happening right now! The great Red Spot is colliding with the Great white spot on Jupiter. This sort of battle on this magnitude hasn’t happened since 1975. The overlord red spot vs. the underdog white spot.…
My email to NASA about Space Balloons… Don’t toss ’em away! February 1, 2002
Balloons have been used for decades to conduct scientific studies. NASA balloons are constructed of thin, 0.002-centimeter (0.8 mil), polyethylene film, about the same thickness as ordinary sandwich wrap and are as big as the Louisana Superdome. In order to…
Matt’s Link of the Week October 1, 2001
I just created a new yahoo email group called “Matt’s Link of the Week”. You can join at:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkOfTheWeek/join. This week’s link:Aluminum Foil Deflector BeanieKeep out the martian rays and intercept enemy intelligencehttp://zapatopi.net/afdb.html And the bonus question:Do you believe in aliens?