Freitag, 4. März 2005

(Titel googlen!)

Mars Rovers Have Incorrect Instruments Installed

Christopher Reimer writes "The New Scientist is reporting that the twin Mars rovers, Opportunity and Spirit, has instruments installed in the wrong rovers. From the article: 'While the bungle does not undermine the main scientific conclusions drawn from the data collected by the rovers, it is an embarrassing slip-up for a space agency that once lost a Mars spacecraft because engineers mixed up metric and imperial units.'" [gefunden bei Slashdot ...] 12:33:16 AM   trackback [] 

---

(Titel googlen!)

Neuer Schwung für Rosetta

Zum Schwungholen näherte sich die ESA-Sonde Rosetta heute Nacht der Erde bis auf 1.900 Kilometer. Für Teleskop-Bilder ließ eine dichte Wolkendecke der Bochumer Sternwarte keine Chance. Aber sie konnte die Kometen-Sonde belauschen. [gefunden bei WDR.de ...] 12:30:31 AM   trackback [] 

---

(Titel googlen!)

Oldest living woman

David Pescovitz: Maria Olivia da Silva of Estado do Paraná, Brazil may be the oldest woman alive. She just celebrated her 125th birthday. (AP Photo/Maurilio Cheli) Link

UPDATE: BB readers Andrew Huff and James Stanek point us to the Gerontology Research Group that tracks "supercentenarians." The GRG was profiled last week in the Wall Street Journal. Link
[gefunden bei Boing Boing ...] 12:32:54 AM   trackback [] 

---

(Titel googlen!)

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3809

[gefunden bei SpaceRef Top Stories ...] 12:30:07 AM   trackback [] 

---

(Titel googlen!)

delicious2safari 1.2 - Imports del.icio.us bookmarks to...

delicious2safari 1.2 - Imports del.icio.us bookmarks to Safari. [gefunden bei MacUpdate - Mac OS X ...] 12:29:09 AM   trackback [] 

---

(Titel googlen!)

Star Trek

Investors in space flight industry contribute $3,000,000 to TrekUnited - Money pledged to fund a fifth season of Star Trek: Enterprise [gefunden bei SpaceRef Top Stories ...] 12:27:22 AM   trackback [] 

---