Same wall, same paint colors, same camera.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Debunking the jet fuel can't melt steel argument once again
Of course it is barely worth the time since conspiracy think is impervious to evidence or logic.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
Pluto enhanced/false color
New Horizons scientists made this false color image of Pluto using a technique called principal component analysis to highlight the many subtle color differences between Pluto's distinct regions. The image data were collected by the spacecraft’s Ralph/MVIC color camera on July 14 at 11:11 AM UTC, from a range of 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers). This image was presented by Will Grundy of the New Horizons’ surface composition team on Nov. 9 at the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in National Harbor, Maryland.
Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Friday, September 11, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
1,000,000 page views!
Although stats were not taken before 2010, and so this is a bit overdue, we are happy to report that HPR has now comfortably passed the 1 million views mark. At between 30,000 and 50,000 views per month, it is clear that the next million won't take quite as long! Thanks to the regular readers for your continued support, and the sponsors who contribute to the continued success of this blog.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tiny water droplets mimic simple automata on a glass slide
"One day, as an undergrad messing around in a science lab, Nate Cira observed a curious phenomenon. His droplets of colored water seemed to be alive."
Quartz
Nature article
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Trinity Jumbo Device
The Jumbo device was intended to contain the precious core of the first implosion device, the Trinity shot, in the event of a fizzle.
"As delivered in May 1945, Jumbo was 10 feet (3.0 m) in diameter and 25 feet (7.6 m) long with walls 14 inches (360 mm) thick, and weighed 214 long tons (217 t). A special train brought it from Barberton, Ohio, to the siding at Pope, where it was loaded on a large trailer and towed 25 miles (40 km) across the desert by tractors. At the time, it was the heaviest item ever shipped by rail."
http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/archive/nucweapons/jumbo
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Pluto up close!
Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14. The color image has been combined with lower-resolution color information from the Ralph instrument that was acquired earlier on July 13. This view is dominated by the large, bright feature informally named the “heart,” which measures approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) across. The heart borders darker equatorial terrains, and the mottled terrain to its east (right) are complex. However, even at this resolution, much of the heart’s interior appears remarkably featureless—possibly a sign of ongoing geologic processes.
Credits: NASA/APL/SwRI
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Airplane wing damaged by impact with drone?
Can't be real, the drone seems to just float past the wing.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Closing the radiation door at NASA
NASA, GOES R systems require calibration prior to integration. This vault simulates the application radiation environment (space) to allow detailed calibration under these conditions. The doors are about 4 feet thick.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
Dragon pad abort LES test
Dragon traveled from 0-100 mph in 1.2 seconds, reaching a max velocity of 345 mph.
The test simulated how Dragon would carry astronauts to safety if an emergency occurred on the launch pad. Crew Dragon’s abort system is powered by eight SuperDraco engines which together produce 120,000 pounds of axial thrust. The engines are integrated directly into the sides of the vehicle rather than carried on top of the vehicle as with previous launch abort systems. This configuration provides astronauts escape capability from the launch pad all the way to orbit and allows the spacecraft to use the same thrusters to land propulsively on land at the end of a mission.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
HPR now mobile friendly!
Blogger and google search now strongly suggest that all blogs work on mobile platforms, i.e. computers with a 124 x 86 pixel resolution and 1 decibit of ram.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
N 10,000 onboard footage
A CTI N 10,000 lofts a Madcow Frenzy (30+ lbs) to two miles with 50 g's maximum acceleration.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Saudi bomb destroys massive ammo depot in Yemen
From a safe distance.
A bit too near for comfort.
Danger close.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Giant smoke ring over Russia
Of course, the plebs who looked up at the sky for the first time in 3 years were unable to identify this and quickly went for government or extraterrestrial explanations.
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