Name: Bennett Dawson
Dateline: Fairfield, Vermont
Weblog: ezsgblog.com/vtdawson/index.php [RSS]
Articles: 107
First Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Last Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Currently listing articles 107-51:
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Stardust Returns - Earth's Scientists Begin To Study "The Stuff Of Stars"— "To see the capsule safely back on its home planet is a thrilling accomplishment."
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Hubble Captures The Orion Nebula With Unparalleled Clarity— This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete.
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SpaceX Reschedules First Launch for February 8th— Not too long ago, there was a Titan launch that had eleven scrubs and a Delta launch that had six.
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The Hot Topic: FM Is STEREO. Does That Really Mean Anything?— How art and technology devolves from one generation to the next because everyone basically forgets how it was done before.
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Titan's Halo and the Christmas Tree Cluster— Despite blowing off my plans for a "Space Year In Review", I would like to share two rather nice pictures...
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The United States Senate Decides To Complete The International Space Station— The 2006-2007 NASA budget includes language to ensure NASA completes a balanced science plan and requires a report to Congress every two years.
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Black Hole Swallows Neutron Star?— Oh yeah, that old elliptical galaxy... on the outskirts no less.
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Season Finale— Well, they tore its head off, so I think it's dead already.
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Thirteen
— This is the last "regular" episode. The two hour finale is scheduled for Sunday Evening.
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NASA's Mike Griffin Explains Space Science Cuts— "I am aware that many in the science community have questioned NASA's commitment to science."
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NASA: Back to Eating Seed Corn?— I hate this aspect of being informed.
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Twelve
— Judd rambles, Danni smiles, Greg teases. They vote...
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SpaceX Scrubs Maiden Launch— Anomalies Force Delay.
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Earth's First Asteroid Landing/Take Off By Japan's Hayabusa Spacecraft
— Data Analysis Reveals That Hayabusa Landed On and Took Off from Itokawa, much to the surprise of the Engineers.
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Eleven
— A not so perfect way to end your Thanksgiving.
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What Will Become Of The International Space Station?— Europe looks ahead, while the US looks away.
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HiSentinel Airship Reaches 74,000 Feet— This is the first program to successfully fly an airship in near-space.
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SpaceX Sets New Launch Date for Falcon 1
— On November 25th, America will enter a new era of access to space.
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TV Review: Survivor - Week Ten
— It's all good paranoia. You are your own worst enemy.
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Cosmic Mountains of Creation - New NASA Image— The pillars themselves are colossal, together resembling a mountain range.
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TV Review: Survivor - Week Nine - Pukin' an Lyin'.
— All kinds of drunken bummishness.
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Visiting Venus - ESA Launches The Venus Express— ...with a surface temperature hotter than a kitchen oven, and a choking mixture of noxious gases for an atmosphere.
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Eight
— Aw, not him!
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The Hot Topic: The Death Of Cooking?— It looks like microwavable foods are taking over the gastro tracts of the world...
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Seven - Not Too Bad
— This woman showed strength and perseverance beyond the call of duty.
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If You Like Hubble Pictures, You'll Love The Large Binocular Telescope— The twin mirrors were polished to an accuracy of 30 nanometers, or 3,000 times thinner than a human hair.
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Space Elevator Competition - 2005 Challenge Results— "What happened this weekend is akin to the Wright brothers' first powered flight."
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SpaceX Charges Racketeering - Sues Boeing and Lockheed Martin!— Boeing and Lockheed Martin have engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to eliminate competition in the government launch business.
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Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Six - Kill 'Em All— Personally, I'd like to see how they would deal with a hurricane like the one that hit Guatemala last month.
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Space Shuttle Woes - Fly or Mothball?
— ...and then admitted that NASA simply does not have enough money to carry out the schedule.
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Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Five: Ho Hum?— The winning tribe will be able to escape the oppressive jungle heat without risking life and limb.
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The Space Age of SpaceX - Falcon I Prepares For Liftoff
— The civilian space program finally takes off with the launch of Falcon I - October 31st
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Four: Bugs or Lepers?
— Who is the smelliest member of your tribe?
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TV Review: Survivor: Guatemala - Week Three
— Despite winning the "better camp", NAKÚM is plagued by a Howler Monkey.
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NASA's Voyager One Passes Through Termination Shock— Voyager 1 has passed into the border region at the edge of the solar system and now is sending back information about this never-before-explored area.
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Review: Survivor: Guatemala Week Two— ...these folks are down to eating ants and minnows and grasshoppers...
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NASA Shows Off The Next Generation Of Space Craft— The Exploration Systems Architecture Study has been released.
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Survivor: Guatemala - WEEK ONE
— The first week of Survivor: Guatemala started out with the addition of Stephanie and Bobby John (from Survivor: Palau).
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Japanese Spacecraft Prepares To Land On Asteroid Itokawa— ...
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Survivor Guatemala - Season Preview and Cast Directory— The castaways will be stranded amid the ancient Mayan ruins of northern Guatemala.
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SpaceX Announces the Falcon 9 - A Fully Reusable Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle
— ...making Falcon 9 the most cost efficient vehicle in its class - worldwide.
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NASA Mars Rover Climbs Husband Hill— Like any journey that starts with the first step, Spirit started to roll, and headed toward the hills.
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NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Addresses AIAA Space 2005— They are all heroes for "getting back on the horse" that we all know will throw us again...
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Pets - The Second Generation Effect Part II— Now don't get me wrong, I like having chickens around, but I don't love 'em like I love my dog.
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Pets - The Second Generation Effect Part 1— Amateur animal psychology and breeding for amazingness...
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Why The NASA Shuttle Must Continue To Fly— NASA Administrator Mike Griffin and The New Times Trade Words
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Why Should I Love (or hate) Newt Gingrich?— ...and I may be "mis-remembering" how things actually were back then.
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NASA'S Swift Satellite Finds Newborn Black Holes— Stars are exploding two, three and sometimes four times in the first minutes following the initial explosion.
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Our Milky Way Galaxy - As You've Never Seen It Before— The Milky Way, it turns out, is no ordinary spiral galaxy.
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Next NASA Shuttle Launch Scheduled For March 2006— Engineers have come to grips with the fact that is impossible to eliminate the tank foam problem.
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NASA Scientists Discover New Method For Predicting Solar Weather— "It's not only interesting scientifically, but has broad implications for society."
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100 Million Dollars To See The Dark Side Of The Moon— Space Adventures Offers Private Voyage to the Moon
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Back From Space - NASA Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely In California— ...ending one of the most publicly followed space missions since the days of the moon landings.
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t/Space Tests Space Vehicle Parachutes in Pacific Ocean Drop— ...
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Solar Radiation Danger May Delay Manned Mission To Mars— The astronaut would have absorbed lethal doses of radiation within just 10 hours.
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Saturn's Moon Enceladus An Icy Mystery - Cassini Update— This is as astonishing as if we'd flown past Earth and found that Antarctica was warmer than the Sahara.
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Burt Rutan and Virgin Group form The Spaceship Company— Virgin Group and Scaled Composites partner to provide sub-orbital commercial tourist flights by 2008.
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