Ave Caesar!

Veni, vedi, vici!

:thumb:

LMAO ~ sorry. I read your post and I couldn't help but think of Ceasar's explaination that those in England and Northern France (the Belgae) are the bravest, because they are furthest from the civilization and refinement of Roma

.....I guess a racetrack constitutes refinement?.....I had no idea Caesar had so much in common with Dale Earnhardt Jr.



;) OK...end of Latin lesson :D

Touchdown!
 

The Huygens space probe has touched down on Titan, one of Saturn's moons, Titan, and is sending back data!

The data has not arrived on Earth yet, but a radio telescope has detected that the probe is working. It had been transmitting data for over two hours as it parachuted to Titan’s surface.

This is the furthest landing from Earth ever!

Gentlefolk,

Here is a good link for current Huygens info.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html

Similarities
 

Gentlefolk,

It is interesting to see the similarities in the photographs of Venus, Mars, and Titan


Venera
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/h...3_vg261_262.gif

Sojourner
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/parker...Gdn_left_sm.jpg

Huygens
http://www.esa.int/images/Picture7_L.jpg

Support is growing for a human mission to be sent to repair the Hubble space telescop
 

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) said it endorsed a National Research Council recommendation that NASA pursue a manned mission to repair Hubble instead of robots.

"They came down very clearly saying that if you really care about the space telescope, then doing the shuttle mission is the best answer," said Robert Kirshner, AAS president.

US Congress has directed NASA to request a study from the NRC to look into servicing options for Hubble, after NASA cancelled what was to be the fifth, and final, shuttle-servicing mission to the telescope.

More from Huygens!
 

Pictures from the Huygens probe show that Titan's sea has slow moving waves and an atmosphere similar to that of earth – about 4 billion years ago!

At a news conference today, ESA scientists announced that liquid methane rain feeds river channels, lakes, streams, and springs on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, images.

"We have evidence of many Earth-like processes such as rain, erosion and abrasion but with very exotic materials," said Marty Tomasko, one of the scientists involved with the lander.

Wild stuff!

NASA plans to bring down Hubble
 

The Hubble Space Telescope and a mission to explore Jupiter's moons look to be casualties in NASA 's 2006 budget plans! In the proposals, a mission to service Hubble would be scrapped and the telescope left to die in orbit.

another sad victim of an area of govn't frought with entanglements. all things considered, this is a young science. i have faith that someday we will learn to manage it with more success.

He Did It!
 

Steve Fossett has successfully flown non-stop around the world solo, landing in Kansas about 10 minutes ago.

Happy Birthday Baikonur!
 

Russia's main space station, the Cosmodrome at Baikonur, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary today, 02-JUN-05.

The first satellite, Sputnik 1, and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, both launched from the site in what is now Kazakhstan.

One More Year!
 

Pro-whaling nations, led by Japan, have lost a vote at the International Whaling Commission meeting on a proposal which could have led to a resumption of commercial whaling.

It looks like the moratorium on commercial whaling in place since 1986 will remain in place for at least one more year. :)