“Fear comes from this selfish idea of cutting one’s self off from the universe.” Swami Vivekananda
“What science finds to be nonexistent, we must accept as nonexistent, but what science merely does not find is a completely different matter … it is quite clear that there are many, many mysterious things." Dalai Lama
For someone who has a deep love of astronomy and outer space the fact that we are on our way to distant Pluto is very exciting. The probe New Horizons is currently setting out to give mankind its first look at that distant planet. I haven’t been this excited about our space program since Huygens gave us our best data on Saturn and its moon Titan.
A lot of people think that in times of economic crisis that exploration of space is a waste on money. I am not one of them. Everything that we do in space exploration has created thousands of jobs for people right here. It is a win – win situation. People get employed to build the space probed, people get paid for following them, people get paid for analyzing the data received. Mankind as a whole gets to know more and more about this universe of ours. People get employment and we all learn something new.
I had no idea that scientist were saying that Pluto actually has an atmosphere during its warmer months. You can find out more about Pluto and New Horizons on the NASA website http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
Have fun exploring. Any day where you can learn new things is a good day. The picture is my latest in the Solar System and shows Pluto from its surface with Charon hanging up in the sky.
“What science finds to be nonexistent, we must accept as nonexistent, but what science merely does not find is a completely different matter … it is quite clear that there are many, many mysterious things." Dalai Lama
For someone who has a deep love of astronomy and outer space the fact that we are on our way to distant Pluto is very exciting. The probe New Horizons is currently setting out to give mankind its first look at that distant planet. I haven’t been this excited about our space program since Huygens gave us our best data on Saturn and its moon Titan.
A lot of people think that in times of economic crisis that exploration of space is a waste on money. I am not one of them. Everything that we do in space exploration has created thousands of jobs for people right here. It is a win – win situation. People get employed to build the space probed, people get paid for following them, people get paid for analyzing the data received. Mankind as a whole gets to know more and more about this universe of ours. People get employment and we all learn something new.
I had no idea that scientist were saying that Pluto actually has an atmosphere during its warmer months. You can find out more about Pluto and New Horizons on the NASA website http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/
Have fun exploring. Any day where you can learn new things is a good day. The picture is my latest in the Solar System and shows Pluto from its surface with Charon hanging up in the sky.
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