Archive for the 'Science' Tag:
- An Inconvenient Truth (05 Feb 2007)
If you haven’t seen this movie yet, then go rent it now! Everyone on the planet needs to see it. Hopefully, every science teacher is showing it to his/her students. Laurie and I have wanted to see it for awhile now and finally, after having it sit around in our house for more than a [...]
- Hello From Rainy San Diego! (10 Jan 2005)
Rainy San Diego?!? Yes, it seems every time I travel to San Diego it rains. Not that I travel here all that often, but that is beside the point. They (whomever THEY are) tell me it only rains about 10 days of the year here, but this is now the second time I have come [...]
- Successful Launch (22 Nov 2004)
It was a few days late, but Swift was successfully launched at 12:16 EST on November 20, 2004. I had gone down for the launch, which was scheduled for November 17th. However, due to a communications problem with the explosives onboard (safety feature in case the rocket went off course), the launch was scrubbed. I [...]
- New Date for Launch (09 Nov 2004)
I have been mired in getting things prepared for the Swift launch the last few days since we now have a “firm” launch date. Well … about as firm as it gets anyway. Unless something really unfortunate happens it should go up on November 17, 2004. We have a launch window for the day from [...]
- Update On Swift (13 Oct 2004)
I mentioned a while back that Swift was going to launch on October 7th. Well, obviously that date is past us now. Unfortunately, the launch was delayed (a couple times) due to the three hurricanes that hit Florida. It survived all three without any damage to the spacecraft, but the hurricanes did delay launch preparations. [...]
