Showing posts with label universe photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label universe photography. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2011

Good Fortune – Thank Your Universe

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Good Fortune – Thank Your Universe




Your achievements have no doubt given you a sense of not only successful but also happy and prosperous. You may believe that the wealth you’ve achieved is due solely to you to set and achieve your goals. While your hard work is responsible for a large part of your success, you must remember that your gifts are an expansion of the universe’s love and power working through you.


As you reflect, the notice of the things that go in your life, and say a simple,’Thank you,”says the universe to know that you are aware of the impact of her love and support all your efforts . This act of taking a few moments to acknowledge how grateful you are for everything the universe has given you will help the blessings you have received appreciate even more.


Your results are the outcome of the universe’s energy works through you. Although it is easy for you to think of your success as the result of your efforts only real success comes in can see that much more involved in your life – namely the unconditional love and support of the universe. If you recognize this, it is natural to express gratitude for everything – all the possibilities, gifts, and were given the chance. Because the universe know that you thankful for your luck, you will realize that the true nature of your magnificent performance.
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Universet Knows Best

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Universet Knows Best


Several years ago, I needed a new car. Excuse me, a new”pre-owned”car. I wanted an economy car. So I researched what I could, with”Consumer Reports,”to find the most reliable, cheapest cars. I took about five that I decided to look for, with one model is the most desirable. The whole process, I kept confirming that I found the divine right car for the divine right price. The car that was best for me, reliable, mechanically sound, economical to run.


I checked all the local dealers and found a couple of my”most desirable’cars, the one I really wanted. But one of them had some specific body problems and the dealer would not’t negotiate at all. The second dealer was trying to pull a fast one on me and I went out.


Finally, I traveled to Phoenix, a one hundred twenty miles to the south, to wander their car lots. None of the cars on my list was available. I was getting very frustrated. In early December, I test drove a car from a local dealer who was second on my list. It was not just’t right. I gave up the search over the Christmas holidays, and just continued to confirm. I’d done everything I could, now it was up to the universe to find and deliver the right car for me.


Just after the first of the year, the final distribution.”Have you found a car yet?”\ “No”\ “we’re going to a car auction this week, and we’ll get one for you.”The next week, I went in , checked out of the car, which was my second choice, and bought it below wholesale Blue Book.


When we come out into the universe’s way, we manifest what is best for us, not necessarily what we think is best. The universe is information we could not’t possibly have. My experience wasn’ta random event. Recently had a friend go through the same process I went through a couple of years ago. When he’d got a new job thirty miles north, in snow country, he needed reliable transportation. (Yes, Arizona will have snow. We even have several ski areas.) He was looking for a new”pre-owned”car, and selected three models he believed would be the best and most economical. Interestingly enough, his research verified that the car I got was much better mechanically than my original first choice.


After we unsuccessfully studied the local dealers, we drove to Phoenix. He was getting panicky. He had to have this car when he began his new job in a week. I kept reassuring him that he’d find the divine right car. We drove one of the cars he had on his list, but were not’t impressed. At the next dealer, the seller drove us around their acres”pre-owned”cars. Some went to auction.


He pointed out that a car is not on my friend’s list, but it had four-wheel drive. Four-wheel drive would be great for snow country. The seller originally said the price on the windshield was so low that they could go. Once back in his office, but the seller dropped the price by several hundred more. The car had been on the lot for a long time and they wanted it gone. My friend bought the car for less than wholesale Blue Book. His divine right car wasn’t even on his list, but the universe knew what he had and has for him.
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Spirituality – Faith vs. an empty universe

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Spirituality – Faith vs. an empty universe


The nature of spirituality is often contrary to scientific findings, but is it really a quarrel between two positions, in contrast? The more you think about it, the more one tends to doubt it.


Hubble Space Telescope has opened our eyes to many new things in the universe. The sheer size and scope of it is simply overwhelming. It has never been more obvious than when astronomers turned the Hubble towards an empty part of space. To take pictures during a period, they discovered that the small”shell”a part of the room was filled with billions of galaxies. The finding was akin to believing your cul-de-sac, the whole world only to discover that there were several streets at one end and then a completely different universe of neighborhoods, russian brides, cities, counties, countries and continents.


Even with these results, the truth is that the case the vast majority of the universe is cold and empty. How then shall we see our existence? We live on a planet that is but a speck in the Milky Way Galaxy and much smaller than the universe as a whole. Was it just pure luck, we came to exist, or is there something else underlying structure in the universe?


Spirituality is of course a broad term. It means many things to many people. A constant of it is, however, that the notion that there must be a reason to be … a purpose, if you will. Given the great emptiness in the universe and our tiny speck of it, how can we reconcile the two? Well, everyone has to come to their own answers, but I for one believe that the two do not necessarily contrast. I propose that we do not look at the emptiness of the universe, but the fantastic places that are full. Only beauty, size and complexity of galaxies suggests a meaning or theme type, and that we can find a link between science and spirituality, not necessarily in conflict.
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

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The recent mesaurements made by the scientists and engineers of the CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) in collaboration with the JET PROPULSION LABORATORY  OF NASA,show that the universe is flat and it will continue expandind at an increasing speed.
The main cause of this expansion is believed to be the infamous dark energy,a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space and tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe and  currently accounts for 74% of the total mass-energy of the universe.
Scientist were able to examine the effects of dark energy,by studing Abel 1689 the  most massive galaxy clusters.The gravity of its trillion stars, plus dark matter, acts like a 2-million-light-year-wide “lens” in space. The gravitational lens bends and magnifies the light of galaxies far behind it,and by observing such images,the astronomists are able do determine the speed and acceleration of our universe.
The implications of such results are as infinte as the expansion of the universe itself,in fact these mesaurements  break down the sustainers of the “shrink theory” aka the ones who thought that the universe would stop expandind at a certain point and shrink back to where everything started from,the big bang.
The future of o
ur universe is not very bright either,in a few billion years it will become a cold place and all of the stars like our son will finish their nuclear fuel and put out like candles on a birthday cake.




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Thursday, August 4, 2011

NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding



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NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding.


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Slice of History: Low Speed Wind Tunnel

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Low Speed Wind Tunnel
Slice of History: Low Speed Wind Tunnel


Each month in “Slice of History” we feature a historical photo from the JPL Archives. See more historical photos and explore the JPL Archives at https://beacon.jpl.nasa.gov/.


In December 1974, this photo was taken of the Low Speed Wind Tunnel. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory had 21-, 20-, and 12-inch wind tunnels that were very well documented, but an April 1967 report about JPL wind tunnels does not mention this facility and very little is known about it. It appears in 1961 drawings of building 80, which was next door to the main wind tunnel building but it may have been relocated years later. The March 1968 JPL telephone book indicates that there was a Low Density Wind Tunnel in building 183, room 601, belonging to the Fluid Physics Section. The section number prefix for this image indicates that it was photographed for the Research and Advanced Concepts Section, but the photo was taken at the request of Paul Massier of the Structures and Dynamics Section. Massier was seen in the June “Slice of History” blog taken in the anechoic chamber.


This post was written for “Historical Photo of the Month,” a blog by Julie Cooper of JPL’s Library and Archives Group.
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Comments on The Remarkable Spirit Rover

By John Callas



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Comments on The Remarkable Spirit Rover



Below are remarks made by Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager John Callas at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Spirit Celebration on July 19, 2011.



“We are here today to celebrate this great triumph of exploration, the incredible mission of this Mars rover. As bittersweet as the conclusion of Spirit’s time on Mars is for each of us, our job was to get to this day. To wear these rovers out, to leave behind no unutilized capability on the surface of Mars. For Spirit, we have done that.


What is truly remarkable is how much durability and capability Spirit had. These rovers were designed for only 90 days on the surface and one kilometer of driving distance. On her last day, Spirit had operated for 2210 Martian days, drove over 7730 meters and returned over 124 thousand images.


But it is not how long this rover lasted or how far she had driven, but how much exploration and scientific discovery she has accomplished. Spirit escaped the volcanic plains of Gusev Crater, mountaineer-ed up the Columbia Hills, survived three cold, dark Martian winters and two rover-killing dust storms, and surmounted debilitating hardware malfunctions. But out of this adversity, she made the most striking scientific discoveries that have forever changed our understanding of the Red Planet.


With the rovers originally designed only for a limited stay in the relatively comfortable environment of the Martian summer, the many years of extended operation meant these vehicles operate most of their time in the extreme environments of frigid temperatures and dark skies, well outside of their original design limits. The longevity and productivity of these rovers under such severe environmental conditions speak to the talent and dedication of the people, who designed, built, tested and operated these vehicles.


Spirit’s discoveries have changed our understanding of the Red Planet. We know now that Mars was not always a cold, dry and barren planet. That at one time liquid water flowed on it surface, sustained by a thicker atmosphere and warmer temperatures. At least, kilometer-scale lakes persisted in places. And that there were even sources of energy, hydrothermal systems, that could have supported life in this earlier habitable world.


We can’t do the impossible, make these machines operate forever. But, we have come as close to that as humans can. Spirit’s very accomplished exploration of Mars has rewritten the textbooks about the planet. Further, this rover has changed our understanding of ourselves and of our place in the Universe and approached questions of, are we alone and what is the future of this world?


But, beyond all the exploration and scientific discovery, Spirit has also given us a great intangible. Mars is no longer this distant, alien world. It is now our neighborhood. We go to work on Mars everyday.


But, let’s also remember that Spirit’s great accomplishments did not come at the expense of some vanquished foe or by outscoring some opponent. Spirit did this, we did this - to explore, to discover, to learn - for the benefit of all humankind. In that respect, these rovers represent the highest aspiration of our species.


Well done little rover. Sleep in peace. And, congratulations to you all. Thank you very much.”
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