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by GerryP
Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:55 am
Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
Topic: HEAPOW: The Eagle Has Landed (2012 Aug 27)
Replies: 1
Views: 1334

Re: HEAPOW: The Eagle Has Landed (2012 Aug 27)

It is amazing what the astronauts and the other members of the Apollo program accomplished. The computer technology that they possessed is considered primitive today. They made up for that with guts, brains, teamwork, and perhaps a little luck. They are true pioneers in every sense of the work and t...
by GerryP
Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:10 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Hurricane Paths on Planet Earth (2012 Sep 04)
Replies: 34
Views: 8458

Re: APOD: Hurricane Paths on Planet Earth (2012 Sep 04)

The hurricane tracks page says "every" hurricane. In the way most people look for themselves in a group portrait, I look first for the track of the hurricanes which have hit my home. I live in Hawaii, and we've had only two, and recently at that, yet I see no hurricane tracks in the pacif...
by GerryP
Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Flight Through the Universe (2012 Aug 13)
Replies: 47
Views: 20411

Re: APOD: A Flight Through the Universe (2012 Aug 13)

I normally like and appreciate almost every photo/video posted in APOD (Thanks to everyone behind the scenes !), I eagerly check it out almost everyday (since last 1 year or so). As for today's (Aug 13th, 2012) video, to be honest, I didn't find this video much exciting at all. There's almost nothi...
by GerryP
Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:03 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Favorite APOD
Replies: 208
Views: 3096338

Re: Favorite APOD

APOD is a recent discovery to me as well as Starship Asterisk. This is the first time I have seen this photo and I agree that it is magnificent. The more I learn about the universe the more astounded I become. Who knows what the next discoveries will be?