STS-122: FLIGHT DAY 12
STS-122:
FLIGHT DAY 12
下の写真はISSでなく、Mir(爆)
22周年 Credit: NASA
9/97 Credit: NASA
Shuttle-Mir History/Multimedia/Photos/STS-86/
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-86-photos/86p-066.htm
History of Shuttle-Mir Home Page
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/
History of Shuttle-Mir Home Page
http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/
Apollo以降 地球低軌道までが 人類の到達点(^_^;)
ISSにしても、機材は進んだけど 22年前に打ち上げたMirの二番煎じ
って気がどうしてしてしまうのです・・・・その前にはSkyLab
Feb. 19, 1986: Mir, the Little Space Station That Could
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0219
Launch: 1986-02-19
近地点Perigee: 386 km (207.9 nmi)
遠地点Apogee: 398 km (212.5 nmi)
Days in orbit: 5,519 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir
Amino Acid Ingredients Found in Distant Galaxy ::
"Using the giant dish at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, radio astronomers have discovered evidence of hydrogen cyanide and methanimine, two carbon compounds that can combine with water to make the amino acid glycine. Because proteins are composed of amino acids, the new results make distant space seem a bit more hospitable to life.
Except that life is highly unlikely to exist in the tempestuous galaxy named Arp 220, which is about 250 million light years distant, "
http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2623&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0Astrobiology Magazine - earth science - evolution distribution Origin of life universe - life beyond :: Astrobiology is study of earth science evolution distribution Origin of life in universe terrestrial
主要メディアもこぞって(爆)
もとは JPL.NASA.GOV: News Releases
Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets
February 17, 2008
"University of Arizona, Tucson, astronomer Michael Meyer and his colleagues used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to determine whether planetary systems like ours are common or rare in our Milky Way galaxy. They found that at least 20 percent, and possibly as many as 60 percent, of stars similar to the sun are candidates for forming rocky planets. "
"We found that about 10 to 20 percent of the stars in each of the four youngest age groups shows 24-micron emission due to dust," Meyer said. "But we don't often see warm dust around stars older than 300 million years. The frequency just drops off.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-027
Scientific American: Many Sun-like Stars Can Harbor Earth-like Planets
By measuring the temperature of dust circling nearby Sun-like stars, researchers conclude that rocky bodies are smashing into each other with the potential to aggregate into rocky planets. Steve Mirsky reports from the AAAS conference in Boston.
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=2AA69390-B4C6-816D-75980C12FA2DB9C1
Hopes rise for finding alien Earths - Space.com- msnbc.com
"Dust readings indicate terrestrial-style planets could be more common"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23212185/
AFP: Earth-like planets raise prospects of extra-terrestial life: study
"BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) ― Planets resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study released Sunday."
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hH966UjFtSzPMHXAeSyVvt9NECkg
Researchers: Stars with Rocky Planets May Be Common | Wired Science
"Now a group of researchers who have surveyed a large group of stars similar to our own Sun say that potentially life-supporting rocky planets may in fact be extremely common in the Milky Way, circling anywhere from 20 percent to 60 percent of Sun-like stars."
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/02/researchers-sta.html
地球型惑星形成に可能な環境が太陽似の恒星の20-60%に、米研究報告 国際ニュース : AFPBB News
http://www.afpbb.com/article/environment-science-it/science-technology/2352603/2655154
21日撃墜予定とか・・・
スパイ衛星を撃破する迎撃ミサイル『SM-3』：実績とリスク | WIRED VISION
国防総省が2007年末時点で保有しているSM-3迎撃ミサイルは21基
今回の撃破計画について国防総省は、3基のSM-3に改良を加えて、制御不能な衛星を捕捉できるようにすると述べている。
『憂慮する科学者同盟』(Union of Concerned Scientists：UCS)のDavid Wright氏は『New Scientist』誌に語っている。
「SM-3はもともと、秒速3〜4キロメートルで航行するミサイルを迎撃するために開発された。今回撃破する予定の衛星は、秒速7〜8キロメートルで移動している」
http://wiredvision.jp/news/200802/2008021821.html
「スパイ衛星撃破は米軍の壮大な実験」専門家らの意見 | WIRED VISION
米国海軍の『USSレイク・エリー』『USSディケーター』『USSラッセル』の3艦に、対ミサイルのイージスシステムを改変したものが装備され、各艦の乗組員は前例のないミッションに向けた訓練を受けた。
迎撃ミサイル『SM-3(Standard Missile 3)』が3基、組み立て直されて新しい誘導システムを搭載された
ミサイル防衛システムには、現在までに578億ドルが費やされてきた。今回の計画が成功すれば、更なる予算拡大が認められる機会になると見られるが
http://wiredvision.jp/news/200802/2008021820.html
費用約６５億円と米国防総省、スパイ衛星のミサイル撃墜
"米国防総省当局者は１５日、撃墜には最大６千万米ドル（約６５億円）の費用が掛かるとの見通しを示した。
迎撃ミサイル本体が１千万ドル" CNN.co.jp：
http://www.cnn.co.jp/business/CNN200802160014.html
Aegis Missile Defense Test FTM-13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZTINGadWfs
