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An Asteroid’s A-Comin’

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Joey Gibson

At the bowling alley tonight, after discussing the stock market for a while, my friend says to me, “Did you hear about the asteroid that’s supposed to hit us tomorrow?” I thought he was kidding. So I whipped out my … Continue reading →

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Can NASA Only Track One Spacecraft?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Joey Gibson

I was watching the press conference on NASA TV tonight discussing the latest delay on STS-122 that was supposed to have launched yesterday, but now looks like it will launch on Sunday. During the questions from reporters, one asked how … Continue reading →

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Insanely Large Numbers

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Joey Gibson

I was reading A Walk through the Heavens on Saturday and after reading for a while, I started doing some calculations. First, light travels through a vacuum at 186,282.397 miles per second. That works out to 670,616,629.2 miles per hour, … Continue reading →

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