Author Archives: PlatoHagel

Radiation Belt Storms Probes Launched

Posted on August 31, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 NASA hosted a two-day event for 50 social media followers on August 22-23, 2012, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) are scheduled to lift off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V … Continue reading →

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Grail At the Moon

Posted on August 28, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Grail Recovery and Interior Labratory NASA’s Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft successfully completed its planned main engine burn at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST) today. As of 3 p.m. PST (6 p.m. EST), GRAIL-A is in a … Continue reading →

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Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The launch of an Atlas V carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) payload was scrubbed today due to weather conditions associated with lightning, as well as cumulus and anvil clouds. With the unfavorable weather forecast as a result of … Continue reading →

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Sampex

Posted on August 26, 2012 by PlatoHagel

SAMPEX, the Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer, was successfully launched by a Scout rocket on July 3, 1992. It is investigating the composition of local interstellar matter and solar material and the transport of magnetospheric charged particles into the … Continue reading →

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The Crown of the Creation Syndrome

Posted on August 25, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Innumerable suns exist; innumerable earths revolve around these suns in a manner similar to the way the seven planets revolve around our sun. Living beings inhabit these worlds. Giordano Bruno, 1584 The paper was very much appreciated by many of … Continue reading →

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Fractals and Antennas and The Economy

Posted on August 23, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 The intuitive framework has to recognize that you have already worked the angles and that such intuition is gathered from all that has been worked. This contradicts what you are saying. I am not saying it is right just that … Continue reading →

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John Mayer: Free Fallin’ (Live at the Nokia Theatre)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by PlatoHagel

http://youtu.be/20Ov0cDPZy8 Music video by John Mayer performing Free Fallin’. (c) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment Dialogos of Eide

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Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space and more

Posted on August 16, 2012 by PlatoHagel

 Sarah Parcak: Archeology from space  Sarah Parcak is an archaeologist and Egyptologist, and specializes in making the invisible past visible using 21st-century satellite technology. She co-directs the Survey and Excavation Projects in the Fayoum, Sinai, and Egypt’s East Delta with … Continue reading →

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Worldwide LHC Computing

Posted on August 15, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Grid Cafe  Individual computers also become more powerful, which means that computer grids are increasingly able to solve increasingly complex problems. All this computing power helps our scientists find solutions to the big questions, like climate change and sustainable power. … Continue reading →

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Architecture of Trigger System

Posted on August 14, 2012 by PlatoHagel

Block diagram of front-end electronics and its interface to Trigger, DAQ and Detector Control System. Detailed descriptions of the front-end architecture can be found in the following LHCb notes:EDMS715154, Requirements to the L1 front-end electronics.LHCb-2001-014, Requirements to the L0 front-end … Continue reading →

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