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The night after the John Glenn program, I pitched the terraforming idea to my students. I asked them if they'd like to terraform Mars as a big class project; I wanted to throw the idea to them and see how they would react. Already I had a vision of splitting the class into several groups and having each group take charge of a portion of the project. ... Following my initial idea on how to conduct the project, I split the class into six groups, each student choosing his or her group. ...

The Face on Mars . ... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . Table 2: Dimensions of Mercator Projected Images of "The Face on Mars" . Map Projected Images . ... Processing the "Face on Mars" Images . ... This page will provide interested persons with both the raw Viking images, transformed to GIF format, and a brief tutorial (with examples) of image processing techniques applied to create "better looking" images. ...

... Mysterious Changing feature on Titan . ... 15.10.2014 . ... Credit Copyright: Cassini Radar Mapper , ASU , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? Radar images from the robotic Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn have been recording the surface of the cloud-engulfed moon Titan for years. ... Subsequent observations in 2014 found the object remained -- but had changed! ... Publications with keywords: Titan . Publications with words: Titan . ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2014 October 15 . Mysterious Changing feature on Titan . Image Credit: Cassini Radar Mapper , Cornell , JPL , ESA , NASA . Explanation: What is that changing object in a cold hydrocarbon sea of Titan? ... Subsequent observations in 2014 found the object remained -- but had changed! ... About APOD | ... A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC . ...

... More than 300 surface reconstructions are already known for pure Si surface and Si surface with adsorbate. Study of their properties by the methods of surface physics reveal numerous interesting phenomena including various phase transitions accompanied by changes of Fermi-surface topology, development of the charge-density wave, etc . ... The charge-density wave (CDW) develops in materials with a chain-like crystal structure at temperatures below the Peierls transition temperature. ...

... HST . ... Cycle 24 Announcement . ... HST Overview . ... Astronomer's Proposal Tool . ... NASA and The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) are pleased to announce the Cycle 24 Call for Proposals for Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Observations and funding for Archival Research and Theoretical Research programs. ... The Astronomer's Proposal Tools (APT), which is required for Phase I Proposal Submission will be made available/released for Cycle 24 Phase I use during the 2nd week of February 2016. ...

In the PROJECT we are using the following peculiar . features of RATAN-600 . ... Brightness temperature sensitivity being equal to the antenna temperature sensitivity .. ... Receiver system .. ... Using aperture averaging effect. dual- beam and dual (multi-) frequency filtration, we demonstrated full filtration of the atmosphere noise down to the receiver noise at all scales of acoustics peaks ( Fig.1 , Fig 2 ). ... We select this frequency as the central one in our project. ... Antenna surface . ...

... The Raw Images . Table 1: List of Viking Orbiter Images of the "Face on Mars" . ... Processing the Face Images . ... In July, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 was acquiring images of the Cydonia region of Mars as part of the search for potential landing sites for Viking Lander 2. ... Using the height field, it is also possible to view the "Face" from different look directions, by mapping the Viking Orbiter image directly on the the topography and then placing the "viewer" at different locations. ... Mars . ...

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European Industrial Engineering MRO Project Unit Telescope Enclosure & Relocation System Design and Fabrication Management UTE ­ FTT interface control document Ref.: ... Issue Date Page Title Control :MRO-ICD-EIE-0023 :4 :2010.03.24 : 3 of 6 :UTE-FTT Interface Document MROI PROJECT Unit Telescope Enclosure & Relocation System Table of Contents 1. ... This document is property of European Industrial Engineering Srl - Any reproduction or circulation is forbidden without prior approval. ...

... Astronomical Observatory, Shevchenko Park, Odessa, 65014, . ... The XVI -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 14-20 August, 2016, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 16-23 August, 2015, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIV -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 17-23 August, 2014, Odessa, Ukraine . ... The XIII -th G. Gamow's Odessa Astronomical Summer Соnference-School, 19-25 August, 2013, Odessa, Ukraine . ...

... Grants, Programs, Contracts . ... RFBR 06-02-16677 ( 2006-2008 ) 'Formation, structure and properties of nanocrystalline materials prepared by crystallization of amorphous alloys under intense plastic deformation' . A head of project is A.S. Aronin . ... RFBR 03-02-17227( 2003-2005 ) 'Regularities of formation, structure specific feature and properties of bulk nanocrystalline materials prepared by crystallization of Fe- and Zn-based amorphous alloys' . ... RFBR ? ... Copyright 2005 LSR ISSP RAS . ...

... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

THE 1987 PROJECT . A switch to two independent nuclear reactors to increase flight reliability . ... 67 970 bytes) . ... 53 219 bytes) . The next Martian mission project proposed in 1987, after a successful launch of super heavy-lift launch vehicle Energia , to a large extent drew upon engineering solutions of 1969 project. ... SEA LAUNCH . LAND LAUNCH | ... MARTION MISSION | LAUNCHERS | ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

MARSES Project Information . MARSES is an integrated research experiment devoted to searching for water, water-ice or permafrost layers believed to exist at some depth under the visible surface of Mars. ... Secondary tasks are the measurement of the soil properties of the subsurface of Mars which include porosity, electrical resistance of the liquid phase, thermal conductivity, temperature dependence. ... Jean?s escape of water via the atmosphere is very slow (of the order of 3 m over 5 Gy). ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... I think I will break from my usual format of Bad Astronomy/ Good Astronomy by saying that the way we define seasons currently is not strictly bad, but I feel (in my opinion!) that it could be better. The definition of when the seasons begin is at the moment of solstice or equinox; that is, winter (in the north) starts on December 22 nd and summer starts on June 22 nd . ... Now imagine breaking up the Sun's 46 degree up-and-down yearly swing into 1 day intervals. ...

Next: POSTPASSES Up: Tape Management Previous: READBACK TESTS Contents . If a project is being scheduled that uses stations that have only one tape drive, it is necessary to schedule in a gap of about 15 minutes for that tape change to be accomplished. ... For optimized schedules, this can present a bit of a problem, so the input parameter TAPESYNC is provided to try to cause all stations that are near the end of their tape to change when the first reaches the end. ...

... Kieran Hickey of Armagh Observatory has been testing the link between increased temperatures in North-West Europe and the frequency of storms, as shown in the historical records of climate at Armagh and elsewhere. This is part of an on-going research project at Armagh into the nature of climate change in North-West Europe using long-term meteorological records. ... Some years have significantly more winter storms than others, possibly as a result of the North Atlantic Climate "Seesaw". ...

... On 13jul05 project a2004 saw the power level in pixel 2b changing in the data from the galfa spectrometer. Data was simultaneously being taken with the wapp spectrometers. The wapps showed no jumping in pixel 2b. The plots show the total power variation with time (.ps) ( .pdf ) . ... Top Plot: Total power vs time for polA taken from the galfa narrow band data. ... Each pixel is coded with a different color. 2nd plot: Total power vs time for polB taken from the galfa narrow band data. ...