07-02-19 McClintock-Actually it is Rocket Science - Goodfellow Electric Discharges on the Moon Revisited
07/02/19
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Presentations:
Stephen Goodfellow:
"Saturn’s Moon Titan Might Be Encrusted With Alien Crystals"
"Meet Dragonfly! NASA's Rotorcraft Lander Mission to Titan"
Getting around on Jupiter's largest Moon
"Scientists Have Found a New Type of Brain Cell And It Looks Like It's Unique to Humans"
It tells neurons to 'Shush!'
"Electric Discharges on the Moon Revisited"
Those possible electric discharges on the Moon that I proposed? Turns out I wasn't alone
Feature Presentation, David McClintock "Actually, it IS Rocket Science"
David takes us through a fascinating journey of rocket science development, the different evolution that differentiates US and Russian technological approaches
Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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Links from this week: Stephen Goodfellow's links: Back in January I presented an alternative explanation for the bright flashes that appear on the Moon. There is no question that meteorite impacts occur, but is this the only source of the Lunar flashes? Since my presentation, an unassociated video was published addressing the same subject. Nice to know I wasn't the only one thinking along these lines. Saturn’s Moon Titan Might Be Encrusted With Alien Crystals https://scitechdaily.com/saturns-moon-titan-might-be-encrusted-with-alien-crystals/
Meet Dragonfly! NASA's Rotorcraft Lander Mission to Titan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_TCarUUjYI
Scientists Have Found a New Type of Brain Cell And It Looks Like It's Unique to Humans
https://www.sciencealert.com/rosehip-neuron-discovery-absent-in-mouse-models
A beautiful documentary rich in visuals depicting the unbounded realm of too small, too large, too slow, too fast. Sorry we didn't have time to play it all at the get-together, but here you can watch it in your own good time:
Mysteries Of The Unseen World - Science Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM9k4QNEpxo
David McClintock's presentation links and images: An online video documentary that pertains to David McClintocks' most excellent "Actually, it IS Rocket Science" presentation:
The Engines That Came In From The Cold - And how The NK-33/RD-180 Came To The USA
David writes:
We are the dawn of a new era. When the Raptor engine is operational, it is expected to become the only engine SpaceX will use.
It won't take many fully re-usable Raptor engines at low unit manufacturing costs to blow down the price of rocketry.
SpaceX Raptor Engine breaks Russian rocketry record held for well over two decades
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http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
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Stephen Goodfellow