09-17-19 Mike Lester-Garcia - Big strides with little rockets
09/17/19
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Terra Mizwa:
News and updates.
Presentations
Mike Lester-Garcia, "Big strides with little rockets" - Frequent and Reliable Launches are Here.
Stephen Goodfellow:
News and updates.
Presentations
"The Unbearable Nothing - Wrap-up" - When figures don't add up; The Absolute Vacuum and its distinct Absence from our Universe.
"The Jet Stream" - If time permits.
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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 last week:
Terra Mizwa's links:
Modified Ears can hear light
Science Translational Medicine,
New type of blood vessel found in bones
Nature Metabolism,
Pain, but without the ouch feeling
Science,
Memory may worsen if you are older and watch lots of telly
Scientific Reports,
Excess brain fluid may cause bad vision in astronauts
Monkeys see faces in objects too
Current Biology,
Mike Lester-Garcia's link:
RocketLab
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AU2mfDhilnbbQCk7rZNPPmkb3wTXjVmhcpH0blDo290/edit
Want to play with Rockets?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XoWZScZrQI&feature=youtu.be
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SMA Lifelong learning program
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:
SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow