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,

doi.org/cr25

New type of blood vessel found in bones

Nature Metabolism,

doi.org/czvp

Pain, but without the ouch feeling

Science,

doi.org/czsj

Memory may worsen if you are older and watch lots of telly

Scientific Reports,

doi.org/c26r

Excess brain fluid may cause bad vision in astronauts

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201693-astronauts-may-have-vision-problems-because-of-liquid-in-their-brains/

Monkeys see faces in objects too

Current Biology,

doi.org/ccdv

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

Last week

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SMA Science Book Club

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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:

Caminos de Agua

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/home

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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