07-21-20 Larry's Covid data crunch - Sound technology - Space Elevator

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Links for this week:

10 Most Beautiful Butterflies on Planet Earth - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZFBUr4vrD0

Larry Dworsky's Covid data crunch:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzY2l0ZWNuYXR1cmV8Z3g6NTU2YTJhYmNhMjdiZThmNQ

Larry's presentation: These are short videos about Elon Musk's satellite based internet service and "Loon" - a balloon based internet service. I think this is an appropriate topic and we haven't seen much about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuFS0zOwyBg

And...

https://youtu.be/MiEZfRh-h-s

****** Sound Technology:

Member Dirk Bakker has comments after the video... The Truth About Vinyl - Vinyl vs. Digital - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRvSWPZQYk

And...

Major Breakthrough for Physics and Engineering: Preserving Integrity of Sound Waves:

https://scitechdaily.com/major-breakthrough-for-physics-and-engineering-preserving-integrity-of-sound-waves/

...And a touch of audio humor...

Flanders And Swann ~ Song Of Reproduction ~ (1957) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fJmmDkvQyc

And...

"SONG OF REPRODUCTION" LYRICS by FLANDERS AND SWANN: Flanders:

https://www.flashlyrics.com/lyrics/flanders-and-swann/song-of-reproduction-69

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Update:

UAE launches rocket to Mars - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91zEACaNBg

Update:

NASA Officially Announces New Launch Date in 2021 for James Webb Space Telescope Due to COVID

https://spacecoastdaily.com/2020/07/nasa-officially-announces-new-launch-date-in-2021-for-james-webb-space-telescope-due-to-covid-impacts/

SpaceX Launches South Korean Military Satellite from Cape Canaveral - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI1x5on0qlQ

Touchdown! Historic SpaceX Demo-2 rocket lands again after launching military satellite - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OreMbNRKs4c

A break from rockets - Let's go to a Mexico Map collection:

Mexico Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/mexico.html?fbclid=IwAR1BCdJFOXMkwlzvnxtBqC1I7P7VGjoULcZbGccGleJQ6uriNB_e-CYw-VQ

...And back to space - without rockets

6 mins - Space Elevator – Science Fiction or the Future of Mankind? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQQwqGWktE&feature=youtu.be

15 mins - The Lunar Space Elevator - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ytpj3y21E

15 mins - Are Space Elevators Possible? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa_xteu_Mts

I did a little research on this some years ago. Where's the best place to build an Earth-based Space Elevator?:

Nauru and the coming of the Space Elevator Complex

https://pantheoanimist.blogspot.com/2008/09/nauru-and-coming-of-space-elevator.html

Nauru - Google Maps Space elevator location?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nauru/@-0.527894,166.9001332,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6f7d1c1f1de45b4d:0x59d99df4c5d40a81!8m2!3d-0.522778!4d166.931503

Closer Than Ever: Solar Orbiter’s First Views of the Sun [Video]

https://scitechdaily.com/closer-than-ever-solar-orbiters-first-views-of-the-sun-video/

To date, despite the Solar Orbiter's closer pictures we still cannot solve the discontinuity of the Coronal Heating Problem

The Solar Coronal Heating Problem - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzKPr5d8eQE&t=56s

Comet NEOWISE is visible this month. Here's what we know about it - CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/19/world/comet-neowise-july-scn-trnd/index.html

More detail on how you can view NEOWISE:

Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer | Space

https://www.space.com/comet-neowise-strange-facts.html

Newly identified cell type may help predict, treat rheumatoid arthritis flares | Science | AAAS

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/newly-identified-cell-type-may-help-predict-treat-rheumatoid-arthritis-flares?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2020-07-17&et_rid=303445233&et_cid=3411802

World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power -- ScienceDaily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200715150444.htm

Update: We touched on this last week, but I didn't realize how big a deal this is, so a little more:

Breakthrough in Battery Industry: LeydenJar Boosts Battery Energy by 70% https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/breakthrough-in-battery-industry-leydenjar-boosts-battery-energy-by-70-301095858.html

Links from last week

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