I’m right in the middle of a short holiday, visiting family in Ontario. Son Simon is with me and we are having a great time. We’ve got lots of photos and video. So a fuller report will follow. Look out for Thanksgiving, Timbits, Hockey and museums soon.
Tuesday, 20th October, 2009
Thursday, 8th October, 2009
LCROSS to Crash on the Moon
image courtesy of NASA
In the small hours of tomorrow morning, NASA’s LCROSS spacecraft will divide into two sections and crash into a dark lunar crater. The instrumentation probe will observe the impact of the booster section into the lunar surface and identify the materials excavated from deep under the regolith. Both impacts will be analyzed from the earth. NASA TV will be covering the event live and people with big telescopes will be able to watch it themselves.
There’s lots of detail on the LCROSS web site.
Wednesday, 7th October, 2009
A Hint Of Winter
I woke this morning to the sound of scraping on car windscreens. We’re no sooner into the autumn than the first frost has arrived. Typical Scottish seasons – they can turn up at any time during any day – and it looks like we’ve had a little bit of winter this morning.
