Monday, February 23, 2009

100 years of powered flight in Canada.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in Canada.

One hundred years ago today, the AEA Silver Dart, left the cold ice of lake Bras d'Or and took to the sky.

The pilot, J.A.D. McCurdy, was interviewed by the CBC on the 50th anniversary of the flight.

Here is the link, http://archives.cbc.ca/science_technology/aeronautics/clips/2424/


The Silver Dart lifting of the ice February 23rd, 1909.







Visit these websites for more info:
http://canadiancentennialofflight.ca/
http://canadiancentennialofflight.ca/airforce/
http://flightofthesilverdart.ca/

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Solar eclipse. From the MOON!

Our friends at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, have placed a probe in orbit around the moon. The probe, named KAGUYA, was launched September 14th, 2007.

For more information, visit the JAXA website at: http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html



Yes that is the Earth eclipsing the Sun.

To view the video: http://space.jaxa.jp/movie/20090218_kaguya_movie01_j.html

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Creationists Quote Mining

This is good.

I think I will have to watch more of these videos.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy 445th Birthday Galileo,



Born in 1564, Galileo Galilei, know as the father of observational astronomy, made improvements to the telescope that allowed him to make observations that confirmed Copernicus' idea that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the centre of our solar system.

For a more detailed article, please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei

Thank you for helping me see the stars a little brighter and a lot closer.

Is the Earth going to be destroyed in 2012?

Not according to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, see below.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin.

Two hundred years ago today, Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
Charles Darwin is best known as a naturalist who, during his voyage on the Beagle, studied the varieties of species which then led him to formulate his theory of evolution.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

Clean Coal - revisited.

With the possibility that President Obama might support the illusion of "clean" coal, many concerned environmentalists are speaking out.

This is what the corporations that push "clean" coal want you to hear.




This is what prominent environmentalists are saying about it.








And this is the reality of it.









"Clean" coal is anything but clean.