I find this image haunting. Philae, the mission lander, as photographed from mother-ship Rosetta after release and en route to the surface of comet. Continue Reading
This was a wonderful treat on a Sunday afternoon – all original music, none of it heard in a public setting, a premier. The artists, all accomplished professionals, were fabulous.
So who is Kent Trostel? Continue Reading
Night Prayer for Various Trades
Machinist in the pillow’s grip,
Be clumsy and be blind
And let the gears spin free, and turn
No metal in your mind. Continue Reading
What a week!
Just too much to do – my work (machinery design business) always, I say again, always gets super-busy right at the end of the year. Every year! Continue Reading
Excellent discussion of Rosetta mission problems…
I hope this does not come true.
A cliff hanger descended over the Rosetta space mission as fate casts a shadow when an attempt at landing went fatally awry.
It turns out that fragile and complex technology was used instead of robust tried and tested nuclear plant. Fault intolerance.
The solar cells in Rosetta’s solar panels are based on a completely new technology, so-called Low-intensity Low Temperature Cells. Thanks to them, Rosetta is the first space mission to journey beyond the main asteroid belt relying solely on solar cells for power generation. Previous deep-space missions used nuclear RTGs (Radio isotope thermal generators). The new solar cells allow Rosetta to operate over 800 million kilometres from the Sun, where levels of sunlight are only 4% those on Earth.
— http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Frequently_asked_questions
But they forgot the possibility of or ignored an unknown environment might have cliffhangers waiting. It has landed in shadow.
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Corvettes. What’s not to like? http://machinedesign.com/automotive/legendary-corvettes-throughout-years
History has been today made by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission that has landed a probe name Philae on the surface of comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Continue Reading
“In 2020, the world will celebrate the 250th birthday of Beethoven, and soon after the anniversary of his death. In light of this, a new “world-class” concert hall, a “Festspielhaus”, is being planned for the banks of Beethoven’s beloved Rhine River in his hometown of Bonn, Germany. More than 50 practices were considered in the pulmonary selection process, following a shortlist of ten, and now three final proposals by David Chipperfield Architects, kadawittfeldarchitektur and Valentiny hvp architects have been selected to move on to the competition’s final round.”
Sei nicht traurig, bald ist es Nacht, Continue Reading
Yes. There is a highly influential, internationally acclaimed Architectural studio called MAD. Recently they won the competition for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts in Chicago. Continue Reading
Alan Olee Book Report 