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Pumping party?
that is unbelieveable... but not really
You know what they say JeffNC,
never too late, and who is the
audience!!
I imagine it is amazing
morning Deann.. :))))
QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) -- Hundreds of tremors off the coast of Ecuador in the past 11 days have sparked fears that a bigger quake could strike soon.
"This isn't normal," the director of Geophysics Institute at the National Polytechnic School, Hugo Yepez, told Reuters on Monday, "This area is capable of producing big earthquakes. Very big earthquakes."
About 320 tremors of more than 4.0 on the Richter scale have shaken the Pacific Ocean off the port of Manta since January 20.
So far no one has been reported hurt but some small fishing villages have seen damages. An earthquake measured at 7.9 on the Richter scale battered the Pacific city of Guayaquil in 1942, although fragmentary reports from the time did not mention casualties.
The shape of Ecuador's coastline would prevent the formation of a tsunami like the one which smashed into parts of Asia in December, experts say.
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 Posted: 1943 GMT (0343 HKT)
Congress frets over Hubble
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 Posted: 2019 GMT (0419 HKT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saving the Hubble Space telescope may be too expensive and dangerous, lawmakers said Wednesday after hearing from scientists who are split on the best way to repair or retire the cosmic camera.
The chairman of the House Science Committee said Congress needs to decide whether the 14-year old telescope, renowned for its inspiring snapshots, is worth the cost of repair -- estimated to be as much as $2 billion.
"We have to make hard choices about whether a Hubble mission is worth it now, when moving ahead is likely to have an adverse impact on other programs, including quite possibly other programs in astronomy," said Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-New York.
Hubble hovers about 375 miles above the Earth, circling the planet every 95 minutes, and has seen galaxies that are more than 12 billion light years away.
While NASA has sent several repair missions, experts say an additional one is needed because the batteries and gyroscopes probably will fail between mid-2007 and 2010.
But with the crash on February 1, 2003, of the space shuttle Columbia, a manned mission to repair Hubble is not worth the risk, said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California.
"Some people just want to dive back in and use the shuttle as if these catastrophic accidents didn't happen. ... To the degree that we don't have to use the shuttle, we shouldn't use the shuttle," he said.
Experts also are divided about the best course of action.
NASA caused an uproar among scientists last year when the agency said that the safety of astronauts should not be put at risk in order to repair Hubble.
A National Academy of Sciences committee concluded in December that NASA should use astronauts, not a robot, for a repair attempt.
"The crew risk of a single shuttle mission to Hubble is very small," the chairman of that committee, Louis Lanzerotti, a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, told lawmakers Wednesday.
But Dr. Paul Cooper, an executive at the company asked by NASA to create a Hubble-repairing robot, said such a trip could be of huge scientific benefit in future repairs of U.S. satellites, particularly for the Defense Department.
The goal of any repair mission to Hubble would be to install fresh batteries, gyroscopes, fine-guidance sensors, and two powerful new cameras that could make the telescope more productive than ever.
NASA has agreed that failing all else, it will use a robotic spacecraft to steer Hubble into the ocean by 2013.
Awesome.....TY
PS Make mine
a Corona
Thanks for the tunes.
do you have any SmokeyRobinson ^Miracles from way back??
The old Miami sound,
Bee Gee's who else??
Hi,
I love the Bee Gee's BTW thanks
Hi Missy,
Still sniffling.. coughing and carrying on with Puff's
and my cat by my side... :(
great call Candice, watching with awe at this stock
Hail all of you!!
Life
Thanks Mariner,
one of my passions ... marketed photovolteics, and solar in the 80"s. tax credits really helped.
solar hot water systems are still operating and have certainly paid for themselves over and over!!
Morning,
I am okay, slow Monday, just catching up on the news all over..
GLTY
Life
Thanks Deann,
I guess it's just the Mother....
crazy New Yorkers. love it
Good morning
We never get ice storms in New Mexico
guys I wasn't being flip I hope you new that>>
We never get ice storms in New Mexico
guys I wasn't being flip I hope you new that>>
that's good spillway
Deann,
come to me in Mouse ville... Orlando
He is my treasure... :)
oh well,
my cat is an old man kitty, almost 17. I think
his eyes are starting to fog up. so
i wouldn't do anything to distupt his life. He
has been such a good friend.
Thanks T4A
you do great work, appreciate it bunches.
Great night to you and Missy!!!
Life
I will say however,
i can appreciate the distress these storms cause. so sorry..
I wonder if these storms have to do with the deforestation of...
wait that is a different board!! lol
I will admit it,
I really love weather...
Florida is so predictable, cold/dry
warm,/humid
rainy/humid/warm/sticky...
good thing there is such a thing as glass...
can I adopt one of those little
rascals...??
I need a snuggler
Yes it is..
Has it snowed near you yet?
I want to come with you
and have coffee one morning :)
Capt..
Life here
just catching up on the pics, WOW
Life is sweet!!!
Now that looks cold!!!!!
In this undated photograph, the daring photographer stands in the paths of an avalanche in action. Taken from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) image database, it is one of many fascinating images available for viewing extreme ice and snow phenomenon - including calving glaciers, ice fields and bird's eye views of enormous ice fields. Many of the images were contributed by NASA and NOAA. For more fascinating images visit the website at: http://nsidc.org/