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Friday’s CSExtra finds new reports taking note of recent weather extremes and asking whether there’s a link to global warming. Some NASA scientists think the extremes fit predictions. Russia points a finger at China over space debris. In Washington, the National Research Council releases a report on the highest priorities for astrophysics research. In California, SETI enthusiasts gather this weekend to talk about intelligent life in the universe. Experts go underground to study dark matter.
1. From the AP via the Washington Post, USA Today and Los Angeles Times: This summer’s weather extremes, including flooding in Pakistan, wildfires in Russia and heat in the U.S., fit extremes predicted by those with concerns for global warming, including an expert from NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies in New York.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081300582.html
2. From the Wall Street Journal: Who is responsible for most of the debris in orbit around the Earth? A new Russian study says China is responsible for 40 percent. The U.S. and Russia fall in behind. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/08/13/china-the-real-space-invader/
3. From Spaceflightnow.com: At $5 billion, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is gobbling up funds that would otherwise go to other astrophysics projects. The pinch could be evident today, as the National Research Council releases its decadal survey in the field, which is considered a road map for future NASA projects. Webb is to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1008/12jwst/index.html
4. From Space.com: In California, the SETI Institute hosts SETIcon this weekend, a festival for those fascinated by the prospects for intelligent life in the universe.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/searchforlife/search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-seticon-100812.html
A. From Scientific American: Using idle computer processor time in the U.S. and Germany, scientists discover a rare disrupted recycled pulsar. The Einstein@Home project is an off shoot of a project started by SETI@Home in 1999. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=einstein-at-home
5. From Florida Today: R2, NASA’s humanoid robot, also known as Robonaut, comes to life at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. R2, a joint project with General Motors, arrived in Florida this week to await launching aboard the shuttle Discovery on Nov. 1. R2 is headed for the International Space Station.
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100813/NEWS02/8130327/Lifelike+robot+signs+on+to+serve+astronaut+masters
6. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: Deep in a Canadian mine, a new observatory will search for evidence of dark matter, an elusive material estimated to makes up 90 percent of the universe.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/search-for-dark-matter-in-the-universe-goes-underground
7. From the Pasadena Star-News of California: NASA’s new chief technologist, Robert Braun, predicts a bright future for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as he promotes President Obama’s initiative to re-invigorate research in aerospace technology.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15748003
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