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Friday’s CSExtra offers a collection of the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite, a bus-sized spacecraft, is expected to plummet back to Earth Friday, possibly in the afternoon or evening. Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan address a Congressional panel on Thursday, urging lawmakers to put more momentum behind future human exploration. NASA’s strategy to fortify the over budget James Webb Space Telescope will impact overall space science spending and support for the agency’s field centers. Puzzled scientists examine the seemingly faster than light journey of neutrinos. The strange dimming down of comet Elenin.
1. From Space.com: NASA’s defunct Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite will plummet back to Earth on Friday, say the experts who are tracking the 6.5 ton spacecraft.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/13050-falling-nasa-satellite-north-america-safe.html
A. From the New York Times: UARS creates a news media stir and social media frenzy, reminding some of Skylab’s fall to Earth in 1979.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/science/space/23satellite.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=NASA&st=cse
B. From Spaceflightnow.com: Keeping up with the UARS saga. The website offers a history of the Earth science satellite and reader friendly updates on the timing and location of its anticipated re-entry.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/uars/status.html
2. From National Public Radio: In Congressional testimony Thursday, Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, respectively the first and last Apollo astronauts to walk on the moon, urge members of the House Science, Space and Technology panel to ramp up the momentum of the nation’s human space exploration program — even consider bring back the retired space shuttle.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/22/140722055/astronauts-neil-armstrong-gene-cernan-urge-u-s-to-bring-back-shuttles
A. From the Orlando Sentinel: Armstrong and Cernan express frustration at the pace of future U.S. space exploration.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/2011/09/apollo-astronauts-take-aim-at-white-house.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fspace%2Fspace_blog+%28Space+Blog+The+Write+Stuff%29
B. From Spacepolicyonline.com: The website offers video clips of Thursday’s house hearing along with the written testimony offered by Armstrong, Cernan and members of the House panel on the state of U. S. human space exploration.
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1893:hssat-committee-hears-testimony-about-human-spaceflight-future&catid=67:news&Itemid=27
3. From Space News: NASA discloses a strategy to rescue the over budget James Webb Space Telescope. In 2012, the funding required will come from the agency’s science budget and the money that supports the agency’s field centers.
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/110922-science-cross-agency-budgets-take-hit.html
4. From The New York Times: Is there anything in nature that travels faster than light? Perhaps neutrinos, and if so, the outcome challenges Albert Einstein’s theories.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/science/23speed.html?_r=1&ref=science
5. From the Los Angeles Times: At the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, researchers are mystified by the faster than expected 450 mile trip by neutrinos hurtling away from a particle accelerator to an off site detector. The timing could up end the modern understanding of physics.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-0923-speed-of-light-20110923,0,497738.story
6. From Space.com: Comet Elenin, discovered by a Russian amateur astronomer in December 2010, once promised to shine brightly in the October night sky, as it passed within 22 million miles of the Earth. Then last month, Elenin began to dim, perhaps a casualty of a coronal mass ejection unleashed by the sun.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/13045-comet-elenin-skywatching-curiosity-nasa.html
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