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Solar Eclipse - Summer 2017
Learn about the August eclipse.
View the eclipse from your zipcode
At this site you can enter your zip code to see what the eclipse will look like from that location in SoCal (hint: the complete eclipse is a few hundred miles north of us):
National Metric Week, Oct 4-15, 2015
The US is only one of 3 countries in the world not using the metric system. Celebrations & programs by the National Teachers of Mathematics, NIST and other bodies offer ways that libraries, schools and groups can learn more about the metric system.
TelStar Day, July 10, 2014
It Is TELSTAR DAY!!!!!
July 10, 1962. This date marks the launch of Telstar 1, the first communications satellite capable of relaying television signals from Europe to North America!
Yes on this VERY day long ago our childhood TELSTAR I was launched.... and so was my fascination with Sat Com-
For those of you Non-space science folk this is sure to be a memory though ... and a great song by Joe Meek of UK but a hit indeed for the VENTURES (Surf music buddies can add to this )
John R. Pierce of Bell Labs fame was the father of TELSTAR, and later in my life to become a great friend and of mine and a friend to the SMECC museum project. In addition A.C. Dickieson, the project manager for TELSTAR, ended up retiring in Sun City here and I got to know him as well. Add to that James Early who did device development for the Telstar Project another great mind and a great friend...
more...less...
Unfortunately all have passed on many years ago.....add to that Eugene O'Neill and other... and look below in comments and you will see some other articles about TELSTAR by some people I was happy to call my friends... I miss them all but thankful to have had the time I did with them. ok lets
listen to the TELSTAR song by Joe Meek
http://youtu.be/YuA-fqKCiAE and also the
Ventures....http://youtu.be/D6DmtPQv7V8
Enjoy the walk down memory lane.... Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

also go to - -
http://www.smecc.org/telstar_photo_album.htm
read all these authors and articles at SMECC
[ John Pierce / Telstar ] [ A. C. Dickieson ] [ James

Early / TELSTAR ] [ Memorabilia / TELSTAR ] [ Telstar

Broadcasts ] [ W.J.Bray - UK ] [ K.D. Smith Bell Solar

Batteries TELSTAR ] [ TELSTAR - Joe Meek ] [ Eugene

O'Neill - TELSTAR ] [ UK First TELSTAR Transatlantic

Color Transmission ]

Thanks to Ed Sharpe of SMECC
Science.gov Celebrates 10th Anniversary
There are now more than 200 million pages in Science.gov, and the annual page views top 34 million, a 45-fold increase from the earliest days. The founding idea was to provide a comprehensive gateway to federal science information for those who might not know exactly where to find it. The interagency effort would raise scientific and technical literacy, serve as a foundation for future discoveries, and foster greater understanding of the public’s return on investment from the government’s science and technology efforts.

“From its inception, Science.gov has been a model of collaboration, transparency and open government,” said Alliance co-chair Annie Simpson of the U.S. Geological Survey. “Back in 2002, Science.gov was touted as a wonderful ‘potluck picnic’ of science agencies pooling their efforts so citizens could find the science information they need.
The Mars rover Curiosity is scheduled to land in the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 6.
Other relevant links include:
1. Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror
http://youtu.be/ISmWAyQxqqs
2. Amazing Movie of Mars Curiosity HD
http://youtu.be/FZYnIsLNz3c
(Just keep in mind that despite the cool sounds effects, there is no sound in space until the vehicle hits the Martian atmosphere!)
3.What sets Curiosity apart from other Mars Rovers?
http://youtu.be/d1coV7XqE1M
Reuters Science News
Global news summaries about latest science events, policies and findings from news wires and media outlets.
ScienceWatch
Tracks trends and performance in global scientific research since 1989 and includes interview, competitive intelligence, data and rankings, special topics.
The USA Science & engineering Festival
The USA Science & Engineering Festival returns to Washington, D.C.'s Walter E. Washington Convention Center April 28-29. Admission is free to the event, which will include more than 2,000 hands-on activities and 150 performances, including appearances by Bill Nye the Science Guy and Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters. (619) 398-6360; usasciencefestival.org.--Al BonoWitz
2013: Year of International Statistics
The Ig Nobel Prize Winners
For achievements that make people laugh then think! Announced every September prior to the real Nobel prizes.

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