Ahmose's Posts - Saviors Of Earth2024-03-29T07:15:35ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmosehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1544686689?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=24wrdvf1gm2u3&xn_auth=no06-02-2009 The most horrible day of 2009tag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2009-02-06:2492330:BlogPost:1116802009-02-06T21:05:35.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
Today i am the sadest kitty in the world.<br />
I had to say goodbye to my little friend<br />
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Musti. 18-8-1991.-06-02-2009<br />
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He was like 17 years and a little more.<br />
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Well i hope Ceiling Cat will take care of you!<br />
I love you little friend and i will never forget you.<br />
Miss you
Today i am the sadest kitty in the world.<br />
I had to say goodbye to my little friend<br />
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Musti. 18-8-1991.-06-02-2009<br />
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He was like 17 years and a little more.<br />
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Well i hope Ceiling Cat will take care of you!<br />
I love you little friend and i will never forget you.<br />
Miss youFélix and Félicette,the space catstag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-06:2492330:BlogPost:353632008-12-06T07:36:30.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
Félicette and Félix may not be the best-known cats in the world — but maybe they should be, as Félicette became the first of only two cats (as far as I can establish) to have been sent into space, while Félix had been trained to be sent.<br />
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The then Soviet Union experimented in the later 1950s with dogs in capsules on the edge of space; then in 1957 Laika, a mongrel dog who became very well known, was launched in Sputnik 2. According to what the Russians…
Félicette and Félix may not be the best-known cats in the world — but maybe they should be, as Félicette became the first of only two cats (as far as I can establish) to have been sent into space, while Félix had been trained to be sent.<br />
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The then Soviet Union experimented in the later 1950s with dogs in capsules on the edge of space; then in 1957 Laika, a mongrel dog who became very well known, was launched in Sputnik 2. According to what the Russians said at the time, she suffered no ill-effects whilst in orbit, but after a few days her batteries and air supply ran out and she died. However, the real story, only revealed more recently, is that she died from overheating and stress just a few hours into the mission. She is remembered on a memorial at Star City, outside Moscow. A number of other dogs followed in her pawprints, up until the mid-1960s; many of them were successfully returned to Earth, but some were not. There are some Russian stamps honouring 'space dogs'.<br />
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Other animals — mice and various monkeys — had been used in previous sub-orbital space experiments by the USA, from as early as 1949. The first primate actually to enter orbit in space was Enos, a chimpanzee launched on 29 November 1961 and successfully recovered a few days later.<br />
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In 1963 the French government had numerous cats undergoing intensive training for possible space flight, with fairly arduous tasks involving a compression chamber and a centrifuge. But they don't seem to have suffered too much; ten of the would-be astronauts were 'decommissioned' for eating too much! Félix was one of those retained, and was the one chosen to undertake the first mission. He was apparently a Paris street cat, although one report says he was bought by the French government from a dealer. However, it seems that Félix managed to escape, and was replaced at the last minute by a female cat, Félicette, so it was she who, on the prescribed date of 18 October 1963, was blasted off in a special capsule on top of a French Véronique AG1 rocket, from the Colomb Bacar rocket base at Hammaguir in the Algerian Sahara desert.<br />
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She did not go into orbit, but in a flight lasting altogether less than 15 minutes travelled some 100 miles into space, where the capsule separated from the rocket and descended by parachute. Throughout the flight electrodes implanted in her brain transmitted neurological impulses back to Earth, and the French Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique (CERMA), which directed these flights, stated afterwards that the cat had made a valuable contribution to research. The capsule and Félicette were safely recovered, but what happened to her after her adventure I do not know. The British press of the time called her the 'Astrocat'. There was another cat flight on 24 October, but the capsule recovery went wrong, and when it was finally recovered two days later the unfortunate cat was dead.<br />
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Félix was commemorated on a couple of postage stamps from former French colonies some 30 years after the historic voyage. One, issued in 1992 by the Comoro Islands (above left), is from a set showing various rockets and the animals Laika and Ham, another space-going chimp. Later on, in 1997, Chad produced a series of sheets showing many aspects of space travel. The one with Félix also includes Laika, as well as astronauts Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin and their Saturn V rocket (below).<br />
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However, we think that the stamps actually show Félicette, and not Felix as their captions state, because the photo at the head of this article — the only one I have come across, and a press photo of the time — shows Félix to be a tabby and not black and white. As far as we can ascertain, Félicette is the black-and-white cat shown here (right). The inscription on the photo, together with her pawprint, reads in French 'Merci pour votre participation à mon succès du 18 octobre 1963,' which means 'Thank you for taking part in my success of 18 October 1963.' (We don't know for whom it was intended) Interestingly, the philatelic cover below that I came across, produced by an American outfit called Bow-Wow Local Post to mark the tenth anniversary of a cat in space, shows a tabby cat on the blue label, so seems to be inaccurate.Cat in Spacetag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-06:2492330:BlogPost:353532008-12-06T07:00:00.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
Why is it that the first we hear of the cat is when it appears in Egypt around 2,000 B.C. as the living embodiment of the goddess Bast? The dog was domesticated... comfortably ensconced as man's adoring servant, catching frisbees and letting his tongue loll unattractively out of his mouth, long before the cat arrived on the scene. Why? Where was the cat? Why are there no images of cats in cave paintings? Why is the Bible silent on the subject?<br />
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Why is it that the first we hear of the cat is when it appears in Egypt around 2,000 B.C. as the living embodiment of the goddess Bast? The dog was domesticated... comfortably ensconced as man's adoring servant, catching frisbees and letting his tongue loll unattractively out of his mouth, long before the cat arrived on the scene. Why? Where was the cat? Why are there no images of cats in cave paintings? Why is the Bible silent on the subject?<br />
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It's quite simple, really. Cats are not from around here. We know now that our planet was visited long ago by astronauts from a planet more intellectually advanced than ours. There is strong evidence to suggest that the planet what the Planet Hsif, and that cats were those ancient astronauts.<br />
Say these cats arrive in pyramid-shaped space shuttles, they land, they reconnoiter, and someone's beeper goes off...<br />
there is an emergency at home on the Planet Hsif. Everyone drops what they are doing, the bulk of the team is hurriedly picked up by the mother ship, leaving a token force behind to gather artifacts and guard the pyramid shuttles. The main team plans to return to earth to complete their mission at the first opportunity. But their return is stymied... first by a civil war, later by budget cuts.<br />
Those astronauts left behind await the return of their team with great patience... perhaps they stare at a spot for a year or so and then their situation hits them. They have been abandoned. They growl, they weep, they nap, and then with the pragmatism that characterizes their people, they proceed to damage control. Determined to blend in, in spite of their unusual features (they know they are fabulous looking and this will cause jealousy), the astronauts assess the needs of the Egyptian culture and develop a coping strategy.<br />
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They will become goddesses, rat killers, and charming domestic companions all at the same time. Indispensable to Egyptian society, they are indulged and pampered, their lives protected by law. In Egypt the punishment for killing a cat, even accidentally, was death. Families who lost their cats displayed their grief by ripping their clothes and shaving off their eyebrows. It's all been downhill since then... no wonder cats sometimes have that whiny sound in their voices.<br />
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This scenario seems to me easier to swallow than the one history gives us: that the pyramids were built by laborers with only primitive technology and without cranes or fork lifts.<br />
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You doubt it? All cats evidence a vestigial memory of their origin. Try this experiment: bring three cats together in a room, and you will find that no matter where they are set down, they will gravitate toward each other and automatically arrange themselves into the shape of a pyramid.<br />
There is evidence to suggest that hairballs are actually a very sophisticated means of communication and that their variety, time of day and frequency of appearance are significant. Cats emit hairballs to signal to their people in much the same way that shipwrecked travelers build huge bonfires on the beach in hope of attracting the attention of rescue planes.<br />
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How frustrating it must be when we rush to blot out all signs of these communiques. Perhaps cats feel like prisoners who mark the days of<br />
captivity on the walls of their cells, only to have their sadistic jailers rub out the signs of their efforts as soon as they appear. I hope not. I hope they understand that we mean them no harm, that in this as in many other things, we just don't have a clue.<br />
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Some cats have made it back to Hsif. In 1988 one of our major tabloids headlined the news that hundreds of cats were disappearing, kidnapped by aliens. Au contraire, I don't think so. They haven't been kidnapped; they've been repatriated. We miss you guys, but we know that you're truely happy at last.<br />
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From the book: Everything Here Is Mine, by Nicole Hollander. (Avon Books, Copyright (c) 1992 by Nicole Hollander.) Used without permission.Study illuminates star explosion from 16th centurytag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-04:2492330:BlogPost:331232008-12-04T16:37:02.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – Thu Dec 4, 4:11 am ET AP – This composite image provided by NASA Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 of the Tycho supernova remnant combines … NEW YORK – More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw.<br />
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It's no big surprise. Scientists have known the light came…
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Malcolm Ritter, Ap Science Writer – Thu Dec 4, 4:11 am ET AP – This composite image provided by NASA Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008 of the Tycho supernova remnant combines … NEW YORK – More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw.<br />
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It's no big surprise. Scientists have known the light came from a supernova, a huge star explosion. But what kind of supernova?<br />
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A new study confirms that, as expected, it was the common kind that involves the thermonuclear explosion of a white dwarf star with a nearby companion.<br />
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The research, which analyzed a "light echo" from the long-ago event, is presented in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature by scientists in Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.<br />
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The story of what's commonly called Tycho's supernova began on Nov. 11, 1572, when Brahe was astonished to see what he thought was a brilliant new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light eventually became as bright as Venus and could be seen for two weeks in broad daylight. After 16 months, it disappeared.<br />
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Working before telescopes were invented, Brahe documented with precision that unlike the moon and the planets, the light's position didn't move in relation to the stars. That meant it lay far beyond the moon. That was a shock to the contemporary view that the distant heavens were perfect and unchanging.<br />
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The event inspired Brahe to commit himself further to studying the stars, launching a career of meticulous observations that helped lay the foundations of early modern astronomy, said Michael Shank, a professor of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.<br />
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The direct light from the supernova swept past Earth long ago. But some of it struck dust clouds in deep space, causing them to brighten. That "light echo" was still observable, and the new study was based on analyzing the wavelengths of light from that.<br />
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Nature: http://www.nature.com/natureStar Trek's Deflector Shield Envisioned for Mars Missiontag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-03:2492330:BlogPost:315252008-12-03T17:48:03.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
By Clara Moskowitz<br />
Special to SPACE.com<br />
posted: 19 November 2008<br />
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One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could.<br />
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These threats can, however, be defeated. In Star Trek, a deflector shield surrounded the Starship Enterprise, and radiation bounced off it. Now tests show it's possible to create a real deflector shield that would have the same effect.<br />
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A new study found that…
By Clara Moskowitz<br />
Special to SPACE.com<br />
posted: 19 November 2008<br />
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One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could.<br />
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These threats can, however, be defeated. In Star Trek, a deflector shield surrounded the Starship Enterprise, and radiation bounced off it. Now tests show it's possible to create a real deflector shield that would have the same effect.<br />
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A new study found that a portable magnetic shield could be the key to protecting spacefarers during long-duration missions. A spaceship could be outfitted with a mini magnetosphere that would force the harmful charged particles in space to curve around the ship, rather than hitting the people inside.<br />
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While this idea has been tossed around since the 1960s, most experts thought it couldn't work because the magnetic field required to produce the effect would need to be too large. But a new test in the laboratory showed the process seems to work on a smaller scale, too.<br />
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Ruth Bamford of the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in England and her colleagues conducted tests on a miniature plasma field in the laboratory with similar properties to the wind of charged particles in space coming off of the sun (the source of much of the most harmful radiation to humans). When scientists set up a magnetic field inside this artificial solar wind, they found that the magnet created a bubble where no radiation could enter.<br />
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"We switched it on and there it was," Bamford told SPACE.com. "When we put the probe in we found out there were no particles inside the little bubble. If a spacecraft had been somewhere in this bubble it would have been protected from this beam. That was lovely to see."<br />
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Bamford detailed her findings in the Nov. 4 issue of the journal Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion.<br />
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The engineering details of how to use this technology on a spaceship must still be worked out. Moreover, the portable magnetic shield could only protect against particles coming from the solar wind, while other kinds of harmful particles, such as high energy gamma rays and X-rays, wouldn't be affected. Still, the technique is promising, since particles from the solar wind are extremely dangerous, especially during solar storms, when the wind plasma flares up and sends out surges of radiation.<br />
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"The protons [from the solar wind] apparently are the greatest concern for the health of the astronauts, because of their large concentration during storms, and because the particles are large enough to break DNA down," Bamford said. "In the early Apollo missions, the astronauts were very lucky to not be in space during a radiation burst. There was a storm between Apollo 16 and 17, which would have been fatal if the astronauts had been in space."Danish Tourist to Be First Xcor Spaceplane Passengertag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2008-12-03:2492330:BlogPost:315192008-12-03T17:43:53.000ZAhmosehttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/Ahmose
By The Associated Press<br />
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posted: 02 December 2008<br />
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth.<br />
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Xcor Aerospace said Tuesday that Per Wimmer, an investment banker based in London, will be the first passenger aboard Lynx, a space tourism vehicle designed to take off and land like an airplane. He's also an investor in the Mojave,…
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth.<br />
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Xcor Aerospace said Tuesday that Per Wimmer, an investment banker based in London, will be the first passenger aboard Lynx, a space tourism vehicle designed to take off and land like an airplane. He's also an investor in the Mojave, Calif.-based company.<br />
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Wimmer hopes his flight will come in 2011, after a series of test flights. Officials said tickets are selling for $95,000 each and reservations have been made for 20 flights.<br />
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Xcor's main competitor is building SpaceShipTwo, an eight-seat craft that will take passengers some 62 miles above Earth for $200,000 each.