The Yankees lost. Their defense was poor. It turned into a bit of a slugfest and the end result was the Mariners winning 7-6. Moose had a less than stellar day giving up 4 runs in 5 innings. He did strike out 6 and walked none but it wasn't enough.
I was also wrong about the bi-coastal sweep possibility because Oakland actually won their first game back east. I forgot about that. My bad.
Still I take 10 from 12. That's not too bad to get to .500.
Artificial Gravity
We need gravity, being creatures that evolved under gravity. So whenever we think of going into deep space, we must make consideration for devices that can deliver AG.
Here's an article on NASA's research in this area.
Paloski said that previous studies have focused on the cardiovascular system, or on the bone system, or in some cases the muscle systems, "but not looking at all the body systems at once."
In the near future, there will be a general call for bed rest subjects for the artificial gravity study effort. For somebody who completes all aspects of the study, the pay is about $6,100, Paloski noted.
"It’s not going to get people to quit their day jobs to come and do this," he said, underscoring the fact that those wishing to take part must first pass rigorous psychological and physiological screening.
"We’re looking for people who want to go to bed…and have a number of tests done on them," Paloski said.
Anybody up for it?
X-Ray Vision
'X-Ray Vision' (the ability to see through a girl'sclothes, presumably used to be one of Superman's special abilities. Well, this has nothing to do with it.
Japan is launching an X-Ray Observatory.
JAXA said the satellite will carry five X-ray telescopes – which detect traces of light – to study the structures and movement of black holes and galaxies, find out when and where their chemical elements are created and what happens when matter falls into a black hole.
JAXA said it plans to use the satellite as an orbiting space observatory after the mission. The announcement follows the February liftoff of a communications satellite into space aboard the country’s workhorse H-2A rocket – its first successful launch since an accident in November 2003, when a rocket carrying two spy satellites malfunctioned after liftoff and was destroyed in mid-flight.
The Astro-Ell, developed with the United States, was originally scheduled to lift off earlier this year but was delayed as JAXA concentrated on successfully launching the H-2A.
Of course it may blow up on the launchpad like many JAXA launches... Hmmm.
Having made that wisecrack, it occurs to me that at least the Japanese have a space programme. We in Australia don't. Let's meditate on that one, shall we?
- Art Neuro
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