ABEL
An Angel In Devil's Shoes
I went to my astronomy club meeting tonite. They had a guest speaker. I wasn't able to catch his whole name since it was kinda noisy in there with all the applause...but he's a propulsion scientist for JPL!!! (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Y'all remember the Mars Rover? He worked on that, and he's working on the two current rovers that are scheduled to land on Mars in January. His speach was very interesting. He also brought along an actual Space Shuttle heat tile, a piece of Aerogel click here , which is the lightest known solid substance (they use it for insulation), and he also brought along a meteorite. We all got to hold them
Here are links to some of the photos I took tonite.
Unfortunately Snapfish is down at the moment so I can't post the actual photos I will update this thread with the actual photos later when Snapfish comes back up.
Here's the guest speaker....(I swear, he looks just like Commander Riker from Star Trek Next Generation )
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...JPL+Scientist+Mars+rover.jpg?bcTewR_AosVbjGdX
Guest speaker with one of the club membes holding the Space Shuttle heat tile (no, it's not a tile from Columbia)
I didn't get a pic of the meteorite, but in the background you can just barely make out one of the other club members holding it
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46..._Space+Shuttle+heat+tile.jpg?bcTewR_AgQthX.Nq
While the adults finished the meeting, the kids went to make edible Mars Rovers
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...+made+edible+Mars+rovers.jpg?bcTewR_AikJTMXfK
And here are two pictures of MARS that I actually took!!!!!!! I took them with my digital camera looking thru a telescope...If you look closely at the top of Mars, you can actually see the POLAR ICE CAP!
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...o+thru+telescope+by+ABEL.jpg?bcTewR_AWZW0vB.3
and zoomed in a little closer...
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...ru+telescope+by+ABEL---1.jpg?bcTewR_AiAt2D31G
Here are links to some of the photos I took tonite.
Unfortunately Snapfish is down at the moment so I can't post the actual photos I will update this thread with the actual photos later when Snapfish comes back up.
Here's the guest speaker....(I swear, he looks just like Commander Riker from Star Trek Next Generation )
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...JPL+Scientist+Mars+rover.jpg?bcTewR_AosVbjGdX
Guest speaker with one of the club membes holding the Space Shuttle heat tile (no, it's not a tile from Columbia)
I didn't get a pic of the meteorite, but in the background you can just barely make out one of the other club members holding it
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46..._Space+Shuttle+heat+tile.jpg?bcTewR_AgQthX.Nq
While the adults finished the meeting, the kids went to make edible Mars Rovers
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...+made+edible+Mars+rovers.jpg?bcTewR_AikJTMXfK
And here are two pictures of MARS that I actually took!!!!!!! I took them with my digital camera looking thru a telescope...If you look closely at the top of Mars, you can actually see the POLAR ICE CAP!
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...o+thru+telescope+by+ABEL.jpg?bcTewR_AWZW0vB.3
and zoomed in a little closer...
http://us.f2.yahoofs.com/users/3f46...ru+telescope+by+ABEL---1.jpg?bcTewR_AiAt2D31G
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