Forecasting Space Weather

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 12:20

In this lecture Dr. Tom Bogdan, Director of NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, outlines how space weather can affect our advanced technologies-based global economy.

NOAA is the US’ official source for space weather prediction, forecast, and warning services. It operates 24/7 and is one of a handful of National Critical Systems operated by the National Weather Service. Using real-time data from a variety of sources, NOAA’s staff provides space weather guidance that is critical for advanced technologies such as space exploration missions, telecommunications satellites, air transportation communications and the national power grid infrastructure.

 

The Truth About The Van Allen Radiation Belts

Created on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 07:26

This NASA video about the Orion space exploration craft shows a NASA scientist actually admitting that they still haven't worked out how to properly shield the spacecraft from the radiation in the Van Allen belts.

 

Apollo Zero

Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 16:49

Apollo Zero is a public domain film which seeks to prove that no man has ever really walked on the moon.

Think about this: to date, only three countries have been able to put a man merely in Earth orbit – the United States, Russia, and China. That speaks to how difficult it is just to get into orbit. Next, consider how far away the moon is from the Earth: 240,000 miles. Since the alleged moon landings, no country even claims to have gone more than 400 miles from Earth and that was in the Space Shuttle.  The International Space Station orbits at 200 miles above Earth. There is a big difference between 240,000 miles and 400 miles. Why can't anyone make it more than 400 miles from Earth today if we could make a 480,000 mile round trip in 1969?

NASA further asserts that three men were loaded into a rocket, flew 240,000 miles to the moon and then achieved lunar orbit. They say the spacecraft separated and two astronauts flew 60 miles to the surface of the moon, in a vacuum and 1/6 Earth gravity. They then hung out on the moon for up to three days in 250 degree heat, hit golf balls, rode a moon buggy — but what powered their life support and equipment? They say BATTERIES.

They then supposedly blasted off the surface of the moon, docked with the third man going around the moon at over 4000 miles per hour, and made it 240,000 miles back to Earth. They re-entered Earth's atmosphere going 25,000 mph, but parachutes assured a safe landing in the ocean.

The producers of Apollo Zero set out to prove the absurdity of NASA's claim in a clear and convincing fashion. Watch Apollo Zero and decide for yourself.

Source: apollozero.com