Here we are approaching the expected 2013 solar max. What to do? Perhaps ponder the cautionary tale of the rumored first draft of George Harrison’s Here comes the Sun: Solar max, it’s been a dormant 11-year period Solar max, it has been years since you’ve been here Here come the sunspots, Here come the sunspots, [...]
Archive for February 22, 2011
Taking Space Weather Seriously
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Songs of Space and Nuclear WarTags: Solar Max, Solar Maximum, Space Weather
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This snipped image is from the Best of the Web Today: As Uncle Walter would say, “and that’s the way it is…” Read the USA Today article here and the more interesting Onion article here.
Libya Practices Space Warfare
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Songs of Space and Nuclear WarTags: Arms Control, Libya, Space Warfare
The Telegraph describes the space warfare that Libya is practicing: satellite jamming of Al Jazeera. While arms controllers focus on “space weapons,” weapons-free space warfare continues to be an effective method of controlling the coin of the realm in space, that is, information. With satellite jamming, Libya is getting the same effect – denying their [...]
What Can Space Do For You?
Posted: February 22, 2011 in Songs of Space and Nuclear WarTags: Egypt, Remote Sensing
It can show you the lights are still on in Egypt.
