Posted on 12/13/2006 9:49:26 AM PST by TheTruthAintPretty
I believe this is Exploding Sunspots.
More to come pretty scarry...
Apply SPF 4,000 sun-block, pronto!
Only if it were man made by a capitalist...
Nothing in the computer models about the Sun having an impact on Global Warming....all warming is due to man!......
Here's realtime images from Solo:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-c3.html
WOW!!
Its not that big a deal. A X3 solar flare is pretty small and not at all uncommon. Last year we had one that was an X27, luckily it was not facing the earth at the time. If you are on earth and protected by the atmosphere, you are safe. Riding in space you get irradiated a little.
I think Soho spacecraft is @ 1 million miles from Earth ???
My Road Runner internet was down yesterday afternoon.
Space caves- they can be found in worm holes- but you gotta be quick getting into them or you risk teleportation to another galaxy. http://sacredscoop.com
My husband and I were in Borders the other day and this girl was reading this HUGE book (I mean it was bigger than her) on the solar system. She yells across to him for everybody to hear(he was in a different section I guess), "Dad, come look at Uranus"!
I had to chuckle.
spaceflightnow.com
1841 GMT (1:41 p.m. EST)
And the retraction has stopped after two more bays were pulled in. The astronauts and ground teams will be analyzing how the array looks before deciding to press on.
1841 GMT (1:41 p.m. EST)
Retraction has resumed.
1838 GMT (1:38 p.m. EST)
No other issues or concerns were noticed in the wing survey.
1838 GMT (1:38 p.m. EST)
Flight controllers have asked the crew to retract two more bays to watch that one fold and see how it behaves.
1835 GMT (1:35 p.m. EST)
The array survey has shown only one fold at the bottom of one blanket that appears to be resting opposite of its crease. But the crew believes it will 'pop' back the right way later in the retraction.
1830 GMT (1:30 p.m. EST)
Mission Control says all of the telemetry was normal during the initial retraction.
1829 GMT (1:29 p.m. EST)
Once the third bay was retracted, the process was stopped as planned. The crew will be examining the wing to ensure it is safe to continue.
1829 GMT (1:29 p.m. EST)
Two bays have been retracted so far.
1828 GMT (1:28 p.m. EST)
The retraction command has been issued. The wing will be rolled up three sections -- or "bays" -- in this initial phase of the retraction. The wing is comprised of 31 bays in total.
Basement.
time for the spacemen to put on their lead jock-straps!
Solar warming!
That was my thought, as well....
Not to diminsh the courage of the astronauts, but still.
I wondered last night why my satellite TV signal kept getting knocked off air. Now I know.
Telephone circuits in the 703 area code (Northern Virginia) are screwed up. I've been trying to call a friend and I keep getting "all circuits are busy right now."
The folding problem looks verrry, verrry series right now.
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