Posted on 11/10/2010 6:23:26 PM PST by The Comedian
MEDIA ADVISORY : M10-157 NASA Announces Televised Chandra News Conference WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 15, to discuss the Chandra X-ray Observatory's discovery of an exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood.
The news conference will originate from NASA Headquarters' television studio, 300 E St. SW in Washington and carried live on NASA TV.
Media representatives may attend the conference, join by phone or ask questions from participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Trent Perrotto at: trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov by 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 15. Reporters wishing to attend the conference in-person must have a valid press credential for access. Non-U.S. media also must bring passports.
Scientists involved in the research will be available to answer questions. Panelists providing analysis of the research include: - Jon Morse, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Kimberly Weaver, astrophysicist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. - Alex Filippenko, astrophysicist, University of California, Berkeley
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and further information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/chandra
http://chandra.harvard.edu
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And worse yet, it’s 50 million, so even moreso what you said. It’s probably a stunt to make this look worthy of continued funding. :’)
B - O - R - I - N - G . What a letdown.
Unless it's the other end of a wormhole we successfully connected to via the LHC last week, and the goa'uld are about to start pouring through.
Augh!
Oh sorry.
Someone (maybe bigheadfred) mentioned that term the other day, and I played along like I knew what it was.
There’s a cover story about Duke Nukem (that is what that is, right?) in one of the PC mags, probably Maximum PC, I was in the racks this evening.
“If you want to paint pictures like this, you have to use some dark colors.”
Thanks TC.
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