be patient, the 1st minute and a half (and off and on after) look to be snafus on either WH or NBC tv crew – not rocket science, guys – but worth hearing whole 11:45 minutes on what the real rocket scientists (and bill nelson) have to say about the Webb project.
Watch live coverage as President Biden and vice president Kamala harris receive a briefing from NASA officials and preview the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
better presentation and explanations by scientific american
Decades of work, $10 billion in spending and nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history have brought us to this moment: the first science from the largest and most powerful observatory ever built.
There are so many galaxies in here.
Those bright, spiky points are nearby stars, but every tiny oval, every gleaming blob is a distant galaxy, a swirling creation brimming with stars and dust and planets. Some of the galaxies in the foreground are part of a cluster called SMACS 0723, so massive that its gravity warps the light coming from other, more distant galaxies. The effect magnifies their brightness, bringing thousands of them out of the darkness. The cosmic gems fill up every corner of the frame, each one captured the way it appeared billions of years ago, when the starlight left its shimmery edges and began wafting across the universe.
The image, released today, was taken by the world’s newest space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope. It is the first real snapshot from the mission, which launched more than six months ago and currently orbits about 1 million miles from Earth.
The picture is sparkly and beautiful, a great choice for a computer background. It is also, more important, an entirely new view of the universe. The light from the galaxies in the foreground left 4.6 billion years ago, and the light from the galaxies beyond those, even longer. All this light has been captured in unprecedented detail by the most powerful space telescope in history, making this one of the deepest, most high-resolution pictures of the universe that humankind has ever taken.
[continues]
History matters. When an incumbent POTUS has chosen not to run,like 1968, the other party has won. When an incumbent has been challenged, as in 1980, the other party has won. If you want a 2024 GOP presidency, keep talking Biden not running or other Dems challenging him.
It’s inexplicable to me why folks are talking 2024 when we are in the midst of critical midterms. That talk actually suppresses voting. And Democrats need to hang onto the Senate and House.
—V Brownworth
[two]
Hark While I croon a verse In praise Of the universe. The universe is quite good-sized, And is, I think, well organized, Containing as it does, a slew Of stars and planets. Comets too Occasionally whiz about And dodge and circle in and out Among the clustered nebulae. They scare the dickens out of me, But I suppose they know their stuff And are expert and quick enough To keep from bumping or colliding With other worlds. But I’m residing At present on the planet, earth, And it does not arouse my mirth To see these reckless comets fly Around as if they owned the sky. It’s much too dangerous in a crowd, And really shouldn’t be allowed. Yet tho there’s nothing to prevent Bad manners in the firmament, The heavenly bodies, generally, Are well behaved and courteously Avoid all quarrels and disputes- Tho when they have them, they are beauts. As to the universe’s size, It’s rather large than otherwise, Containing stars and galaxies And satellites of all degrees. And some are dim and some are bright, But all are lighted up at night,- Mostly along the Milky Way- A quite remarkable display. Some scientific fellows hope By peering thru a telescope To chart the heavens and name each star Of all the billions that there are. More sensible I think it is Just to sit back and let them whiz Along on their accustomed track Around and round the zodiac. For since they are not bothering me I think it’s best to let them be. And that is all I have to say About the universe today. —The Poems of Freddy the Pig By Walter Brooks
Now that’s one stunning image of the universe 13 billion years ago. Hard to grasp that. Be interesting to see how the scientists process that and what they can learn from it about the formation of the neighborhood.
Speaking of looking back in time, LP brought 2 boxes of vinyl records in from the garage last night – about 2/3 mine, 1/3 Mrs. P’s. Among them is an unopened Santana Abraxas with the unopened plastic wrapper on it. I have to assume it was from 1970 or thereabouts. I wonder if it’s worth anything…
Sturg – You e got that exactly right. The best thing is to focus on getting more Dems into office in 2022, FIRST. Then, getting POTUS Joe a SECOND term. (Wouldn’t that just throw dirt on the orange, former guy, too? Yeah.) THIRD, start putting together a strong Dem ticket for 2028, by getting more National name recognition for someone like Ossoff, for instance; do more to keep the primaries from becoming nasty, just putting forth why their plan is best. Leave the dirty, opposition tactics for the general.
NYT poll: Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind
64% under 35yo say they’ll vote against him in the primaries
Chances are we are not alone.
NASA is holding a presser today with more images , and info .
I don’t know what is more impressive, that image or what we have done to get it.
Think of all those human eyeballs laying down at night and watching the lights whirl over head.
Never knowing what they were looking at.
Fetterman rakes in $11 million in second fundraising quarter
Put me in the camp that the Dems had better concentrate on the mid-terms before looking at 2024.
Something else about about today’s events .
This was Mission Control on Apollo 11 , all white men with white short sleeve shirts , pocket protectors, and skinny ties.
Today, a hell of a lot of women in the room wearing black polo shirts with logos.
The times they are a changing .
Meet the Woman Who Makes the James Webb Space Telescope Work
Jane Rigby, Webb’s operations project scientist, discusses how NASA plans to wring as much science as possible from the $10-billion observatory
…found out one of my favorite young comedians, Nick Nemeroff, died a couple weeks ago, he was 32 😒
Start a new thread .
Let us not muddy up one of man kinds greatest moments with a grifter from New York.
Great pics from Webb. WaPo
Comment is too long if an image is attached but I’m gobsmacked, I tellz ya.
Tried to do a workaround and it didn’t work. Go find a site where you can view the images – they are pretty fricking cool.
Ok
My first thought was the Access bus tape , you know the one about grabbing pussies ,as the owner of a pussy this did not sit well with Liz .
Now, she has his balls in her hands , and every girl from Wyoming knows about castration.
One of the greatest days in American history was today.
I am stunned by this lack of comments .
They killed Moby Dick today !
And this place is full of Mormon crickets.
I went down on the couch to watch, and immediately fell asleep, waking up just in time for the intermission. So I watched the 2nd half and then since I’d taped it I had to go back and watch the 1st half.
Hearings are kicking butt. I’m very like-ful.
A funny thing happened on the way to these hearings .
Jack forecast the old way , but this is something new, this is what we have never seen before , congress doing it’s job.
A word about that “tool” from Ohio.
&nsp;
You know , a “family man” who lost his job, and
home.
Fuck you , you , you dumb , motherfucker.
lol
Congress only doing their job because the GOP traitors are not involved.
Nite all –
Nature does not give a rat ‘s fuzzy butt about what you believe .
“The answer is no. As it turns out, the best way to reduce abortions is to make them more accessible, not less.”
“The truth is, countries with the most restrictive abortion laws have the highest rates of abortion, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute.”
“Take the Netherlands, where any woman who needs one can legally have a safe abortion until 24 weeks after conception. Here, just eight out of 1,000 pregnancies are terminated — half the rate in the U.S., and one of the lowest rates in the world. What constitutes the “need” for an abortion is not clearly defined — the law trusts women, their doctors and the courts to interpret this law as they see fit.”
Imagine that, trusting women.
The Mormons are in some very deep shit.
They are inhaling the lake bed dust, and it is landing on their snow pack.
Years ago Hanson warned about the ” Monsters Behind the Door”.
At that time no one dreamed of the death of the Great Salt Lake, or Lake Powell, or Lake Meade,
These are the Monsters right here right now.
And there is Zero planning for all this .
Right before we all vote.
If the Dems were smart they should run on this as an arrow in their quiver .
Show senator ” snowball ” , then show the time lapse of the lakes. With the years scrolling by
“The agency posted a 90-second PSA on their website this week, telling New Yorkers what to do during a nuclear disaster.”
“So there’s been a nuclear attack,” the narrator says, by way of introduction. “Don’t ask me how or why. Just know that the big one has hit. Ok? So what do we do?”
Get under your desk. Duh.
Run right at them , show their works .
Guns are the leading cause of death of children in America
The pro life party is killing all of us.
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be patient, the 1st minute and a half (and off and on after) look to be snafus on either WH or NBC tv crew – not rocket science, guys – but worth hearing whole 11:45 minutes on what the real rocket scientists (and bill nelson) have to say about the Webb project.
Watch live coverage as President Biden and vice president Kamala harris receive a briefing from NASA officials and preview the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
better presentation and explanations by scientific american
Decades of work, $10 billion in spending and nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history have brought us to this moment: the first science from the largest and most powerful observatory ever built.
Webb’s First View of the Universe Is Only the Beginning – The Atlantic
History matters. When an incumbent POTUS has chosen not to run,like 1968, the other party has won. When an incumbent has been challenged, as in 1980, the other party has won. If you want a 2024 GOP presidency, keep talking Biden not running or other Dems challenging him.
It’s inexplicable to me why folks are talking 2024 when we are in the midst of critical midterms. That talk actually suppresses voting. And Democrats need to hang onto the Senate and House.
—V Brownworth
[two]
Hark While I croon a verse In praise Of the universe. The universe is quite good-sized, And is, I think, well organized, Containing as it does, a slew Of stars and planets. Comets too Occasionally whiz about And dodge and circle in and out Among the clustered nebulae. They scare the dickens out of me, But I suppose they know their stuff And are expert and quick enough To keep from bumping or colliding With other worlds. But I’m residing At present on the planet, earth, And it does not arouse my mirth To see these reckless comets fly Around as if they owned the sky. It’s much too dangerous in a crowd, And really shouldn’t be allowed. Yet tho there’s nothing to prevent Bad manners in the firmament, The heavenly bodies, generally, Are well behaved and courteously Avoid all quarrels and disputes- Tho when they have them, they are beauts. As to the universe’s size, It’s rather large than otherwise, Containing stars and galaxies And satellites of all degrees. And some are dim and some are bright, But all are lighted up at night,- Mostly along the Milky Way- A quite remarkable display. Some scientific fellows hope By peering thru a telescope To chart the heavens and name each star Of all the billions that there are. More sensible I think it is Just to sit back and let them whiz Along on their accustomed track Around and round the zodiac. For since they are not bothering me I think it’s best to let them be. And that is all I have to say About the universe today. —The Poems of Freddy the Pig By Walter Brooks
Now that’s one stunning image of the universe 13 billion years ago. Hard to grasp that. Be interesting to see how the scientists process that and what they can learn from it about the formation of the neighborhood.
Speaking of looking back in time, LP brought 2 boxes of vinyl records in from the garage last night – about 2/3 mine, 1/3 Mrs. P’s. Among them is an unopened Santana Abraxas with the unopened plastic wrapper on it. I have to assume it was from 1970 or thereabouts. I wonder if it’s worth anything…
Sturg – You e got that exactly right. The best thing is to focus on getting more Dems into office in 2022, FIRST. Then, getting POTUS Joe a SECOND term. (Wouldn’t that just throw dirt on the orange, former guy, too? Yeah.) THIRD, start putting together a strong Dem ticket for 2028, by getting more National name recognition for someone like Ossoff, for instance; do more to keep the primaries from becoming nasty, just putting forth why their plan is best. Leave the dirty, opposition tactics for the general.
NYT poll: Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/politics/trump-approval-polling-2024.html
64% under 35yo say they’ll vote against him in the primaries
Chances are we are not alone.
NASA is holding a presser today with more images , and info .
I don’t know what is more impressive, that image or what we have done to get it.
Think of all those human eyeballs laying down at night and watching the lights whirl over head.
Never knowing what they were looking at.
Fetterman rakes in $11 million in second fundraising quarter
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3554690-fetterman-rakes-in-11-million-in-second-fundraising-quarter/
NASA scientists talk about the Webb telescope mission and release more groundbreaking images of the universe
That image is spectacular!
Put me in the camp that the Dems had better concentrate on the mid-terms before looking at 2024.
Something else about about today’s events .
This was Mission Control on Apollo 11 , all white men with white short sleeve shirts , pocket protectors, and skinny ties.
Today, a hell of a lot of women in the room wearing black polo shirts with logos.
The times they are a changing .
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-woman-who-makes-the-james-webb-space-telescope-work/
CBS News visits the Great Salt Lake –
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/mv8djmOfo9VDyT81eMimRHWKSnMAhO3N/
HELLOOOO …….. pick-up the clue phone DoJ !!!!
https://www.businessinsider.com/hutchinson-testimony-made-doj-to-focus-investigation-on-trump-nyt-2022-7
Popcorn in microwave, hearing starts in 9 minutes
Here we go
Re all those white men in white shirts, If you haven’t seen the movie Hidden Figures, do so. It is a great film about the black women who worked behind the scenes to juggle the numbers.
…found out one of my favorite young comedians, Nick Nemeroff, died a couple weeks ago, he was 32 😒
Start a new thread .
Let us not muddy up one of man kinds greatest moments with a grifter from New York.
Great pics from Webb. WaPo
Comment is too long if an image is attached but I’m gobsmacked, I tellz ya.
Tried to do a workaround and it didn’t work. Go find a site where you can view the images – they are pretty fricking cool.
Ok
My first thought was the Access bus tape , you know the one about grabbing pussies ,as the owner of a pussy this did not sit well with Liz .
Now, she has his balls in her hands , and every girl from Wyoming knows about castration.
One of the greatest days in American history was today.
I am stunned by this lack of comments .
They killed Moby Dick today !
And this place is full of Mormon crickets.
I went down on the couch to watch, and immediately fell asleep, waking up just in time for the intermission. So I watched the 2nd half and then since I’d taped it I had to go back and watch the 1st half.
Hearings are kicking butt. I’m very like-ful.
A funny thing happened on the way to these hearings .
Jack forecast the old way , but this is something new, this is what we have never seen before , congress doing it’s job.
A word about that “tool” from Ohio.
&nsp;
You know , a “family man” who lost his job, and
home.
Fuck you , you , you dumb , motherfucker.
lol
Congress only doing their job because the GOP traitors are not involved.
Nite all –
Nature does not give a rat ‘s fuzzy butt about what you believe .
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/want-fewer-abortions-legalize-them/
“The answer is no. As it turns out, the best way to reduce abortions is to make them more accessible, not less.”
“The truth is, countries with the most restrictive abortion laws have the highest rates of abortion, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute.”
“Take the Netherlands, where any woman who needs one can legally have a safe abortion until 24 weeks after conception. Here, just eight out of 1,000 pregnancies are terminated — half the rate in the U.S., and one of the lowest rates in the world. What constitutes the “need” for an abortion is not clearly defined — the law trusts women, their doctors and the courts to interpret this law as they see fit.”
Imagine that, trusting women.
The Mormons are in some very deep shit.
They are inhaling the lake bed dust, and it is landing on their snow pack.
Years ago Hanson warned about the ” Monsters Behind the Door”.
At that time no one dreamed of the death of the Great Salt Lake, or Lake Powell, or Lake Meade,
These are the Monsters right here right now.
And there is Zero planning for all this .
Right before we all vote.
If the Dems were smart they should run on this as an arrow in their quiver .
Show senator ” snowball ” , then show the time lapse of the lakes. With the years scrolling by
The tag line –
Climate Change is not a Hoax .
Run it all over the map.
https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-nuclear-psa-is-not-a-sign-of-imminent-apocalypse
“The agency posted a 90-second PSA on their website this week, telling New Yorkers what to do during a nuclear disaster.”
“So there’s been a nuclear attack,” the narrator says, by way of introduction. “Don’t ask me how or why. Just know that the big one has hit. Ok? So what do we do?”
Get under your desk. Duh.
Run right at them , show their works .
Guns are the leading cause of death of children in America
The pro life party is killing all of us.
NEW THREAD