Paul Sutton – personal blog
Space Exploration v Economics
A 3 part series by Dr Pamela L Gay @[email protected]
My 3 part series, Space Exploration v Economics, is LIVE.
1 – Science Budgets versus Congress and rising costs
2- NASA’s Fixed-Cost Contracts Change Vendor (and NASA’s) Risks
3 – Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 leaves NASA no room for mistakes
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Trojans Training 11/8/2024
Tor bay Trojans AFC Training
Date : Sunday 11th August 2024 Time : 10am to 13:00 Location; Foxhole Field, Bell field Road, Paignton
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Prevent 2024
I have now completed prevent training for 2024, this was undertaken through E-learning at work
Fediverse Explainer
A short video from Newsmast @[email protected]. * newsmastfoundation
What is the Fediverse and wider social web?
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Climate and Weather at 3 Degrees More
The Earth is heating up and there is more than enough science to prove this, as a result the climate is changing. We were advised by the science to avoid a 1.5 degree rise in temperatures, which we have FAILED to do. Now this is what may happen if we fail the next step.
Book by Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @[email protected]
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Astrobiology course
Just reposting this.
Following on from the Looking for Life on Mars talk. The OU Space Science club have put links to a course on Astrobiology, course presented by The Amity University.
Session overviews (from the OU forum post)
Session 1 was literally just an introduction/overview.
Sessions 2 & 3 concentrated on the Earth's formation, using locations on Earth as analogue sites, geology, plate tectonics, and pre-biotic conditions that led to biotic life
Session 4 was Dr Macey's lecture covering the building blocks and origin of life; the rise of multicellularity; and extremophiles & analogue environments.
Session 5 looked at moons and planets in our own solar system for suitable conditions/indicators of life.
Session 6 looked at missions focussed on astrobiology, and instrumentation used on various types of spacecraft in the quest for life.
Session 7 looked at the legalities on ensuring we don't contaminate other worlds, or don't return anything from extra-terrestrial sources that may contaminate the Earth.
Session 8 was esoteric in that it covered a proposed constitution for other worlds, so that colonists might be accorded the same protections as on Earth e.g. human-rights, freedom of expression/movement, and also in terms of creativity such as art.
Session 9 talked about opportunities for internships & future study globally.
You can view these videos on :– * Invideous
#astrobiology,Invideous
Linux User group meetings
The Devon and Cornwall GNU/Linux Users' Group still run regular meeting, These currently take place with a virtual meeting on the 3rd Saturday of the month and a social meet up in Plymouth on the 4th Saturday. More details below:-
69A New George Street, Plymouth, GB PL1 1RJ
Cosmic Concepts: Infrared Light
I found this on the Fediverse, posted by the Space Telescope Science institute, a 3 minute (ish) introduction to Infra Red (IR) Light. Presented by Dr Frank Summers.
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Safeguarding 2024
I have now completed safeguarding training for 2024, this was undertaken through E-learning at work
EU military collaboration
This seems like an excellent idea
```` European News @[email protected]
The European Union has a mix of 17 kinds of tanks, 20 types of planes, and 27 different military offices. The U.S., on the other hand, has just one military headquarters and fewer kinds of tanks and planes. If European countries shared their military resources and worked together more, they might be stronger within NATO and less reliant on the U.S. So, the big question is: Should the EU team up for its own defense and foreign policies, maybe even start a European army? ```