assuming that global warming will not be our un-
doing, the year 3,000,002,007 could see mankind
on the move -
from an Earth that is being over-heated by the
evolving Sun
to a wet and cloud-covered Mars, rejuvenated by
the Sun’s increasing temperature
so speculates NASA astrogeophysicist Chris McKay
in the video below
the above video is an excerpt of BBC’s The Planets
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is the first
of a new generation of ground based telescopes
GMT is scheduled for completion in 2016; and will be
located near La Serena, Chile - a site chosen for its
year-round clear skies
the telescope will consist of seven, 8.4-meter
“primary” mirrors; the first was completed in 2005
and it is currently the world’s largest optical mirror
as noted at the GMT website. the 7-mirror array,
“will produce images up to 10 times sharper than the
Hubble Space Telescope”
the following overview can be found at the project’s
website,
The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)—the product of more than a century of astronomical research and telescope-building by some of the world’s leading research institutions—will open a new window on the universe for the 21st century. Scheduled for completion around 2016, the GMT will have the resolving power of a 24.5-meter (80 foot) primary mirror—far larger than any other telescope ever built. It will answer many of the questions at the forefront of astrophysics today and will pose new and unanticipated riddles for future generations of astronomers.
-gmto.org
finally, gmto.org provides additional information in
the animation below
back in the 1960s, the digital age was still dawning
the computer was something new to us; it was an
oddity, something we hadn’t fully comprehended,
something removed from great majority of us
in corporate and government laboratories, learned
men in white coats carrying stacks of punched cards
brought it questions; in much the same manner as
the priests of ancient times consulted the Oracles
back then a bulky digital watch would cost upwards
of $400; and its proud owner would be the toast of
the neighborhood; today, we put more sophisticated
timepieces in children’s cereal boxes
many still referred to the computer as the “electronic
computer” to differentiate it from those of us who
worked with data and whose tools were paper,
pencil, calculators, and well-used erasers
it was in this context that the video essay below
was produced
Richard Moore, its writer and director, defined the
computer for his 1960s Public Television audience
and speculated about how it would change our lives
today, on the internet, we are experiencing an
engulfing flood tide of filth - pornography
we at PonderAbout.com are concerned about this
growing menace; and we want to do our part to
stem the tide
we have commissioned Mr. George Putnam,
outstanding news reporter, to cover this most
important story
we asked Mr. Putnam to speak to the impressionable
and at risk youth of America -
to speak to them directly, frankly and in the language
they understand - YouTube video
we ask that you pay close attention to Mr. Putnam’s
words and images; and above all, we ask that you
keep an open mind to his truly important message
it is important, because as Mr. Putnam so aptly
puts it, there is a flood tide of filth that is,
. . . threatening to pervert an entire generation of our
American children.
We know that once a person is perverted it is practically
impossible for that person to adjust to normal attitudes
in regards to sex.
- Bartholumu T. Olgleford
Editor in Chief, PonderAbout.com
