Comments on: Branson Wants to Fly Space Tourists into the Northern Lights http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:49:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: My Space Blog / Next up: the Hazaii Spaceporthttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-54372 My Space Blog / Next up: the Hazaii Spaceport Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:29:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-54372 [...] runways) and possibly Virgin Galactic? Richard Branson is making moves to launch passengers through the Aurora Borealis from the Swedish town of Kiruna, why not launch passengers from a tropical location too? Makes perfect [...]

[...] runways) and possibly Virgin Galactic? Richard Branson is making moves to launch passengers through the Aurora Borealis from the Swedish town of Kiruna, why not launch passengers from a tropical location too? Makes perfect [...]

]]> By: Will There be a Hawaiian Spaceport? | Astroengine.comhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-54305 Will There be a Hawaiian Spaceport? | Astroengine.com Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:42:23 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-54305 [...] runways) and possibly Virgin Galactic? Richard Branson is making moves to launch passengers through the Aurora Borealis from the Swedish town of Kiruna, why not launch passengers from a tropical location too? Makes perfect [...]

[...] runways) and possibly Virgin Galactic? Richard Branson is making moves to launch passengers through the Aurora Borealis from the Swedish town of Kiruna, why not launch passengers from a tropical location too? Makes perfect [...]

]]> By: SamudraMadhanayahttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-54133 SamudraMadhanaya Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:38:53 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-54133 Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink - bookmark this site? Regards, Reader. Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader.

]]> By: Take flight in to the Northern Lights | Decomodohttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-11288 Take flight in to the Northern Lights | Decomodo Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:03:09 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-11288 [...] [Via Universe Today] [...]

[...] [Via Universe Today] [...]

]]> By: Tourists in space?! | Link Lovershttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-9207 Tourists in space?! | Link Lovers Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:57:31 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-9207 [...] more info, check out this article from Universe Today. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tourists in space?!", url: [...]

[...] more info, check out this article from Universe Today. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tourists in space?!", url: [...]

]]> By: MooreBlog.com :: Get Moore Blog.com Net News, Interesting Reads, Cool Gadgets, Tech News, Sexy Tech Blog by a Hot Chick ;)http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-8146 MooreBlog.com :: Get Moore Blog.com Net News, Interesting Reads, Cool Gadgets, Tech News, Sexy Tech Blog by a Hot Chick ;) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:40:07 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-8146 [...] cool is that!!! zomg makes me tingle all over with excitement!  Clickie for Moore! Posted in Space Travel, History, Aviation, Cool Stuff | | January 17th, [...]

[...] cool is that!!! zomg makes me tingle all over with excitement!  Clickie for Moore! Posted in Space Travel, History, Aviation, Cool Stuff | | January 17th, [...]

]]> By: Virgin Galactic Plans Tours Into the Northern Lightshttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7208 Virgin Galactic Plans Tours Into the Northern Lights Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7208 [...] stopped the maverick entrepreneur from announcing another equally large scale project. This time Branson wants to fly rich space tourists to watch the most spectacular light show in the universe – the Aurora Borealis, also known as the [...]

[...] stopped the maverick entrepreneur from announcing another equally large scale project. This time Branson wants to fly rich space tourists to watch the most spectacular light show in the universe – the Aurora Borealis, also known as the [...]

]]> By: Hometown Taleshttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7196 Hometown Tales Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:36:46 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7196 [...] SPACE - More on Space Tourists [...]

[...] SPACE – More on Space Tourists [...]

]]> By: George Waringhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7124 George Waring Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:29:50 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7124 I wish they would finish one job before they start yapping about the next. I wish they would finish one job before they start yapping about the next.

]]> By: vidyardhi nandurihttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7072 vidyardhi nanduri Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:23:59 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7072 www [dot] universetoday [dot] com/2007/12/21/magnetic-ropes-connect-the-northern-lights-to-the-solar-wind/#comment-5800 MAGNETIC CONNECT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS TO THE SOLAR WIND This discovery comes just in time to light up Christmas: new observations of the Northern Lights – a spectacular phenomenon that lights up the night sky – show them to be more intricate than previously thought. The Northern Lights were observed by NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS), a system of ground cameras and five orbiting micro-satellites that work in combination to observe the phenomenon better than with a single satellite. This allowed scientists to map and understand the mechanisms of the Northern Lights better than before by giving them a 3D picture of the events.The Northern Lights – or Aurora Borealis – occur when charged particles coming from the Sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field. THEMIS found evidence that there are magnetic "ropes" – long, wound magnetic field lines that resemble the braids of a rope – connecting the Earth's magnetic field with the solar wind. Particles are channeled through these ropes, which last a short time, and are focused in certain regions, boosting the energy of the Aurora Borealis. "THEMIS encountered its first magnetic rope on May 20," said David Sibeck, project scientist for the mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. "It was very large, about as wide as Earth, and located approximately 40,000 miles (70,000 km) above Earth's surface in a region called the magnetopause." The magnetopause is where the Earth's magnetic field meets the solar wind. Electromagnetic explosions were also observed by THEMIS at the bow shock of the Earth's magnetic field. The bow shock is where the magnetosphere bunches up as the Earth travels through space, kind of like how the waves in the front of a boat moving through the water are closer together than those behind the boat. Sibeck said of the explosions,"It is where the solar wind first feels the effects of Earth's magnetic field. Sometimes a burst of electrical current within the solar wind will hit the bow shock and – Bang! We get an explosion." The results were presented at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco this month. THEMIS will continue to observe the Aurora Borealis over the next two years, taking measurements of ions, electrons and electromagnetic radiation in space. Scientists from the US, Canada, Western Europe, Russia and Japan are contributing to the study of Earth's own Christmas lights. Original Source: Nasa Press release/ Earth-Earth observation(Filed under): 1. vidyardhi nanduri Says: December 28th, 2007 at 12:17 pm SUB: Earth"s Glow interlinks Magnetic Field-Flow Lines Thanks to the above image. I have projected this image with due acknowledgements in my key talk HINDU COSMOLOGY IN CONSONANCE WITH MODERN SCIENCE- Feb 10 , 2007, Tirupati ,South India. All Power Point explanations are available in Cosmos Yoga Vision Series-III-Oct 2007 Application Copy rights, USA , Nov 2007 II> SPACE [dot] com 1.Re: Physics - Crossroads -Interaction-Earth's glow [re: hayagreeva- author] SUB:Earth"s Glow as Index: Cosmic Signatures Search following: Earthshine inspires hunt for alien life – by author SEE: newscientistspace[dot] com/article/dn9223 Researchers demonstrated the potential for using Earthshine as a ?practice? case for spotting life signs from other Earth-like planets, in a session at this week’s joint assembly of the American Geophysical Union in Baltimore, US. Leonardo da Vinci is credited as the first to explain the Earthshine effect, which is caused by sunlight reflecting off the Earth and illuminating the parts of the Moon that would otherwise be in total shadow. Earthshine observations offer a potential window into the role of clouds in climate change. Variations in cloud cover affect Earth’s total reflectivity and so register as slight changes in the brightness of Earthshine from month to month.2.Annexure EARTH'S GLOW AS INDEX TO COSMIC SIGNATURES (Vidyardhi Nanduri) Notes: These discussions are included in my latest book- Cosmos Yoga Vision series-IV- HEART OF UNIVERSE TO DYNAMIC FUNCTION- COSMOS QUEST PART i- BY Vidyardhi Nanduri(Dec 2007), Application Copy rights-USA- Cosmology Vedas dialogues are included here www [dot] universetoday [dot] com/2007/12/21/magnetic-ropes-connect-the-northern-lights-to-the-solar-wind/#comment-5800
MAGNETIC CONNECT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS TO THE SOLAR WIND
This discovery comes just in time to light up Christmas: new observations of the Northern Lights – a spectacular phenomenon that lights up the night sky – show them to be more intricate than previously thought.
The Northern Lights were observed by NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS), a system of ground cameras and five orbiting micro-satellites that work in combination to observe the phenomenon better than with a single satellite. This allowed scientists to map and understand the mechanisms of the Northern Lights better than before by giving them a 3D picture of the events.

The Northern Lights – or Aurora Borealis – occur when charged particles coming from the Sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field. THEMIS found evidence that there are magnetic "ropes" – long, wound magnetic field lines that resemble the braids of a rope – connecting the Earth's magnetic field with the solar wind. Particles are channeled through these ropes, which last a short time, and are focused in certain regions, boosting the energy of the Aurora Borealis.
"THEMIS encountered its first magnetic rope on May 20," said David Sibeck, project scientist for the mission at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. "It was very large, about as wide as Earth, and located approximately 40,000 miles (70,000 km) above Earth's surface in a region called the magnetopause." The magnetopause is where the Earth's magnetic field meets the solar wind.
Electromagnetic explosions were also observed by THEMIS at the bow shock of the Earth's magnetic field. The bow shock is where the magnetosphere bunches up as the Earth travels through space, kind of like how the waves in the front of a boat moving through the water are closer together than those behind the boat.
Sibeck said of the explosions,"It is where the solar wind first feels the effects of Earth's magnetic field. Sometimes a burst of electrical current within the solar wind will hit the bow shock and – Bang! We get an explosion."
The results were presented at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco this month. THEMIS will continue to observe the Aurora Borealis over the next two years, taking measurements of ions, electrons and electromagnetic radiation in space. Scientists from the US, Canada, Western Europe, Russia and Japan are contributing to the study of Earth's own Christmas lights.
Original Source: Nasa Press release/ Earth-Earth observation(Filed under):
1. vidyardhi nanduri Says:
December 28th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
SUB: Earth"s Glow interlinks Magnetic Field-Flow Lines
Thanks to the above image.
I have projected this image with due acknowledgements in my key talk
HINDU COSMOLOGY IN CONSONANCE WITH MODERN SCIENCE- Feb 10 , 2007, Tirupati ,South India.
All Power Point explanations are available in
Cosmos Yoga Vision Series-III-Oct 2007 Application Copy rights, USA , Nov 2007
II>
SPACE [dot] com
1.Re: Physics – Crossroads -Interaction-Earth's glow [re: hayagreeva- author]
SUB:Earth"s Glow as Index: Cosmic Signatures
Search following: Earthshine inspires hunt for alien life – by author
SEE: newscientistspace[dot] com/article/dn9223
Researchers demonstrated the potential for using Earthshine as a ?practice? case for spotting
life signs from other Earth-like planets, in a session at this week’s joint assembly of the
American Geophysical Union in Baltimore, US.
Leonardo da Vinci is credited as the first to explain the Earthshine effect, which is caused by
sunlight reflecting off the Earth and illuminating the parts of the Moon that would otherwise be
in total shadow. Earthshine observations offer a potential window into the role of clouds in climate change. Variations in cloud cover affect Earth’s total reflectivity and so register as slight changes
in the brightness of Earthshine from month to month.

2.Annexure EARTH'S GLOW AS INDEX TO COSMIC SIGNATURES (Vidyardhi Nanduri)
Notes: These discussions are included in my latest book- Cosmos Yoga Vision series-IV- HEART OF UNIVERSE TO DYNAMIC FUNCTION- COSMOS QUEST PART i- BY Vidyardhi Nanduri(Dec 2007), Application Copy rights-USA-
Cosmology Vedas dialogues are included here

]]> By: goosehttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7066 goose Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:58:36 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7066 oh for petesakes branson has the funds to take him to the moon to heck with the tourest do something that we all know the united states did not..he could clame it for himself just think a virgin moon oh for petesakes branson has the funds to take him to the moon to heck with the tourest do something that we all know the united states did not..he could clame it for himself just think a virgin moon

]]> By: MDBhttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7064 MDB Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:34:13 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7064 Uh huh. Buliding and flying rocket ships is easy.Idiot. Uh huh. Buliding and flying rocket ships is easy.

Idiot.

]]> By: illiterate_chimphttp://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7039 illiterate_chimp Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:24:24 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7039 Forget Safety, this is awesome! I can't wait untill the price comes down and a poor slob like me can try. Forget Safety, this is awesome! I can't wait untill the price comes down and a poor slob like me can try.

]]> By: mkderwish… :: Dream :: January :: 2008http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7030 mkderwish… :: Dream :: January :: 2008 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:10:06 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7030 [...] want to see Aurora Borealis from space… Posted in Uncategorized [...]

[...] want to see Aurora Borealis from space… Posted in Uncategorized [...]

]]> By: Eduardo P.D.http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7019 Eduardo P.D. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:41:07 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/01/07/branson-wants-to-fly-space-tourists-into-the-northern-lights/#comment-7019 Its interesting.Yet there should be research regarding to radiation dosimetry and tissue damage due to the increase in radiation exposure that this phenomenon carries with it. Based on that the respective shielding protection, time of flight and extra protection should be assessed so that the safety of the passengers are always ensured at all times.Its not just a question of building a rocket ship and flying etc because thats easy. Its interesting.

Yet there should be research regarding to radiation dosimetry and tissue damage due to the increase in radiation exposure that this phenomenon carries with it.
Based on that the respective shielding protection, time of flight and extra protection should be assessed so that the safety of the passengers are always ensured at all times.

Its not just a question of building a rocket ship and flying etc because thats easy.

]]>