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or look up your google buddies:
http://www.nbc11.com/news/14972576/detail.html
I think they should have taken the 767 and more people....
Google Jet Launches For Meteor Viewing Mission
POSTED: 1:00 pm PST January 3, 2008
UPDATED: 2:38 pm PST January 3, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A jet owned by the founders of Mountain View-based
Google is taking flight on Thursday on a scientific mission to view a meteor
shower.
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to produce more than 100 visible
meteors per hour during its peak.
The Gulfstream V jet is scheduled to take off from Mineta San Jose
International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The aircraft full of NASA scientists and their instruments is scheduled to
fly for 10 hours over the Arctic and back to San Jose.
In September, NASA revealed a $2.6 million agreement with Larry Page and
Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, to let the billionaires house their
aircraft at Moffett Field.
In exchange, NASA gets to do some occasional science work using the craft.
This is not Google's first foray into space.
The company is also funding a new space race through the Google Lunar X
Prize competition.
Google will hand out $30 million to the company that comes up with a
feasible plan to bring people to the moon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Van Nuland" <jvn@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: [TAC] OR: Quadrantid meteors (was: Must-See Meteor Shower
FridayMorning
> Richard Crisp wrote:
>> not as if we will get to see it with the forecast weather....
>>
>> but maybe someone is traveling and may get a chance to see it.
>
> Travel may be worth-while.
>
> At Coe Park, January 3/4 1976, early clouds chased away most
> astronomers. By 9 pm, Jack Zeiders and I had the place to ourselves,
> with very clear and steady air. I logged 53 objects, and during the
> night, we were frequently interrupting each other to point out bright,
> slow-moving meteors. Many crossed the sky, leaving nice trails.
>
> We were not aware of any expected meteor shower, and I made no notes
> as to any peak period.
>
> On Jan.15, Sky & Telescope magazine arrived, with a note to watch for
> the Quadrantids, expected to peak on the morning of January 4. Had the
> magazine arrived when usual (late December) perhaps a few more would
> have stayed on the hill despite the cold and threatening sky.
>
> --
> Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association
> JVN's web site
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