James A. Van Allen - Dies at 91 94
Diamonddavej writes "The New York Times reports that the respected astrophysicist, James A. Van Allen, died yesterday at the age of 91. Apparently the fellow regularly worked at his office/laboratory up until a month ago. Prof. Van Allen team designed the Geiger counter that flew aboard Americas first orbiting satellite, Explorer 1. It detected unexpectedly intense levels of radiation caused by energetic particles trapped in the Earth magnetic field, the magnetosphere. The belts of radiation were mapped and characterised by later missions and were named the Van Allen belts in honour of their discoverer."
Sad news... (Score:0, Funny)
wait a sec... (Score:4, Funny)
... has Netcraft confirmed this?
Good week for conspiracy theorists. (Score:5, Funny)
Gentlemen, let the speculation begin!
LK
Wikipedia (Score:3, Funny)
Fantastic (Score:3, Funny)
Unfortunately for astronauts Reed Richards, Susan Richards, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm, NASA hadn't thought to send up an unmanned probe first.
Re:Good week for conspiracy theorists. (Score:5, Funny)
Van Allan Belts
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Re:Man-Made Equivalent (Score:4, Funny)
An increasingly difficult distinction to make...
Re:Van Allen just wasn't the same... (Score:1, Funny)
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Simpsons Quote (Score:3, Funny)
Homer: [scoffs] Eggheads. What do they know?
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