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Comment: Hal Clements (Score 1) 203

by SteveAstro (#43528465) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Science Books For Middle School Enrichment?

Hal Clements wrote "Mission of Gravity" and "Iceworld" where physics and chemistry is extrapolated into wonderful new types of world - the Ellipsoidal "Mesklin" in Mission of Gravity for example.

Also, Robert D Forward's "Dragon's Egg" about life on a Neutron star's surface is an exploration of nuclear chemistry.

Comment: Re:Dammit, editors! (Score 1) 119

by SteveAstro (#43232375) Attached to: Bezos Expeditions Recovers Pieces of Apollo 11 Rockets

Find yourself an F-1 engine primer.... The turbines were powered by a BIG generator based ( I think) on hypergolic fuels. 170 pounds of gas a second pushing a , pumping around 500 gallons a second of kerosene into the combustion chamber by a turbine powered pump.

First designed in 1957 !!!

Steve

Comment: Re:Spark notes (Score 3, Interesting) 355

This same research has been rejected by every other climate and atmospheric research journal, by the peer review process.
Key researchers are omitted from the paper - like Judith Curry, who I suspect will have something to say, since she was a key member of the BEST project.
Go figure.

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