Monthly Archives: December 2014

View of reentry from inside the Orion spacecraft

Posted on December 23, 2014 by johwq64851

Ever wonder what you would see if you stared out the window of a spacecraft reentering the Earth’s atmosphere? Check out NASA’s video of the view out the window of Orion’s EFT-1 from the time she enters the atmosphere at … Continue reading →

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ESA finds Rosetta’s Philae lander

Posted on December 21, 2014 by johwq64851

The European Space Agency found where their Philae lander ended up on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after it bounced a couple of times on landing. It came to rest at a pretty raucous angle, nearly on its side. But the instruments were … Continue reading →

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J. B. S. Haldane (1924) and “Familial Selection”

Posted on December 18, 2014 by johwq64851

Figure: Phase portraits of J. B. S. Haldane’s “familial selection” model. Nullclines (colored curves) and example solutions (black lines) are shown. Arrows show direction of time. Shaded portions are not part of the phase space for this model. (A) Selection … Continue reading →

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Earth from Orion EFT-1, Dec. 5, 2014

Posted on December 6, 2014 by johwq64851

It’s been a long time since we’ve been out this far.

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NASA knocks it out of the park with Orion’s EFT-1

Posted on December 5, 2014 by johwq64851

As I write this, recovery teams are preparing the Orion EFT-1 spacecraft for recovery by USS Anchorage after a successful flight test of the U.S.’s next-generation crewed space vehicle. EFT-1 launched flawlessly this morning on a Delta IV Heavy rocket. She … Continue reading →

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