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Posts Tagged ‘space’

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  • How to Build a Sun Scope

    Thursday, January 20th, 2011

    A Sun Scope is so easy to make that it sometimes happens just by accident. If the geometry is right all you really need is a darkened room with a small hole in the wall to let the sunlight in. In fact during the last solar eclipse in our area grandma Oddball simply pasted some paper with a small hole in the middle over her kitchen window to form a makeshift Sun Scope which projected an image of the Sun about a foot in diameter on the far wall of the kitchen. She was then able to safely watch the eclipse while doing the dishes.

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  • Can a human survive in a space suit on Mars?

    Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

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    The following question was emailed to me by my grandson, "Can a humun sirviev in a space suet on mars?" This is my answer.

    Yes, humans can survive in a space suit on Mars but only for short periods of time as long as the space suit has enough air and batteries (or power). The suit also needs a few other qualities too

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