Sunday, June 28, 2009

Don't Worry, Be Happy!

The sky is falling...but NASA has it all under control...

Use of physical models to test computer models based on mental models:

Magnetic Shield Cracks Found: Big Solar Storm Predicted

NASA says huge solar particle buildup inside earth's magnetosphere could be from tears that, when the sun's polarity is aligned with earth's polarity, will allow a flood of solar particles inside that layer of earth's atmosphere where many communication satellites orbit, some solar flares may even reach the earth's surface damaging the electrical grid.

National Geographic Earth's Atmosphere

Layers of earth's atmosphere.

Video about Solar Particle Damage to communication Satellites

A video about exactly how solar particles could cause damage to communications satellites and earth's electricity grid.

NASA SORCE solar particle probe

NASA has a space probe named SORCE to detect solar particles headed toward earth.

Smart Grid Central/

Smart Grid Central about efforts to decentralize the world electricity grid so as to reduce dependence on communications satellites and earth based electric transformers.

PSU Smart Grid

PSU Seminar on Smart Grid

1 comment:

  1. NASA is sending up a new probe 22,000 miles above earth to monitor solar particles.

    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/07/15/solar-observatory.html

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