MEADE TELESCOPES:
For Amateur Astronomer like me this is the
telescope which i would like to buy..!! Price starting form Rs
3,00,000/-. With the controller in the hand u name a star
the telescope automatically rotates to that particular star and
zooms in the sky using GPS (Global positioning system).This the
a great piece to buy for astronomer to scan the Dark space ..for
research and education.
NASA: (National Aeronautics Space Administration)
Perhaps this the one every one dreams
about. Which is the only gateway to go into space and leave the
earth behind. This is the Govt of United States of America. NASA
is the one responsible to make the dreams possible.. The man landing
on the moon. From there it has achieved lot of missions. Till
date the mission mars. To name some of the missions the :
Apollo 13 (Mission to Moon)
Voyager
(Mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto)
ISS (International Space
Station) -
A
space lab for conducting experiments in the harsh environment
of space.
SOHO:
(Sun Observatory that rotates around the sun. Between mercury and sun)
HUBBLE:
This is the worlds largest optical telescope revolting around the earth and capturing the most distant picture of the galaxies and space dust and transmits to earth . It helped many scientists under stand the edges of the universe.
SPACE SHUTTLE:
The space shuttle zips away into the space by over coming the Gravitational pull of the earth. .The man would have never been successful without the Space shuttle. There is lot of sophistication in this God machine .This is the only machine that can take you the haven "i mean space!! ". The main, important and dangerous task for the space shuttle is when it comes back from space to earth. As, the shuttle starts entering to the atmospheres of the earth in very high speeds there is tremendous heat generated due to friction. Nothing can withstand the heat. The space shuttle enters the atmosphere with the careful maneuver of the vehicle with Air thrusters into the atmosphere with right angel, so that the nose of the shuttle which is covered with special ceramic material. This helps the shuttle to avoid from burning out into ashes..!
ASTRONAUT:
A child dreams about going out into the mysterious and unknown places in the space, and for that u have to be a Astronaut. Being is an astronaut is a dream for me. But, in the harsh environment of space the temperatures are souring on the one side were the sun is there and chilling cold temperatures on the other side of the astronauts body due to the cold dark space. As we all are protected on earth due to atmosphere from the suns deadly Rays of X-rays, Gamma Ray, Microwaves and radio waves. The astronaut is protected with a the pressurized space suit. Without this spacesuit which is seven to eight layered materials it protects the astronaut in the space. If the air thruster aren't working in the middle of the mission then there is a chance of getting lost the vacuums of space. Always a rope or something should be tied between the Space shuttle and the astronauts. Even a small nut or a piece of stone travelling at the speed of 80,000 kms/hr in the hollow vacuums of space and hits the Astronaut then the pressurized suit would soon let goes off all the air out and the astronaut instantly freezes and dies. These are the dangers faced by the astronaut.
SETI :
Search for extra terrestrial intelligence was originally started by NASA for the purpose of search of aliens. They believed that if aliens existed and if they are intelligent .They would have invented the Radio technology and broadcast information in that. So SETI has huge the size of 10 football grounds size Radio Telescope with Billions of channels tuned and Scanning the skies are any transmission from outside space. Once if we receive the Signal then there will be having proof that aliens exit. It might take lot of time if the radio signal is transmitted by aliens as the Distances between stars and Galaxies are in some 100 to millions of light years away. So, NASA gave up..Now SETI is running by a private organization with support of the people world wide. And Companies like SUN Microsystems, Net applications fund this organization. You can also support SETI if you are having the computer and 24hr internet connection the just install the Seti screen saver in your system. Your computer processing power is used for the purpose of alien search by SETI whenever you system is idle or not used by u..
Mission to Mars:
As the present mission is the mission to Mars. Scientists believe that our neighboring planet Mars is ideal for building human colonies. As, there are signs of water under ground of mars. Spirit (Rover sent to mars)has sent its first images to earth in the year 2003. Still the red planet is to be explored.
Jupiter Saved Earth From
Cosmic Catastrophe:
In 1996 we all are very lucky to be alive today. Thanks to might
king of the planets has save the earth from huge cosmic Catastrophe.
An Asteroid (A huge Stone or u can say a mountain wondering around
the space has chosen the path of earth and was going to hit the
earth with the speeds of more then 1,00,00,000 km/hr. As it was
approaching to bang us the mighty Jupiter as its 1300 time bigger
than earth with its huge gravitational force pulled the Killing
Mountain towards itself. ) The mountain was pulled into Jupiter
with great speeds and hit the body of Jupiter creating a Huge
catastrophe which only Jupiter can survive. The wound on Jupiter
is as big as Three times the size of earth.