IPB

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

4 Pages V   1 2 3 > »   
Reply to this topicStart new topic
GLAST - Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
Guest_PhilCo126_*
post Feb 16 2008, 07:49 PM
Post #1





Guests






The year 2008 proves to become extremely exciting as the European Laboratory for particle physics (CERN = Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) will start-up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest sub-atomic particle accelerator in an underground circular tunnel near Geneva Switzerland, in order to study nature’s fundamental elements and their interactions at the smallest scale. Meanwhile, NASA’s GLAST space telescope will study the same processes as the LHC does but in their natural cosmic settings.
Thought this mission should get its own topic smile.gif

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/sp...raft/index.html
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Guest_PhilCo126_*
post Feb 16 2008, 08:55 PM
Post #2





Guests






Does anyone know of another website with images of the GLAST space telescope?
The General Dynamics site on GLAST is down...

http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/public/resources/images/
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Guest_PhilCo126_*
post Feb 17 2008, 09:40 AM
Post #3





Guests






Two weeks ago, NASA's Alan Stern, associate administrator for Science at NASA Headquarters, launched a public competition, closing 31 March 2008, to re-name GLAST in a way that would "capture the excitement of GLAST’s mission and call attention to gamma-ray and high-energy astronomy...
Well I hope they will retain GLAST acronym along the new name as otherwise science writers will have to do some editing to articles in preparation wink.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Guest_PhilCo126_*
post Feb 20 2008, 05:54 PM
Post #4





Guests






Any takers?
http://glast.sonoma.edu/glastname/
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
ngunn
post Feb 21 2008, 04:24 PM
Post #5


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3516
Joined: 4-November 05
From: North Wales
Member No.: 542



I've been trying, but it's not an easy assignment to make gamma rays and high energy particle physics popular topics round the breakfast table. Even the word gamma itself has connotations of a fail grade. It's not the sexiest greek letter. Added to that the acronym GLAST is actually one of the more catchy and pronouncable ones around. So my suggestion would be - GLAST. I haven't bothered submitting it.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
dvandorn
post Feb 21 2008, 05:08 PM
Post #6


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3419
Joined: 9-February 04
From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Member No.: 15



They could always call it the GAmma Ray Burst Observer -- GARBO.

Then again, what do you do when a high-tech orbital observatory announces that it wants to be alone? rolleyes.gif

-the other Doug


--------------------
“The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
hendric
post Feb 21 2008, 07:36 PM
Post #7


Director of Galilean Photography
***

Group: Members
Posts: 896
Joined: 15-July 04
From: Austin, TX
Member No.: 93



GLASTnost?
GAMMELEON?
GaRaBu (Rhymes with Caribou)?
HULK?
GODZILLA?


--------------------
Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
--
"The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke
Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
mps
post Feb 21 2008, 08:35 PM
Post #8


Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 118
Joined: 18-November 07
Member No.: 3964



GLASTnost is a good one biggrin.gif
But people would mix it with GLONASS wink.gif
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Jeff7
post Feb 22 2008, 05:33 PM
Post #9


Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 477
Joined: 2-March 05
Member No.: 180



GLaDOS? smile.gif
It would need some sort of CAKE instrumentation.

It would serve as an excellent portal through which to view the Universe.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
mps
post Feb 22 2008, 07:33 PM
Post #10


Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 118
Joined: 18-November 07
Member No.: 3964



Or why not GLAD (Gamma-ray Large Area Detector) - there's much worser acronyms out there
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
dvandorn
post Feb 23 2008, 06:11 AM
Post #11


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3419
Joined: 9-February 04
From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Member No.: 15



I was trying to come up with words that would form the acronym KOOL-AID, but first I had to change the name of gamma rays to kappa rays... *sigh*...

-the other Doug


--------------------
“The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
djellison
post Feb 23 2008, 09:31 AM
Post #12


Founder
****

Group: Chairman
Posts: 14431
Joined: 8-February 04
Member No.: 1



GONAD (Gamma-Ray Observatory 'n' Astronomical Discoverer )


Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
mps
post Feb 23 2008, 02:56 PM
Post #13


Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 118
Joined: 18-November 07
Member No.: 3964



GOLEM (Gamma-ray Observing Laboratory Explorer Mission)
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
centsworth_II
post Feb 23 2008, 06:05 PM
Post #14


Senior Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 2173
Joined: 28-December 04
From: Florida, USA
Member No.: 132



I think it's: Gamma Ray Extended Area Telescope!
The GREAT mission.
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post
Del Palmer
post Feb 29 2008, 11:26 PM
Post #15


Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 213
Joined: 21-January 07
From: Wigan, England
Member No.: 1638



If NASA doesn't receive any good suggestions, they could name it TWAIN (Telescope Without An Interesting Name). wink.gif





--------------------
"I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
Go to the top of the page
 
+Quote Post

4 Pages V   1 2 3 > » 
Reply to this topicStart new topic

 



RSS Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 28th March 2024 - 04:58 PM
RULES AND GUIDELINES
Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting.

IMAGE COPYRIGHT
Images posted on UnmannedSpaceflight.com may be copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission. Read here for further information on space images and copyright.

OPINIONS AND MODERATION
Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators.
SUPPORT THE FORUM
Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member.