GLAST - Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope |
GLAST - Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope |
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Feb 16 2008, 07:49 PM
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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 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/sp...raft/index.html |
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Feb 16 2008, 08:55 PM
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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/ |
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Feb 17 2008, 09:40 AM
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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 |
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Feb 20 2008, 05:54 PM
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Feb 21 2008, 04:24 PM
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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.
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Feb 21 2008, 05:08 PM
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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? -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Feb 21 2008, 07:36 PM
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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. |
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Feb 21 2008, 08:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 18-November 07 Member No.: 3964 |
GLASTnost is a good one
But people would mix it with GLONASS |
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Feb 22 2008, 05:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 180 |
GLaDOS?
It would need some sort of CAKE instrumentation. It would serve as an excellent portal through which to view the Universe. |
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Feb 22 2008, 07:33 PM
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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
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Feb 23 2008, 06:11 AM
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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
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Feb 23 2008, 09:31 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
GONAD (Gamma-Ray Observatory 'n' Astronomical Discoverer )
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Feb 23 2008, 02:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 18-November 07 Member No.: 3964 |
GOLEM (Gamma-ray Observing Laboratory Explorer Mission)
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Feb 23 2008, 06:05 PM
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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. |
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Feb 29 2008, 11:26 PM
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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).
-------------------- "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
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