Science
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1… 0… Ignition and… Whoa these things are fast!
This image, and the ones on the next rocket post are courtesy of Kennie of Tales from the Arctic. And she has a great one of the rocket lifting off. I'll post more of her photos (thanks Kennie) and some video, once I have the video edited.
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7… 6… 5…
Yesterday my our rocket motors from Sigma Rockets arrived (after traveling several times back and forth across the country before we gave up on Purolater). This weekend, provided the weather co-operates, will be our first launch of the rocket that Travis and I made back in January. Even with one of the two lower power
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On The Origin of Species
I chanced upon this post at thinkBuddha.org and thought I'd share it with you for its quiet assessment of Darwin's seminal work, On the Origin of Species. Perhaps he has hit upon one of the key aspects of Darwin's revolution, something apart from the importance of the science that Darwin laid out. The idea that
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The bicentennial of the birth of a Great Man.
It is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin today. I wanted to write a post honouring him and his accomplishments, which are unequaled in the Natural Sciences. But I'm feeling a little like a dullard today and don't think I could do a better job than the homage I wrote three years
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10… 9… 8…
If all goes well, Travis and I will soon be able to launch a rocket into the cold skies above Arctic Bay. Last week the rocket kit, and launch pad kit arrived and we put it together yesterday. We are awaiting some engines (traveling separately as Dangerous Goods), and a nice day without much wind.
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Power to the People
A little while back Townie Bastard posted an interesting bit about small nuclear reactors, that seem to have some potential for power in remote (read Arctic) areas. It was intriguing, but I have to admit that there is something off putting about nuclear power. Which makes this article all that more interesting. It doesn't say
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Late night thoughts on an August blizzard
There has been a fair amount posted on our blizzard this past week (although I don't think Environment Canada called it a blizzard, but I believe that is because of temperature). And late the other night I tried to wrap my head around how to present it to the world. Or at least the world
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Permafrost
One of the features of the Arctic is rather, well, featureless. At least in terms of features we can easily see, but permafrost is an essential characteristic of the Arctic. It is a feature that allows plants to survive in the desert that is the High Arctic, and a force which shapes our terrain, and