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[TomT]

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00:00 Baron welcomes JW and TT and comments on the SBAU bookmark
00:52 Earth/Sky program discusses the interstellar medium
03:18 BruceM's milky way picture on the SBAU bookmark is discussed; where is the black hole?
04:19 SBAU at Earth Day, Tesla cars, gamma rays wiggle more like they are on caffeine
06:21 Strass's 2001 movie theme music; B-are people more interested in astronomy now compared to the past?  Endeavor [down at Calif Science Center] will be getting its fuel tank (filled? soda dispenser? restaurant inside?); Earth Day started after 1969 oil spill; TomW doing make-up lab classes this week, got free Orcad software for lab to work with before actually breadboarding electronics; Sam Goodwin made a Theremin [patented in 1928 by Russian Leon T] in one lab class, Bernard Herman made some movie music [1951 in his score for The Day the Earth Stood Still] using that electronic instrument.  TT-400 bookmarks given out at Earth Day.
16:34 B-Meteor showers listed on SBAU bookmark, from comets? TW-we are all made from dirty comets, or CM-sky barf.  92 natural elements plus Unobtainium [see http://neoencyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_fictional_elements,_materials,_isotopes_and_atomic_particles for references to Bullwinkle, Avatar, The Core].  B-electrons spin around an atom like a pea compared to size of Texas?  Standard Model, Higgs, Anti-matter discussed.  25:00 Gravitational waves at sound wave frequency; recently [Fermi satellite] found gamma rays that may be associated with that event, possibly from accretion disks surrounding them.  No escape vs. Hawking radiation like astronaut fingernail dirt?
29:22 B-why not circular space stations like 2001?  JW says idea from Willy Ley book [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Ley] but too expensive. Russia added Zvezda (TW=star) module to ISS [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/sm.html#.Vx6JLXqlcVQ].  B-AU distances on bookmark used for exo-planets?  Recent discovery 16LY away Gliese 832C earth size? (CM-Gliese was nearby star cataloger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gliese.)  B-Hawking dinky satellites? JW-solar sails and laser communication.  Voyager 1 RTG, radioisotope thermal generator, power fading.  B-Pink Moon?  TT-read list of full moon names from http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/full-moon-names.html.  Peter Olmos wrote book explaining Chumash calendar.
37:42 Shostakovitch Ballet suite used with 2001 movie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWKN98cNDxo  TW-Alfred North walked out after his music would not be used [see explanation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/trivia].  Phone call from Barbara asking about the Blue Moon.  B-moon height in sky vs. Sun?  Moon phases discussed [http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml].  Sun, moon, planets and gods...CM-7 planets account for days of week.  564-1290...remember to call in. 
45:04 CM-Transit of Mercury May 9, Camino Real Marketplace.  Life on other planets? JW-Carl Sagan complex life was difficult 2nd step.  TW-Tim Ferris, book Life Beyond Earth, Fermi question, lobster video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0vmOCHiDs .  B-Four Forces?  Gravity, E-M, Strong, & Weak nuclear forces; isotope decay...
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