Comments on: “The Greatest International Space Project of All Time” http://21stcenturywaves.com/2010/03/23/the-greatest-international-space-project-of-all-time/ TECHNOLOGY BOOMS AND HUMAN EXPANSION INTO THE COSMOS Mon, 21 May 2012 17:39:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Messier Tidy Upper http://21stcenturywaves.com/2010/03/23/the-greatest-international-space-project-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7253 Messier Tidy Upper Thu, 13 May 2010 04:42:46 +0000 http://21stcenturywaves.com/?p=2315#comment-7253 ^ Well I thought, "okay I'll try this" & .. in order of thought (ie. chronological) my guesses were : 1. The International Space Station or is that just *too* obvious? 2. The Apollo-Soyuz peace link up thingy during the Cold War after the Moon landings -although was more just a political stunt. 3. The Moon landings themselves because of the international tracking and co-operation, eg. getting the pictures back from via the Dish (Parkes) in Australia? 4. The Cerro Tololo observatory collaboration built in Chile with, I think, a large number of nations participating and co-operating. (But is that a space project strictly speaking?) & 5. Wasn't there some major collaborative project that was aimed at detecting cosmic rays and neutrinos between a number of nations incl. Japan, Europe and the US that was among the detectors of Supernova 1987 a and solar neutrinos and high-energy particles? Didn't that involve using the Earth itself as a filter and cross-checking between distant lands? Could that be it? *** Wow! Looks like I was right first time! ;-) See also on the Bad Astronomy Blog's link to this carnival of space. ^ Well I thought, “okay I’ll try this” & .. in order of thought (ie. chronological) my guesses were :

1. The International Space Station or is that just *too* obvious?

2. The Apollo-Soyuz peace link up thingy during the Cold War after the Moon landings -although was more just a political stunt.

3. The Moon landings themselves because of the international tracking and co-operation, eg. getting the pictures back from via the Dish (Parkes) in Australia?

4. The Cerro Tololo observatory collaboration built in Chile with, I think, a large number of nations participating and co-operating. (But is that a space project strictly speaking?)

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5. Wasn’t there some major collaborative project that was aimed at detecting cosmic rays and neutrinos between a number of nations incl. Japan, Europe and the US that was among the detectors of Supernova 1987 a and solar neutrinos and high-energy particles? Didn’t that involve using the Earth itself as a filter and cross-checking between distant lands? Could that be it?

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Wow! Looks like I was right first time! ;-)

See also on the Bad Astronomy Blog’s link to this carnival of space.

]]> By: Carnival of Space #153 « Cumbrian Sky http://21stcenturywaves.com/2010/03/23/the-greatest-international-space-project-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7245 Carnival of Space #153 « Cumbrian Sky Wed, 12 May 2010 14:22:24 +0000 http://21stcenturywaves.com/?p=2315#comment-7245 [...] try and gain glimpses into our future. For this week’s Carnival, Bruce takes a look at “The Greatest International Space Project of All Time” And what is that project? Make a few guesses before you click on the link and actually find [...] [...] try and gain glimpses into our future. For this week’s Carnival, Bruce takes a look at “The Greatest International Space Project of All Time” And what is that project? Make a few guesses before you click on the link and actually find [...]

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