October 7-9, 2004: Baylor University in Waco, Texas, will host the Fall 2004 Joint Meeting of the Texas Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), the American Physical Society (APS), and Zone 13 of the Society of Physics Students (SPS).
October 10-15, 2004: International Accelerator Conference (CAARI2004) in Fort Worth
http://orgs.unt.edu/CAARI/.
November 4-6 Meeting: Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT)
http://www.statweb.org/CASTCC/index.html
Mount St. Helens Eruption Warning - Live Images
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
X-Prize Flight 2 Scheduled for October 4th
The $10 Million cash prize will be awarded to the first team that:
* Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carry three people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles)
* Returns safely to Earth
* Repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks
http://www.xprize.org/
Genesis Crashes to Earth
http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1345_1.asp
Genesis Sample Return Mission - Images from the cleanroom
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/media/genesis/
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"In a straight-up fight, the Empire squashes the Federation like a bug."
http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/FiveMinutes.html
"Come Back" of the Week
A college student challenged a senior citizen saying it was impossible for their generation to understand his. "You grew up in a different world," the student said. "Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy, computers . . ."
Taking advantage of a pause in the student's litany, the senior said,
"You're right. We didn't have those things when we were young. We invented them!"
Mars orbiter photographs rovers, tracks from space
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/27/mars.rovers.ap/index.html
http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1359_1.asp
The Darpa Challenge
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge04/index.htm
Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1302857,00.html
Now THAT is what I call remote observing...
http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/09/15/1953249.shtml?tid=160&tid=134&tid=126&tid=14
In which could you swim faster? Syrup or Water?
See real world results below...
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040920/full/040920-2.html
Toutatis Encounters Earth -- And Misses (This Time)
Http://Skyandtelescope.Com/News/Article_1360_1.Asp
Mars Methane Boosts Chances For Life
Http://Skyandtelescope.Com/News/Article_1358_1.Asp
The First Exoplanet Image?
Http://Skyandtelescope.Com/News/Article_1351_1.Asp
Lofar: A Giant Radio Telescope Takes Shape
http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1334_1.asp
Soviet Space Shuttle Found In Bahrain?
http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/09/24/1314215.shtml?tid=160&tid=1
They made a what?
Cosmic Rays and Cloud Chamber Videos
http://www.cloudchambers.com
Report to the STAT Board
http://www.tsaapt.org/2004Fall/STAT%20fall%2004%20report.doc
The Homepage For Texas School Officials
http://www.texasisd.com/
2005 "World Year of Physics"
http://www.physics2005.org/
AIP Career Services
http://www.aip.org/careersvc/
Physics Question of the Week
http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/outreach/QOTW/active/questions.htm
Physical Science Resource Center (PSRC)
http://psrc.aapt.org
AAPT Teaching Resources
http://www.aapt.org/Resources/
What's new at APS?
http://www.aps.org/WN/
Thanks to the TSAAPT officers and others for the links and information above. Feel free to send any interesting links that you find. This email message is sent to Texas physics teachers, students, and friends of TSAAPT. If you would like to be removed from the emailing list or are getting multiple copies of these newsletters, then feel free to reply to this message with your request.
Clear skies,
Dan Bruton
astro@sfasu.edu