The HabitableZone » Raoul https://www.habitablezone.com Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:39:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2022 https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/01/01/2022/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/01/01/2022/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2022 08:36:34 +0000 Raoul https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=90481 Hi,

Happy New Year to all of you!!

An interesting note: Most of us were born before 99…Well, 2022 is the third (and last) year of our life with three same figures : 1999, 2000 and 2022  (9, 0 and 2 three times).

This only happened once before for those alive between 999, 1000 and 1011.  Next time 2999, 3000 and 3033.

2021 was a crazy year for those interested in space. China went to Mars, launched more rockets than there are weeks in a year, had its first woman perform a spacewalk and is now permanently aboard a space station.

SpaceX performed 31 launches, its 100th stage recovery, a same rocket launched 11 times.

The JWST is finally in space !, Etc…

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2022/01/01/2022/feed/ 1 The trio and the ISS and then the following morning https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/12/04/the-trio-and-the-iss-and-then-the-following-morning/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/12/04/the-trio-and-the-iss-and-then-the-following-morning/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:06:58 +0000 Raoul https://habitablezone.com/?p=89873 December 2, ISS passing (the 3 planets on the left, the summer triangle in the middle and the ISS in the right (Fisheye lens Samyang 8 mm) 10 seconds exposure.

And the next morning, a sun pilar !

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/12/04/the-trio-and-the-iss-and-then-the-following-morning/feed/ 3 Jupiter, Saturn and Venus https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/12/02/jupiter-saturn-and-venus-2/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/12/02/jupiter-saturn-and-venus-2/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2021 09:35:51 +0000 Raoul https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=89793 Not far from where I live, last night, I waited for clouds to clear

the sky simultaneously from Jupiter, Saturn and Venus (not easy,

only a few seconds and lots of wind) .

Planets

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https://curiositystream.com/

 

Anybody has a subscription to this site? Seems right for anybody interested in sciences and history.

 

 

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/10/14/curiositystream/feed/ 1 Until the End of Time (Greene) https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/09/28/until-the-end-of-time-greene/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/09/28/until-the-end-of-time-greene/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:14:17 +0000 Raoul https://habitablezone.com/?p=89048 Currently reading Until the end of time. Great stuff ! What is consciousness, when did we start using sounds and what kind and for what pupose, why we need to believe, etc…

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(It’s been a long time; I moved to another town in Belgium;  Rob contacted me and I was wondering…).

I’m reading Brian Greene’s book “Until the End of Time“; ok, in french, it was there at the bookshop.

He’s wondering for instance what did our ancestors first use as a language (or rather sounds) to communicate. We are nothing but particles moving around….Well, lots of things :-)

 

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2021/09/27/until-the-end-of-time/feed/ 0 DSCOVR https://www.habitablezone.com/2015/02/12/dscovr/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2015/02/12/dscovr/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:26:04 +0000 Raoul https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=48803 Hi,

SpaceX launched the DSCOVR satellite …..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory

After waiting for 16 years, changing names….Finally a full vew of Earth!

 

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2015/02/12/dscovr/feed/ 1 Major announcement on monday 17th…. https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/03/14/major-announcement-on-monday-17th/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2014/03/14/major-announcement-on-monday-17th/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2014 23:37:24 +0000 Raoul http://habitablezone.com/?p=43715 Apparently, US scientists are going to announce a major discovery on Monday….

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=42751

There is a rumor however…..

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/14/gravitational-waves-big-bang-universe-bicep

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http://www.worldviewexperience.com/

]]> https://www.habitablezone.com/2013/10/30/tourism-to-an-altitude-of-30-km/feed/ 5 One year in space ? https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/08/24/one-year-in-space/ https://www.habitablezone.com/2012/08/24/one-year-in-space/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:59:47 +0000 Raoul http://habitablezone.com/?p=20668 The soviets have done it and several times, aboard MIR…It’s time  NASA did it aboard the ISS…One full year in space?

Would Peggy be the one to do it first ?

http://www.space.com/17281-one-year-space-station-mission-plan.html

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