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"If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop."
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Happy birthday ISS
It’s been exactly 15 years since that November 20, 1998 when Russia put into orbit on the Zarya module, the first component from the ISS. Here’s how it appeared Zarya in November of ’98 in the eyes of the astronauts … Continue reading
Magic lake show
Last summer I had the opportunity to spend few days in a small touristic town in Austria: Zell am See. In case you do not know where it is, here is the map of the place: Show bigger map Maybe … Continue reading
CERN: Open Day 2013, day two
On Sunday morning, the second day in Geneva at CERN OpenDays. The day begins at the workshop. A shed full of lathes, CNC machines, in short, a normal workshop. Well almost normal… Definitely one of the best places to realize … Continue reading
CERN: Open Day 2013, day 1, part 2
Here the first part At Prevesen Campus we start by visiting the AMS Control Center. Credits CERN From this place, they control, day and night, the experiment installed on the ISS to search for dark matter ( details). A special … Continue reading
CERN: Open Day 2013, day 1
The initial impact with CERN was a disorienting moment, so many buildings, streets, avenues… we would be lost without a map. Looking at Google Earth, the campus is 1.5 km long and 500 meters wide, a lot of places to … Continue reading
