Space

There has been a lot of neat space related news lately. Red Bull Stratos has twice delayed the record breaking dive from space due to winds. Rather than take it day-to-day, they've rescheduled the dive for Sunday at 6am MDT. So much for sleeping in Sunday. Another cool snippet of news is about Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity. On October 7th Curiosity scooped up a sample of dirt from the surface of Mars. After a few scoops are taken, they'll start analyzing the samples to see what Mars is made of. Finally, if you're a meteor chaser, I know what you'll be doing on the morning of October 21. The Orionid meteor shower will be putting on a show, possible courtesy of comet Halley. All of the Orionid meteors are pieces of Halley that are left in space after the comet passes. The shower will only produce about 20 meteors per hour. While 20 meteors per hour is not a lot, there are a lot of nebula, galaxies, and star clusters near Orion to keep you busy while you wait for the shower to get going. Dark skies and a pair of binoculars will grant you access to all the nuggets in the sky. Get out there and have some cold fun!

~T