BreathingRoom

"An avalanche of alien planets"

2010-06-16T11:58:00.002-05:00

A couple of ideas here. The brouhaha over climate change data cherry picking shows the dangers of allowing a small in-group to control the access to and publication of raw data. In the current situation, this is OUR money they are spending. I want the raw observations published, not just data massaged to conform to 'best practices' or a particular set of principles or theories. The scientists

The Moon is the stepping stone to the Universe

2010-06-16T00:23:00.009-05:00

Can you believe there are at least 400 million metric tons of water on the Moon's north pole, and the government has cancelled the return to the Moon program? The future will consider this the most shortsighted scientific policy decision of the last 50 years. There is blather about continuing exploration long term to LaGrange points and asteroids, and maybe even Mars,

Asteroid material will provide clues to the formation of our Solar System

2010-06-13T20:12:00.003-05:00

It would not surprise me if they find evidence to suggest that the asteroid was formed in the kuiper belt (out past Pluto) rather than in the inner solar system. This would upset the standard theory of planet formation.I think planets are wanderers in more than one sense. I think the wander in from interstellar space where they are formed. Our solar system is unusual because it is stable. The

My recording

2009-02-17T10:34:00.000-06:00

My recording

CO2 and Global Warming

2009-01-07T03:10:00.000-06:00

Here is some more science on CO2:http://icecap.us/images/uploads/HANSENMARSCHALLENGE.pdf

The magic penny theory of global warming

2009-01-07T03:07:00.000-06:00

Given that we know that AGW is real, and has a well understood physical basis, I think we need to react accordingly.”Well, since the temperature is falling, there is no GW, much less AGW.The amount of human-contributed CO2 in the atmosphere is one part in ten thousand.This is the same ratio as one penny out of one hundred dollars. AGW is the magic penny theory. The idea that one-one-hundredth of

The latest global warming denier

2009-01-07T02:52:00.000-06:00

“Oh yeah one last thing… on BraveNewClimate I asked how long the current “flat” temp would need to continue before it was statistically significant, and I can;t remember the answer I got and can;t find it on the blog, but it was a straightforward answer as in “X years” so it seems to me that when an honest question is asked of climate scientists an honest answer cometh.”Why, when CO2 levels are

The Science Behind Global Warming

2009-01-07T02:38:00.002-06:00

This is a post I wrote on AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) on the Jnonva site.Right now the major justification of AGW as a scientific theory has been the reliance on a computer model that has never correctly predicted temperature changes.A scientific theory of global warming has to conform to what we already know about chemistry and physics. AGW doesn’t.One part in ten thousand of the

Recent news supports dinosaur death theory

2006-03-08T08:09:00.000-06:00

In previous posts on this blog and in postings to newsgroups, I have described my theory on how the dinosaurs died. Recent news articles have continued to support my ideas, and have suggested a mechanism for the great change that resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs.My "Last Gasp Theory" states that dinosaurs evolved to exploit a metabolic mutation that gave them an advantage in a thicker

The real challenge Social Security faces

2005-01-22T01:29:00.000-06:00

After writing about Social Security reform this afternoon, I was visiting http://www.lucianne.com before bedtime, and happened across this shot across the bows of Social Security. Scientists identify a single 'master' gene that seems to turn on cancer-causing action of other errant genes BY DELTHIA RICKSSTAFF WRITER Newsday January 20, 2005An international team of scientists believes it has

2005-01-21T13:23:00.000-06:00

Social Security Reform Gets High Marx by Brad Jensen - Breathing Room There are a couple things about the Social Security reform plan that I haven't seen discussed at depth, so I thought I would bring them up. Stock Price Increases I've seen a lot of talk about the 'fee windfall' for stock management firms, which really doesn't seem like much of an issue. The accounts, as planned, are

2002-10-22T23:57:00.000-05:00

That Dinosaur in the Atlanta Airport or how My Blog Got Its Name I wrote the Last Gasp Theory of dinosaur extinction several years ago and posted it on several newsgroups, and also sent it to some paleontologists. Since then, further dinosaur discoveries have added to the evidence that supports my conclusions. Last weekend, while returning from Washington DC, I passed through the Atlanta

2002-10-22T23:42:00.000-05:00

How this Missing Mass of The Universe Killed the Dinosaurs Part II of II by Brad Jensen brad@elstore.com Continued from Part I There's an interesting phenomenon in our Earth/ Moon system. The tides on Earth are causing the Moon to accelerate in its orbit and gradually move farther and farther from the Earth. The bulge of water that is the tide results in a gravitational pull on the Moon that

How this Missing Mass of The Universe Killed the Dinosaurs Part I of II

2002-10-22T23:39:00.000-05:00

I first published this in the newsgroups several years ago. Recent findings on dinosaurs have continued to support my theory, so I thought I would share this original version, and then add my firther speculations. How this Missing Mass of The Universe Killed the Dinosaurs Part I of II by brad@elstore.com Speculation has fallen so far out of fashion in these post-modern times, that I want to