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Snapshot of the International Space Station

On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image as taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR
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My Guilty Pleasure: The Babes Of “Charmed”

Monday, March 1st, 2010

There were three geeky chick-power TV shows in the nineties: Xena, Buffy, and Charmed. Which was the best? Hell, you know it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sorry Xena fans, I just couldn’t get into Xena’s whole killer Frisbee thing. Her war cry (“yee yee yee yee yee…”) just made me laugh the first few times [...]

Review: Stargate Universe

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Stargate Universe (or SGU) is the latest original offering from Syfy. It takes place in the same universe as Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, two shows I enjoy and complain about. (Not unlike the Star Trek franchise.) For me, SGU's predecessors suffered from a lack of gritty realism, where a team of only four soldiers [...]

Review: District 9

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Guess what I saw last weekend? Yep, after all the praise from critics and reviewers, I decided to watch District 9. The movie’s about a huge alien ship that was found hovering over Johannesburg, South Africa, about thirty years ago. After the initial pants-wetting fades away, people start noticing the lack of death rays, so [...]

Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

The next movie:
Harry Potter and His Elderly Gentleman Friend

I wasn’t sure if I would like the Harry Potter movies when they first came out. They were based on kids books, and I tend to favor darker, more adult stories. As you might have guessed, the first one didn’t do much for [...]

Review: J. J. Abram’s New Star Trek

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

As those who read some of my earlier Star Trek commentaries already know, the Trek franchise isn’t my favorite in sci-fi land these days. Sorry uber Trek-nerds, but the show is just too sterilized and bland for my tastes. I’ve been hoping for a much needed reimagining (or at least a reboot) ever since Star [...]

Behold! The Atheist Geek Reviews … Watchmen!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Like any atheist geek worth his salt, I used to be a big comic book nerd back in the ’80s. But I had never read the Watchmen comics or (::gasp::) even heard of them. Maybe that’s because I was into Marvel comics instead of DC. Or because my home town sucked and we never got [...]

Review: Leverage

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Which one of these people is waaaay older than the rest?

I’ve been watching TNT’s Leverage for a while now. I’ve never been a big fan of TNT’s television line up, but tag lines like, “Get ready to get even,” and, “Sometimes villains make the best good guys,” had me hooked. If you can imagine what [...]