After a huge Chinese rocket plummeted apparently into the ocean, NASA s new administrator condemned the country s use of launch technology that makes uncontrolled reentries from orbit.
“You’ve heard of electric cars and e-books, but now we are talking about electric dark matter,” said Julian Munoz of Harvard University. “However, this electric charge is on the very smallest of scales.”
“We are constraining the possibility that dark matter particles carry a tiny electrical charge – equal to one millionth that of an electron – through measurable signals from the cosmic dawn,” says Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) about the nature of ne of the enduring mysteries of the Universe. “Such tiny charges are impossible to observe even with the largest particle accelerators.”
Astronomers have proposed a new model for the invisible material that makes up most of the matter in the Universe. They have studied whether a fraction of dark matter particles may have a tiny electrical charge.
At its Annual Meeting, USRA s Council of Institutions elected the following four Board members:
Daniel E. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was elected Region I Trustee
Wayne A. Scales, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), was elected Region III Trustee
Elizabeth A. Lada, University of Florida, was elected Region IV Trustee
General Lester L. Lyles, United States Air Force, (Ret.) was elected At-Large Trustee.
Dr. John A. Montgomery, Chair of the Board of Trustees said, I am pleased to welcome our four newest members to USRA s Board. They each have a unique background, with diverse experiences that make them an asset to USRA.
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NASA Director Nelson Was Correct to Criticize China
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After days of mounting frustration with China’s refusal to account for its out-of-control 21-ton Long March-5 booster stage, newly-confirmed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Director, the former astronaut and Senator Bill Nelson, called out the Chinese regime with some needed criticism.
In a press release posted on the NASA webpage on May 8, Nelson stated, “Spacefaring nations must minimize the risks to people and property on Earth of re-entries of space objects and maximize transparency regarding those operations. It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris.”