Noisy Dove Science and Technology discusses new scientific and technological discoveries, ideas, concepts, trends, issues, and much more. Our resident experts, Professor Dove (aerospace engineer, i.e., rocket scientist) and Dr. Dove (board certified medical doctor and pathology specialist) give informative insights and commentary on an array of topics and issues.
I am just getting over an upper respiratory viral infection. Next time, I know what I am going to take. According to Wikipedia, Read more...(117 words, 1 image, estimated 28 secs reading time)
I am just getting over an upper respiratory viral infection. Next time, I know what I am going to take. Read more...(109 words, 1 image, estimated 26 secs reading time)
The big difference between an unmanned and manned aircraft is SA (Situational Awareness). SA is the difference between a pilot and an expert pilot. It’s what wins air combat engagements, wastes AA missiles, and has airliners ditching in the Hudson instead of crash landing fully fueled downtown. Read more...(1024 words, 5 images, estimated 4:06 mins reading time)
The armed Predator carries two Hellfire missiles, a popular missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the US and her allies. There are a number of variants of the Hellfire missile that allow it to be used in a number of situations and on numerous vehicles, the most frequent being the Apache helicopter. Read more...(417 words, 3 images, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)
In an earthquake, the release of energy in the Earth’s crust creates seismic waves, or waves of force, that spread out from the energy release center, or epicenter. As a wave passes an object on the ground, the ground and object move with the wave a short distance and then spring back, only to be hit by another wave, and another, and another. This massive shifting of the ground puts great lateral stress on objects such as buildings. As the stress on the structures that make up the building accumulates, the building eventually fails in numerous locations. For a small-scale example, glue a cardboard house to another piece of cardboard and then shake it back and forth. The weakest part of the house (probably the glue in this example) will fail and the house will fall over. When Earthquakes are powerful enough, they create massive damage to cities such as what happened in Haiti. Read more...(356 words, 3 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
His condition is called “locked in syndrome.” It’s probably the worst thing imaginable. A good neurologist can diagnose it base on a neurologic exam. It’s been known about for decades. I would rather get polio. Read more...(295 words, 3 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)
My chef’s knife. I use it two of three times a day everyday and haven’t really cut myself in like five years, so I was due, and getting arrogant. About a week ago, I was cutting up some lettuce and baby green really fine for the salad I like to make, just chopping away, feeding the lettuce in, and suddenly I felt the numb feeling of a slice. It wouldn’t stop bleeding unless I kept pressure on it, so I wrapped it tight with a bandaid and slept with it elevated. It had stopped by morning. I found the piece… LOL Read more...(141 words, 2 images, estimated 34 secs reading time)
If you use the internet and haven’t screened your PC for malware, you have malware. Why is this bad? Read more...(372 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
People are homosexual for a variety of reasons, ranging from an endogenous desire that seems to have started before puberty, to people with personality disorders who just gravitate toward self-destruction. We (people on both sides of the isle on this issue) often don’t recognize there is a difference. Read more...(559 words, 5 images, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)
This week the Ares I-X rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral. It was a new beginning in the storied history of American Spaceflight. The I-X is a prototype of the Ares I, which is expected to see test launches in 2012 and begin launching crews into low Earth orbit and supplies to the International Space Station in 2014. Ares I-X is now giving engineers valuable data for making tweaks to their design. It consists of a solid rocket booster very similar to the rocket boosters you see on either side of the space shuttle, except that it is a little taller and the nozzle throat is a little bigger. Stacked on top of that is the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fueled second stage which utilizes an engine derived from the Saturn V (the second stage was empty for this test flight). The rest of the rocket, which will someday include a crew module and abort system (pointy thing at the top), was nothing but dumbed-down avionics and mass mockups of components that will eventually be used in Ares I and beyond. If you haven’t already, take a look at the flight video. You can go here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html The video is on the right hand side. Note the shock wave. Read more...(658 words, 2 images, estimated 2:38 mins reading time)
I am just getting over an upper respiratory viral infection. Next time, I know what I am going to take. 
The big difference between an unmanned and manned aircraft is SA (Situational Awareness). SA is the difference between a pilot and an expert pilot. It’s what wins air combat engagements, wastes AA missiles, and has airliners ditching in the Hudson instead of crash landing fully fueled downtown. 
The armed Predator carries two Hellfire missiles, a popular missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the US and her allies. There are a number of variants of the Hellfire missile that allow it to be used in a number of situations and on numerous vehicles, the most frequent being the Apache helicopter. 
In an earthquake, the release of energy in the Earth’s crust creates seismic waves, or waves of force, that spread out from the energy release center, or epicenter. As a wave passes an object on the ground, the ground and object move with the wave a short distance and then spring back, only to be hit by another wave, and another, and another. This massive shifting of the ground puts great lateral stress on objects such as buildings. As the stress on the structures that make up the building accumulates, the building eventually fails in numerous locations. For a small-scale example, glue a cardboard house to another piece of cardboard and then shake it back and forth. The weakest part of the house (probably the glue in this example) will fail and the house will fall over. When Earthquakes are powerful enough, they create massive damage to cities such as what happened in Haiti. 
His condition is called “locked in syndrome.” It’s probably the worst thing imaginable. A good neurologist can diagnose it base on a neurologic exam. It’s been known about for decades. I would rather get polio.
My chef’s knife. I use it two of three times a day everyday and haven’t really cut myself in like five years, so I was due, and getting arrogant. About a week ago, I was cutting up some lettuce and baby green really fine for the salad I like to make, just chopping away, feeding the lettuce in, and suddenly I felt the numb feeling of a slice. It wouldn’t stop bleeding unless I kept pressure on it, so I wrapped it tight with a bandaid and slept with it elevated. It had stopped by morning. I found the piece… LOL 
This week the Ares I-X rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral. It was a new beginning in the storied history of American Spaceflight. The I-X is a prototype of the Ares I, which is expected to see test launches in 2012 and begin launching crews into low Earth orbit and supplies to the International Space Station in 2014. Ares I-X is now giving engineers valuable data for making tweaks to their design. It consists of a solid rocket booster very similar to the rocket boosters you see on either side of the space shuttle, except that it is a little taller and the nozzle throat is a little bigger. Stacked on top of that is the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fueled second stage which utilizes an engine derived from the Saturn V (the second stage was empty for this test flight). The rest of the rocket, which will someday include a crew module and abort system (pointy thing at the top), was nothing but dumbed-down avionics and mass mockups of components that will eventually be used in Ares I and beyond. If you haven’t already, take a look at the flight video. You can go here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index.html The video is on the right hand side. Note the shock wave. 
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