<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879</id><updated>2011-10-11T05:24:30.149-07:00</updated><category term='clouds'/><category term='Comet Blows It&apos;s Top'/><category term='hubble'/><category term='galaxy'/><category term='Jupiter'/><category term='saturn_moons'/><category term='moons_of_moons'/><category term='NASA'/><category term='Apollo'/><category term='mars water ice nasa'/><title type='text'>Free Form Imagination Rules</title><subtitle type='html'>When your mind sparks your fingers fly on the keyboard.  If you make a typo dont even spell check...let it blog...!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>213</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2866526188076560808</id><published>2010-03-16T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T20:21:40.367-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jupiter'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well, even though there was a LARGE earthquake in Chile recently, look at this gem view of Jupitersdynamic weather pattern.  I wonder if there are JUPITERQUAKES...                                                                               Here is technical description of image:"This new thermal image was captured by the VISIR instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2866526188076560808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2866526188076560808&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2866526188076560808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2866526188076560808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/well-even-though-there-was-large.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S6BJ3l7BEAI/AAAAAAAAAQs/As2CUjzyIr0/s72-c/Atmosphere+of+Jupiter+in+Cloudy+Action.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-603785787756916265</id><published>2010-03-16T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T13:42:15.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A "new" photo from NASA's WISE space telescope shows a cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars. Question is: what does it smell like?  :*)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/603785787756916265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=603785787756916265&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/603785787756916265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/603785787756916265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-photo-from-nasas-wise-space.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S5_tDB8WC-I/AAAAAAAAAQk/OsLkJHH0_Mw/s72-c/A+rose+by+any+other+name+is+still+a+ROSE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7108963440371530583</id><published>2010-03-14T14:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T14:29:01.063-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>131 Years and Still Counting... Happy Brain Day, Albert Einstein </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7108963440371530583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7108963440371530583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7108963440371530583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7108963440371530583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/131-years-and-still-counting.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S51U1aCI-BI/AAAAAAAAAQc/FJk3iR7PlEU/s72-c/131+Years+and+Still+Counting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3203425762468915535</id><published>2010-03-04T08:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T08:55:47.261-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here we go again.  This time the rock counters are from the European Space Agency.  The red rock image posted here is from 2008.  The ESA site says they will post "new" images of this red rock at a future date.  Following quotations are from ESA:"4 March 2010   Mars Express encountered Phobos last night, smoothly skimming past at just 67 km, the closest any manmade object has ever approached Mars</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3203425762468915535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3203425762468915535&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3203425762468915535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3203425762468915535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/here-we-go-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S4_l9DSmoBI/AAAAAAAAAQU/TnaT7BCiQzU/s72-c/a+red+rock+floating+around+planet+mars.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-5333511473557038493</id><published>2010-03-03T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T13:39:13.799-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moons_of_moons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saturn_moons'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Got to give credit where credit is due.  NASA released this today (quote from NASA) "This raw, unprocessed image of Helene was taken by Cassini on March 3, 2010."  I have heard of the phrase "bean counting" many times---NASA's new practice is ROCK counting.  I always wonder about who names these newly discovered rocks.  Well, one day they will run out of names.  NASA should start an auction on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/5333511473557038493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=5333511473557038493&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5333511473557038493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5333511473557038493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/got-to-give-credit-where-credit-is-due.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S47Wyyw3swI/AAAAAAAAAQM/Lozvzk18tPs/s72-c/This+rock+is+a+moon+of+a+moon+orbiting+around+saturn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4556747225098325153</id><published>2010-03-03T07:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-03T07:25:15.453-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saturn_moons'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>NASA cannot return to Earths moon right now.  Yet, they are sending pictures of moons that are orbiting around Planet Saturn.  We do not want to see another pie in the sky, we want to eat green cheese on our own moon...:*)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4556747225098325153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4556747225098325153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4556747225098325153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4556747225098325153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/03/nasa-cannot-return-to-earths-moon-right.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S45_MUoFjDI/AAAAAAAAAQE/G-K-AkW0nn0/s72-c/a+very+distant+globe+called+rhea+that+looks+boring.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4182836180955561465</id><published>2010-02-26T08:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-26T09:01:46.971-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>NASA is rocking the solar system again.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4182836180955561465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4182836180955561465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4182836180955561465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4182836180955561465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/02/nasa-is-rocking-solar-system-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S4f9hftyDJI/AAAAAAAAAP8/8jUfj4Ordfk/s72-c/I+Floated+In+To+a+Spinning+Ring+of+Saturn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3461079731635223805</id><published>2010-02-24T12:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T12:53:28.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Now that the Solar Dynamics Observatory has launched, I remixed the antenna's located in New Mexico that will receive the data from the Sun.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3461079731635223805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3461079731635223805&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3461079731635223805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3461079731635223805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/02/now-that-solar-dynamics-observatory-has.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S4WRr9zkxDI/AAAAAAAAAPs/RdfHi5iWybM/s72-c/A+circular+view+of+dish+antennas+in+new+mexico+for+SDO+reception.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8319461891692417947</id><published>2010-02-23T13:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-23T13:20:18.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just when you think NASA is boring they send images from the solar system that blow Hollywood's special effects away.Image Advisory: February 23, 2010CASSINI FINDS PLETHORA OF PLUMES, HOTSPOTS AT ENCELADUSNewly released images from last November's swoop over Saturn's icy moon Enceladus by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing the south </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8319461891692417947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8319461891692417947&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8319461891692417947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8319461891692417947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-when-you-think-nasa-is-boring-they.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S4RGbJZ3iwI/AAAAAAAAAPk/291pYanfYzE/s72-c/NASA+makes+much+better+pictures+than+hollywood+4+sure.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-1279212579045145316</id><published>2010-02-11T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T08:08:29.291-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>NASA is back again :*)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/1279212579045145316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=1279212579045145316&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1279212579045145316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1279212579045145316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/02/nasa-is-back-again.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S3QrRnc-uPI/AAAAAAAAAPc/hsJ0xCxQNC8/s72-c/solar+dynamics+observatory+launch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7450207973749013771</id><published>2010-02-01T16:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T16:47:50.385-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just another remix of a deep space galaxy.  nasa put its moon mission on hold today- so, we might as well aim for deeper space....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7450207973749013771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7450207973749013771&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7450207973749013771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7450207973749013771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/02/just-another-remix-of-deep-space-galaxy.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/S2d1qxv7DII/AAAAAAAAAPU/C_hmZw8WLSU/s72-c/Gold_X_Ray_Gas_Gravitation_Goals.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2284107033501670684</id><published>2010-01-27T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T17:46:47.371-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It is "high" time that all outer space missions' are internationalized:January 27, 2010NASA to Review Human SpaceflightBy KENNETH CHANGThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is preparing for a major evaluation of its human spaceflight program, even as many who will conduct the survey have yet to be informed of the agency’s revised mission.The expansive, multimonth technical study, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2284107033501670684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2284107033501670684&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2284107033501670684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2284107033501670684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2010/01/it-is-high-time-that-all-outer-space.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6990859625515457773</id><published>2009-12-20T17:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T17:07:15.517-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A negative image of Comet Hale-Bopp from December 22, 1997.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6990859625515457773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6990859625515457773&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3042012228510660157</id><published>2009-11-22T19:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T20:06:05.650-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here is a negative image that was originally blue.  SOHO EIT 171</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3042012228510660157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3042012228510660157&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3042012228510660157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3042012228510660157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/11/here-is-negative-image-that-was.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SwoFtpE1HWI/AAAAAAAAAOk/c2FwRxlP7T8/s72-c/solar-disk-22-november-2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3046254821327545075</id><published>2009-10-30T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T21:08:46.567-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Axel Mellinger, of Central Michigan University, created this panorama of the Milky Way from 3,000 individual photographs that he melded together with mathematical models. Credit: Dr. Axel Mellinger</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3046254821327545075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3046254821327545075&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3046254821327545075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3046254821327545075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/10/axel-mellinger-of-central-michigan.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/Suu3rqx-34I/AAAAAAAAAOE/-uEjOXqhXw0/s72-c/panorama+of+milky+way+or+our+galaxy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7075714654229374975</id><published>2009-10-29T14:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T14:49:18.884-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Greenland reflects sunlight hitting The Earth surface....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7075714654229374975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7075714654229374975&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7075714654229374975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7075714654229374975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/10/green-land-reflects-sunlight-hitting.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SuoNy5faJhI/AAAAAAAAAN8/USUn6lWLcVA/s72-c/greenland-reflects-sunlight-hitting-earth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3021536948579900018</id><published>2009-10-28T10:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T10:04:30.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oct. 28, 2009Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette.b.madison@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-252NASA'S ARES I-X ROCKET COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TESTCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3021536948579900018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3021536948579900018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2751699939668398849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/10/sometimes-one-can-get-splitting.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6371752924910611958</id><published>2009-10-22T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T13:18:19.487-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Truth be told:  NASA missions are on hold for now:WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel is telling the White House.NASA has picked the wrong destination with the wrong rocket, the panel's chairman said Thursday. A test-flight version of the new rocket, Ares, is on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6371752924910611958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6371752924910611958&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6371752924910611958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6371752924910611958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/10/truth-be-told-nasa-missions-are-on-hold.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3306907087353646044</id><published>2009-08-15T21:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-15T21:06:39.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NASA'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>No BUCKS---No Buck Rogers (UPdated):Space review panel says moon, Mars out of reach 	Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:27pm EDT  	 		var storyKeywords = "US SPACE MOON"; 		var RTR_ArticleTitle = "Space review panel says moon, Mars out of reach"; 		var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "By Irene Klotz  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. plan to return astronauts to the moon by 2020 will not happen without a big </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3306907087353646044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3306907087353646044&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3306907087353646044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3306907087353646044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-bucks-no-buck-rogers-updated-space.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2929096683950925191</id><published>2009-08-05T21:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T21:38:26.484-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apollo'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Aok pic of Neil Armstrong the LunarNaut:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2929096683950925191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2929096683950925191&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2929096683950925191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2929096683950925191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/08/aok-pic-of-neil-armstrong-lunarnaut.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SnpeJXUzpRI/AAAAAAAAANU/PicAjS8dex4/s72-c/Aok++Neil+Armstong+Face+On+the+Moon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2169628102972820087</id><published>2009-07-24T14:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T14:42:23.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yes,  going to the Planet Mars is a real pie-in-the-sky mission.  When Apollo 18 was cut because of funding the NASA dream lost touch with the common man down here on the good-old-PlanetEarthRead the following:                                                                                                                           It was a gathering of grumpy old men Monday morning in Washington,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2169628102972820087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2169628102972820087&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2169628102972820087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2169628102972820087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/07/yes-going-to-planet-mars-is-real-pie-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7595506174445639388</id><published>2009-06-12T15:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T15:29:59.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>If a human being were to killed by an astronomical flying object, would we consider them to be a Cosmic Casuality?             Boy Hit by Meteorite By SPACE.com Staffposted: 12 June 200909:24 am ET                    A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite that scared the bejeezus out of him and left a scar.  "When it hit me it knocked me flying and then was still </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7595506174445639388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7595506174445639388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7595506174445639388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7595506174445639388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/06/if-human-being-were-to-killed-by.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-5846914021708571500</id><published>2009-06-10T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-10T17:12:16.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Land of the Rising Sun has set it's Lunar Probe down on The Moon:       Japanese probe set to crash into moon                   Updated    22:28 10 June 2009           by               MacGregor Campbell                             For similar stories, visit the                  Solar System                               Topic Guide                &lt;!-- pgtop --&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/5846914021708571500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=5846914021708571500&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5846914021708571500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5846914021708571500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/06/land-of-rising-sun-has-set-its-lunar.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SjBLVBWPIQI/AAAAAAAAAMc/9zq_9F9B4F8/s72-c/Japans+Lunar+Probe+Explodes+on+The+MOON.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3813788014476738277</id><published>2009-05-23T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T11:48:09.072-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NASA'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Some good news for nasa today.  We finally get Captain Kirk to run the Earth-bound headquarters:May 23, 2009   Uncertain NASA Gets Familiar Former Astronaut Boss   By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS            Filed at 2:09 p.m. ET HOUSTON (AP) -- The nation's turbulent space program will be run by one of its own, a calming well-liked former space shuttle commander. President Barack Obama on Saturday chose </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3813788014476738277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3813788014476738277&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3813788014476738277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3813788014476738277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/05/some-good-news-for-nasa-today.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2443817123971203222</id><published>2009-05-11T20:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T20:55:43.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hubble'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Old-School Hubble Image is above this text^Can you imagine the New-School Hubble images?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2443817123971203222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2443817123971203222&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2443817123971203222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2443817123971203222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/05/old-school-hubble-image-is-above-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7437106289916105760</id><published>2009-05-11T20:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T20:19:02.177-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Space Shuttle launched today from Florida to fix and improve the already successful mission called:  The Hubble Space Telescope.I typed the following writing on a local news blog.  I paste it here because I am too lazy to author again:I know that NASA's space program does not provide the same excitement as Neil Armstrong walking on the moon in 1969, nevertheless, the pictures of the universe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7437106289916105760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7437106289916105760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7437106289916105760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7437106289916105760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/05/space-shuttle-launched-today-from.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6497819044754771877</id><published>2009-04-18T14:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T15:01:30.724-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Check this galaxy out.  Science can also be art.  A cosmic frisbee indeed:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6497819044754771877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6497819044754771877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6497819044754771877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6497819044754771877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2009/04/check-this-galaxy-out.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SepNejIikwI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ad3MxFoNN5Q/s72-c/what-a-galaxy-this-is.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4964582342677016875</id><published>2008-12-18T15:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T15:27:34.977-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>These are X-Ray loops on the Solar Surface.  Now you know where http://xrayloop.blogspot is mirrored from :*)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4964582342677016875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4964582342677016875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4964582342677016875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4964582342677016875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/12/these-are-x-ray-loops-on-solar-surface.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SUrcTpFzaaI/AAAAAAAAALM/v2YkrbKfXQs/s72-c/x-ray-loops-on-the-solar-surface.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4341425137443984892</id><published>2008-12-14T17:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T18:00:16.595-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='galaxy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>These two galaxy's appear to have a beautiful relationship that cannot be described by the Laws of Science without alienating the general public.  All the space programs of the World in conflict today need to get as close as these two harmonious stellar nests.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4341425137443984892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4341425137443984892&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4341425137443984892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4341425137443984892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/12/these-two-galaxys-appear-to-have.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SUW4s5h0QvI/AAAAAAAAALE/nCfFaA3qktI/s72-c/a-BIG-galaxy-holds-a-small-galaxy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-1824689883550672177</id><published>2008-10-24T18:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T18:33:03.001-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>WE TOOK AMERICA FROM THE RED MANNOW WE WANT TO TAKE THE RED PLANET    &lt;!--  function SymError() {   return true; }  window.onerror = SymError;  var SymRealWinOpen = window.open;  function SymWinOpen(url, name, attributes) {   return (new Object()); }  window.open = SymWinOpen;  //--&gt;     bV = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);  if (bV &gt;= 4) window.print();                            Mars pioneers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/1824689883550672177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=1824689883550672177&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1824689883550672177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1824689883550672177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-took-america-from-red-man-now-we.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4050258552439119066</id><published>2008-08-12T16:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-12T16:46:07.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>President Kennedy made a speech in the very early nineteen-sixties that set the course for the United States of America to put a human being on the lunar surface and return that crew safely to Planet Earth by the end of the decade.On July 20, 1969 the first part of the goal was achieved; on July 24, 1969 the second part of the goal was achieved.Read the following paste and weep:           Nasa </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4050258552439119066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4050258552439119066&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4050258552439119066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4050258552439119066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/08/president-kennedy-made-speech-in-very.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8190122203220584032</id><published>2008-07-31T18:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:32.710-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Picture is a cookie cutter Microsoft Screen Saver grab with a paste of the Mars Phoenix  probe on the area of Mars where water was confirmed to exist today.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8190122203220584032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8190122203220584032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8190122203220584032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8190122203220584032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/07/picture-is-cookie-cutter-microsoft.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SJJui7CKfpI/AAAAAAAAAH4/fOdZN3ahePA/s72-c/here-is-where-the-martian-probe-landed-that-confirmed-h2O-today.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-1099157477027844263</id><published>2008-07-31T17:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T17:17:45.382-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mars water ice nasa'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here is a simple text news post released by N.A.S.A. today that may open up some biological possibilities for human beings to survive on another Planet besides water filled Planet Earth.  Of course the cost of rocket fuel eliminates the movement of human beings to another Planet for a very very long time.July 31, 2008Dwayne Brown      Headquarters, Washington202-358-1726dwayne.c.brown@nasa.govGuy</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/1099157477027844263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=1099157477027844263&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1099157477027844263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/1099157477027844263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/07/here-is-simple-text-news-post-released.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2074939816502395557</id><published>2008-07-27T18:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:33.054-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2074939816502395557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2074939816502395557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2074939816502395557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2074939816502395557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SI0fPvMkcBI/AAAAAAAAAHw/t6m2yAbQavE/s72-c/false-color-image-of-planet-mercury.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3347450865593648513</id><published>2008-07-11T16:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:33.677-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>An old star explosion seen through a new light.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3347450865593648513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3347450865593648513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3347450865593648513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3347450865593648513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-star-explosion-seen-through-new.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SHf0lad8gyI/AAAAAAAAAHg/t_VNs7HcB3E/s72-c/star+explosion+first+observed+by+humans+in+year+1006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4815370867380205521</id><published>2008-06-15T17:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:33.910-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Do not worry---our Sun won't be exploding anytime soon...A sequence of ultraviolet images released in June 2008 shows a supernova from start to finish. Just before the explosion, the host galaxy (top left) appears relatively quiet. Then a bright ultraviolet flash called a shock breakout (top right) signals that the core of a red supergiant star has collapsed.Moments later the flash is mostly gone</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4815370867380205521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4815370867380205521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4815370867380205521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4815370867380205521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/06/do-not-worry-our-sun-wont-be-exploding.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SFWxJ_bi8zI/AAAAAAAAAHY/yzVPLUELEBg/s72-c/super-nova-explosion-sequence.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3325185650191576679</id><published>2008-06-12T19:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:34.401-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The swaths of green represent organic molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are illuminated by light from nearby star formation, while the thermal emission, or heat, from warm dust is rendered in red. Star-forming regions appear as swirls of red and yellow, where the warm dust overlaps with the glowing organic molecules. The blue specks sprinkled throughout the photograph are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3325185650191576679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3325185650191576679&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3325185650191576679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3325185650191576679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/06/patches-of-black-are-dense-obscuring.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SFHdlHdsdPI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/HJ8GL4XNiyM/s72-c/more+milky+way+star+clouds.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6442648624019032128</id><published>2008-05-31T15:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:34.698-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mars water ice nasa'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So, besides the shuttle trying to fix the toilet on the International Space Station, NASA robots just may have found water on Mars:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6442648624019032128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6442648624019032128&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6442648624019032128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6442648624019032128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/05/so-besides-shuttle-trying-to-fix-toilet.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/SEHX43XO9qI/AAAAAAAAAHA/8XaubI9KTWo/s72-c/mars-surface-ice-31-may-2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6820209857903169506</id><published>2008-05-31T14:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-31T14:20:24.948-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hi!,,,ya all,,,we are off to outer space one more time:Liveblog: Will Discovery fly today?Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's STS-124 mission, is scheduled for launch today at 4:02 p.m. CT.The fueling of Discovery's external tank began at 6:38 a.m. and the countdown has gone smoothly since then.The two-week mission will include three spacewalks, with a primary goal of installing the bus-size Kibo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6820209857903169506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6820209857903169506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6820209857903169506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6820209857903169506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/05/hiya-allwe-are-off-to-outer-space-one.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3012410490382940666</id><published>2008-03-18T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:34.902-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>As I type this post, it is 18 March 2008.  Tomorrow is 19 March 2008.In my time-zone, Arthur C. Clarke is still alive by time-zone-calendar standards.  The classic movie 2001: a space odyssey is on right now.Tomorrow Mr. Clarke will pass away worldwide.  For this instant in time he still lives in the future.  His vision of space changed mankind.  The reality that I discovered this cold fact about</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3012410490382940666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3012410490382940666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3012410490382940666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3012410490382940666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/03/as-i-type-this-post-it-is-18-march-2008.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R-ByEFYDubI/AAAAAAAAAGg/NGiMV-G9xdM/s72-c/Death+Tomorrow+Life+Today+2001+Space+Odyssey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6556602360093213395</id><published>2008-03-14T19:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:35.257-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>NASA just released a mosaic of Planet Mercury that is cigar shaped.  There is a cigar-shaped galaxy also.  All of this reminds of the old UFO days, when people said they spotted cigar-shaped UFO's in the sky.'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by British airline pilot Last updated at 16:44pm on 22nd June 2007   &lt;!-- exception in filter include. include=readerCommentsArticleHeading, path=http://172.30.2.96/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6556602360093213395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6556602360093213395&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6556602360093213395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6556602360093213395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/03/nasa-just-released-mosaic-of-planet.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R9s-ulYDuZI/AAAAAAAAAF4/akLylnACnbE/s72-c/cigar-shaped-galaxy-m82.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-5004294251941642453</id><published>2008-02-20T19:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:35.432-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Looking at the total eclipse of the full moon tonight makes all photographs of this event look artificial and flat.  Binoculars and the naked human eye combined are like ham and eggs.   I did find one photo that almost captures the feeling of seeing the real thing.  Lucky for me---there was not a cloud in the sky---just a giant red-orange moon... :*)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/5004294251941642453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=5004294251941642453&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5004294251941642453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5004294251941642453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/02/looking-at-total-eclipse-of-full-moon.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R7z0t9E78GI/AAAAAAAAAFw/kz7aHs1qp8I/s72-c/Total_Lunar_Eclipse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2162764049840370352</id><published>2008-02-06T17:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:35.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Purple Haze from a Distant GalaxyP.S.  Click on image for a real trip</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2162764049840370352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2162764049840370352&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2162764049840370352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2162764049840370352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/02/purple-haze-from-distant-galaxy-p.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R6pipBtJSSI/AAAAAAAAAFo/NqlM-FEnPsY/s72-c/purple-haze-from-a-distant-galaxy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8097093756113444053</id><published>2008-02-01T14:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:36.142-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Solar Window</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8097093756113444053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8097093756113444053&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8097093756113444053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8097093756113444053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/02/sol-ar-wind-ow.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R6Oj7RtJSRI/AAAAAAAAAFg/jkZ3mB8vKfY/s72-c/Solar_Window.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-9096315324332196852</id><published>2008-02-01T14:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:36.279-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Start the Dart to Mercury</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/9096315324332196852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=9096315324332196852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/9096315324332196852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/9096315324332196852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/02/start-dart-to-mercury.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R6OXwxtJSQI/AAAAAAAAAFY/mreKrdNrjFI/s72-c/We_Must_Target_Mercury.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6096637491866022611</id><published>2008-01-23T10:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:36.404-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>MeRcUrY  iN cOlOr</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6096637491866022611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6096637491866022611&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6096637491866022611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6096637491866022611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/m-e-r-c-u-r-y-i-n-c-o-l-o-r.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R5eLGhtJSPI/AAAAAAAAAE4/unqv09wHB-s/s72-c/mercury-from-messenger-22jan2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4928974755325839961</id><published>2008-01-20T15:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:36.585-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mercury Re-Mix</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4928974755325839961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4928974755325839961&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4928974755325839961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4928974755325839961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/mercury-re-mix.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8855158245401396510</id><published>2008-01-18T17:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:36.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Planet Mercury does look like Earth's Moon.  Mercury is the first rock globe, closest to the Sun, that does not have an atmosphere.  The second nearest rock globe, orbiting around the Sun (and Earth), without an atmosphere, IS Earth's Moon....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8855158245401396510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8855158245401396510&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8855158245401396510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8855158245401396510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/planet-mercury-does-look-like-earths.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R5FSUvQctBI/AAAAAAAAAEg/XxWQJCIEBX0/s72-c/cresent-mercury-14jan2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3390035302907635834</id><published>2008-01-16T11:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:37.295-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Messenger probe has delivered some fresh close-ups of Planet Mercury's surface back to Planet Earth.  This space robot mercenary still has other post cards on the way.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3390035302907635834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3390035302907635834&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3390035302907635834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3390035302907635834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/me-ssenger-probe-has-delivered-some.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R45b2fQctAI/AAAAAAAAAEY/-GJrI0yPOxU/s72-c/The_Solar_Globes_Closest_Land.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4557492913895678700</id><published>2008-01-15T18:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:37.677-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mercury On Fire</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4557492913895678700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4557492913895678700&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4557492913895678700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4557492913895678700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/mercury-on-fire.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R41rRGrh32I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Orp10aKTuiA/s72-c/Mercury_On_FIRE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3308468404556196695</id><published>2008-01-15T17:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:37.774-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>How much closer can land get to the Solar Globe?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3308468404556196695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3308468404556196695&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3308468404556196695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3308468404556196695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-much-closer-can-land-get-to-solar.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R41lbGrh31I/AAAAAAAAAEI/616DnbtpGtg/s72-c/Mercury_Revealed.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2924752511818293264</id><published>2008-01-15T16:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:37.782-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here is a picture of the mathematician who made the missions to Planet Mercury possible... Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920-1984)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2924752511818293264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2924752511818293264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2924752511818293264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2924752511818293264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/here-is-picture-of-mathematician-who.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R41WkWrh30I/AAAAAAAAAEA/O8gRsdvKPHo/s72-c/Giuseppe+%28Bepi%29+Colombo+%281920-1984%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7938184211749758243</id><published>2008-01-15T15:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-15T15:49:14.617-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another Red-Letter-Day for NASA (this stuff is getting exciting):MESSENGER Mission News              January 15, 2008           http://messenger.jhuapl.edu                                                 Mercury Flyby Observations Are on the Way!             At 16:30 UTC (11:30 a.m. EST) today, MESSENGER flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7938184211749758243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7938184211749758243&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7938184211749758243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7938184211749758243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/another-red-letter-day-for-nasa-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-2243784187052956881</id><published>2008-01-14T16:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-14T16:52:34.771-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Happy New Year 2008:Today, January 14, 2008, the space probe Messenger arrived at Planet Mercury.  Tomorrow, January 15, 2008,  it shall deliver the mail back down to Good-Old-Earth:Spacecraft sails past Mercury in first visit in three decades           The first spacecraft to visit the solar system's smallest and innermost planet in more than 30 years has zipped past Mercury and snapped the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/2243784187052956881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=2243784187052956881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2243784187052956881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/2243784187052956881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year-2008-today-january-14.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-304345750580388916</id><published>2007-12-30T20:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-30T20:51:51.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"We came in Peace for all Mankind" and, keep in mind that all of mankind originally came from Africa.  A good year for outer space exploration was 2007:First African satellite launchedDec 23rd 2007 In a landmark launch that will supposedly "contribute to bridging the digital divide within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world," the continent's first satellite successfully made it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/304345750580388916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=304345750580388916&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/304345750580388916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/304345750580388916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/12/we-came-in-peace-for-all-mankind-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8045903267752566954</id><published>2007-12-01T17:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:38.139-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clouds'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sometimes the sky itself can transform its random clouds into geometric beauty:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8045903267752566954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8045903267752566954&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8045903267752566954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8045903267752566954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/12/sometimes-sky-itself-can-transform-its.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/R1ISP1ezT6I/AAAAAAAAAD4/cm31Ms-1xoM/s72-c/hole-punch-cloud.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8527167965435801607</id><published>2007-11-14T17:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:38.320-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I Must Admit, The Japanese Have Hit The Target With This Current Photo</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8527167965435801607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8527167965435801607&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8527167965435801607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8527167965435801607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-must-admit-japanese-have-hit-target.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RzugQ4_PZLI/AAAAAAAAADY/zYCFPojEOzs/s72-c/Earth+Rising+Over+Lunar+Surface+Japanese+Photo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7766418533680370599</id><published>2007-11-03T18:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T18:18:06.187-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comet Blows It&apos;s Top'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So Comets can turn into exploding spheres.  This was news to me:What                      comes next may strain the credulity of some readers, but it                      is true. In addition to the stars, planets, spaceships and                      lunar close encounters, there is also an exploding                      comet:                                      Above:                      </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7766418533680370599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7766418533680370599&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7766418533680370599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7766418533680370599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/11/so-comets-can-turn-into-exploding.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4729955065973427862</id><published>2007-10-31T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:38.473-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4729955065973427862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4729955065973427862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4729955065973427862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4729955065973427862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/Ryj3K0vKIDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/ZgFM5Dcvq5g/s72-c/sunrise+balloon+telescope.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-9088965021445532725</id><published>2007-09-01T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-01T13:17:02.635-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Duplication of a Lunar Landing program really defeats the purpose of the International Space Station.  The last Apollo spacecraft mission was a link-up with a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft.  When can there be an allied international goal of conquest besides surviving and ending a World War?  MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2025 and establish a permanent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/9088965021445532725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=9088965021445532725&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/9088965021445532725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/9088965021445532725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/09/duplication-of-lunar-landing-program.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7244907189703251991</id><published>2007-08-15T19:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:38.722-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ultra-Violet light illuminates and radiates from many cosmic objects. Here we are in Year 2007; and, for the first time, long light tails following a known star are discovered. This star is called a "red giant", nonetheless, its true nature is seen by radiated ultra-violet light.    SPEEDING BULLET STAR LEAVES ENORMOUS STREAK ACROSS SKY     NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has spotted an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7244907189703251991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7244907189703251991&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7244907189703251991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7244907189703251991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/08/ultra-violet-light-illuminates-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RsO8VrIVVSI/AAAAAAAAADI/cbRhLh38wQk/s72-c/star_comet_mira_a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3352063989910130532</id><published>2007-08-11T18:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:38.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>And to think that before the "dawn of humankind" this spectacular show, between The Solor Globe and Blue Planet Earth, was taking place for millions of "years"...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3352063989910130532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3352063989910130532&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3352063989910130532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3352063989910130532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/08/and-to-think-that-before-he-dawn-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/Rr5kyARN72I/AAAAAAAAADA/pRXIE4MYH5U/s72-c/Brilliant_Sun_Rise_Over_Entire_Earth_Globe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3659820385125211884</id><published>2007-08-08T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-08T18:47:19.939-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Endeavour Lifts Off! Launch Date: Aug. 8Launch Time: 6:36 p.m. EDTImage above: Space Shuttle Endeavour during liftoff. Photo credit: NASA Yes, let us give credit to our National Aeronautics and Space Administration for keeping the Final Frontier active. This shuttle mission launched today, Wednesday.8.Aug.2007 right at the projected time without any delay. Even the Earth's weather said "A-OK".  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3659820385125211884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3659820385125211884&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3659820385125211884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3659820385125211884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/08/endeavour-lifts-off-launch-date-aug.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-937358697558779008</id><published>2007-06-30T16:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:39.188-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This first month of summer is just about over. NASA is still up and running space missions throughout the Solar System. Here is a picture of the highest clouds in Earths atmosphere taken by the AIM spacecraft in June 2007:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/937358697558779008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=937358697558779008&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/937358697558779008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/937358697558779008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/06/this-first-month-of-summer-is-just.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RobvM8PclFI/AAAAAAAAAC0/KSkzoReSIHg/s72-c/highest+clouds+from+nasa+aim+spacecraft.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-3715854538041067649</id><published>2007-06-03T13:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-03T13:54:56.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This is one small step for a Body Of Nations, One giant leap for CosmicKind: Space agencies will 'co-ordinate'  Fourteen space  agencies have agreed to co-ordinate future space exploration of the Moon and  Mars.  They have published a document that contains their common space goals, agreed  after months of discussion.   The document outlines the rationale for society to explore space and the  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/3715854538041067649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=3715854538041067649&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3715854538041067649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/3715854538041067649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/06/this-is-one-small-step-for-body-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4514874421787971710</id><published>2007-05-20T16:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T16:35:26.285-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>As the 21st Century pushes forward into the post space race era (US vs. USSR), all signs point to another space race.  This competition is counterproductive:BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- China was "losing no  time" in preparing its first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, which will most likely be  launched in the second half of 2007, a space official said here on Sunday.      "The moon probe project is the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4514874421787971710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4514874421787971710&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4514874421787971710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4514874421787971710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/05/as-21st-century-pushes-forward-into.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-6043371018471533929</id><published>2007-05-11T17:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:40.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Our explosive Solar Sphere throws fiery magnetic loops into it's own "atmospheres" sometimes.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/6043371018471533929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=6043371018471533929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6043371018471533929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/6043371018471533929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/05/our-explosive-solar-sphere-throws-fiery.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RkUSBJE2IgI/AAAAAAAAACg/EFf_7pOmwl4/s72-c/eit_19990306_erupt_304.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4190952397182742484</id><published>2007-05-04T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:40.293-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another Sunny Day Forecast for SUNday</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4190952397182742484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4190952397182742484&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4190952397182742484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4190952397182742484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/05/another-sunny-day-forecast-for-sun-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/Rju7IZE2IfI/AAAAAAAAACY/TmYW5GM7ros/s72-c/Sunny+Day+in+May.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-5130145686439033938</id><published>2007-05-03T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:40.995-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Old Astronauts Never Die,They Just Float Away....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/5130145686439033938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=5130145686439033938&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5130145686439033938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/5130145686439033938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/05/old-astronauts-never-die-they-just.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RjofhJE2IYI/AAAAAAAAABY/oNSG9NeXaps/s72-c/04Old+Astronauts+Never+Die+They+Just+Float+Away.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-8368681046429844942</id><published>2007-04-26T19:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:41.273-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here is a simple snip of a weather forecast for the next few days.  I love the way Sunday looks so bright....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/8368681046429844942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=8368681046429844942&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8368681046429844942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/8368681046429844942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/04/here-is-simple-snip-of-weather-forecast.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RjFh75E2IXI/AAAAAAAAABQ/q3m1jEEsfEk/s72-c/Now+thats+Sunday.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-4722930384969948023</id><published>2007-04-19T17:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T17:55:44.279-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A three D view of the Solar Globe is soon to be released.  If no great science breakthrough is achieved by NASA, at least we solar fans might get an awesome light show.NASA to release 3-D images of the sun         WASHINGTON April  19 (UPI) --   NASA scientists said 3-D images of the sun taken by the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory are expanding our understanding of solar physics.   The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/4722930384969948023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=4722930384969948023&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4722930384969948023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/4722930384969948023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/04/three-d-view-of-solar-globe-is-soon-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-7493051946093149180</id><published>2007-03-27T21:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:41.414-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Who would of theorized that the North Pole of Saturn has  a geometric shape forming out of it's cloud tops?  No one!So, at least being in control of the photo imagining  software, I  remixed some of  NASA's  telemetry.  Photo in this post IS the North Pole of Saturn....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/7493051946093149180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=7493051946093149180&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7493051946093149180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/7493051946093149180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/03/who-would-of-theorized-that-north-pole.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RgnzuM2Y88I/AAAAAAAAAAk/MwKmldRpVP0/s72-c/Mash_Up_and_Tile_of_Saturns_North_Pole.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-548434680799514308</id><published>2007-03-22T13:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T07:35:41.740-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This picture of the Super Solar Sphere was released yesterday....The cause of solar flares after sunspot activity has yet to be solved...nonetheless----it is a mystery bathed in light and darkness</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/548434680799514308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=548434680799514308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/548434680799514308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/548434680799514308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/03/this-picture-of-super-solar-sphere-was.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZVKLAAq3YyA/RgLm1-hIuWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/duwhZBQ3PVY/s72-c/Now_This_Close_Up_Of_The_Super_Solar_Sphere_Is_Bright.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-117348775604233887</id><published>2007-03-09T16:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T16:49:16.053-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Remember when volcanoes were first seen on Jupiter's Moon IO  Here is February 28, 2007 photo of The Fires Of IO.  Global warming?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/117348775604233887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=117348775604233887&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117348775604233887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117348775604233887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/03/remember-when-volcanoes-were-first.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-117104597678489153</id><published>2007-02-09T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T10:32:56.800-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/117104597678489153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=117104597678489153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117104597678489153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117104597678489153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-117044626851983826</id><published>2007-02-02T11:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T11:57:48.536-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>All international missions to the lunar surface are now being delayed by another space-race/war in the 21st century. Teamwork between the United States and China is now on hold for the foreseeable future. Competition is good for capitalism, nevertheless, it is very bad for space science.Read this paste from today:The Bush administration has suspended plans to develop space ventures with China, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/117044626851983826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=117044626851983826&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117044626851983826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/117044626851983826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/02/all-international-missions-to-lunar.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116916037829689367</id><published>2007-01-18T14:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-18T14:46:18.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A comet used to mean a disater could soon happen.  This comet, from 2007, looks like something GREAT just might happen soon.  To think that it can be seen in daytime just makes the whole concept of doom and gloom fall on it's negative face.  The comets tail looks like it is a part of Earths atmosphere (of course, it is not).  The word "meteorology" has been fullfilled for sure:The science of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116916037829689367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116916037829689367&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116916037829689367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116916037829689367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/01/comet-used-to-mean-disater-could-soon.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116863025901631713</id><published>2007-01-12T11:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-12T11:30:59.036-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>HOW ABOUT THIS PICTURE OF OUR SOLAR SPHERE?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116863025901631713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116863025901631713&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116863025901631713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116863025901631713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-about-this-picture-of-our-solar.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116744436781986573</id><published>2006-12-29T18:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-29T18:06:07.836-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116744436781986573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116744436781986573&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116744436781986573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116744436781986573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post_29.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116691269997019377</id><published>2006-12-23T14:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-23T14:24:59.986-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116691269997019377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116691269997019377&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116691269997019377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116691269997019377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post_23.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116605403468029648</id><published>2006-12-13T15:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T15:53:54.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116605403468029648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116605403468029648&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116605403468029648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116605403468029648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116603627497343364</id><published>2006-12-13T10:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T10:57:54.986-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Even though our Solar Sphere is in a "quiet" cycle now, giant storms are going on right now.  I read that the astronauts had to return inside of the International Space Station and hide behind the shields.  We cannot predict weather on Earth---we cannot predict future activity on the solar surface.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116603627497343364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116603627497343364&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116603627497343364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116603627497343364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/12/even-though-our-solar-sphere-is-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116527929855442093</id><published>2006-12-04T16:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T16:41:38.566-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>SANTA CLAUS PLANS TO SET UP HEADQUARTERS ON THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON  NASA announced Monday it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts return to the moon.It is a sweeping departure from the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and represents a new phase of space exploration after space shuttles are retired </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116527929855442093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116320150938133622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116320150938133622&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116320150938133622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116320150938133622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_116320150938133622.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116320140231772468</id><published>2006-11-10T15:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T15:30:02.343-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116320140231772468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116320140231772468&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116320140231772468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116320140231772468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_10.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116312480077065968</id><published>2006-11-09T18:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T18:13:20.786-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, Wednesday.November.8.2009 the Planet Mercury passed over the Solar Globe.  I feel like John Madden drawing a yellow computer line over the image of that event.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116312480077065968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116312480077065968&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116312480077065968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116312480077065968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/11/yesterday-wednesday.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116312231709707475</id><published>2006-11-09T17:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T17:31:57.120-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116312231709707475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116312231709707475&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116312231709707475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116312231709707475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116304045342478663</id><published>2006-11-08T18:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T18:47:33.446-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-174NASA Honors Apollo Moon Walker's Memory in Seattle CeremonyNASA will honor former astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad for his involvement in the U.S. space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 2 p.m. EST, Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Allen Theater, The Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle.The award ceremony coincides with the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116304045342478663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116304045342478663&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116304045342478663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116304045342478663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/11/media-advisory-m06-174-nasa-honors.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116217141786914770</id><published>2006-10-29T17:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-29T17:23:37.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Near its closest approach to planet Earth, comet SWAN (C/2006 M4) brightened unexpectedly earlier this week, becoming visible to naked-eye observers under dark night skies."= NASAs discription of photograph included in this post.Comet Hale Bopp in 1997 turned all eyes skyward for sure.  When you read about a comet it just does not hit home with the same impact as Hale Bopp.  Nevertheless, feast </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116217141786914770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116217141786914770&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116217141786914770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116217141786914770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/10/near-its-closest-approach-to-planet.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116207711124450915</id><published>2006-10-28T16:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T16:11:51.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>We shall see We shall see If this mission If this mission Can see Can See In In SSTTEERREEO: moreover, lets see if NASA can get these two solar space craft lined up prefectly.  Remember when the Space Shuttle had to go back to the Hubble Telescope to fix a mirror that was not perfect back in December 1993.UNH device in space will study sun's eruptionsOctober 26, 2006DURHAM, N.H. --Sensors </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116207711124450915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116207711124450915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116207711124450915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116207711124450915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/10/we-shall-see-we-shall-see-if-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116165215218631867</id><published>2006-10-23T18:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T18:09:12.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Everyone and their robot is putting this picture of Saturn on their blog, so, I shall too</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116165215218631867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116165215218631867&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116165215218631867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116165215218631867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/10/everyone-and-their-robot-is-putting.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-116070286852017588</id><published>2006-10-12T18:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T18:27:48.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here is a image of the SOLar Sphere today</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/116070286852017588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=116070286852017588&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116070286852017588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/116070286852017588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/10/here-is-image-of-solar-sphere-today.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-115950626816727362</id><published>2006-09-28T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T22:04:28.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> It looks like the 21st Century is going to have seperate space programs by different Nations.  This does not bode well for economic reality.  It is very expensive to launch human beings into outer space (is it really worth it anyhow?).Today, as the following article indicates, China and the USA state that they will use seperate technologies to achive the same exact goal.THIS IS FOOLISH!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/115950626816727362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=115950626816727362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950626816727362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950626816727362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/09/it-looks-like-21st-century-is-going-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-115950408232975644</id><published>2006-09-28T21:16:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T21:30:32.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Richard Branson wants to let civilians buy a ticket to fly/float in suborbital flight around the year 2008.  Picture below is artist rendition of the interior of SpaceShipTwo.  Alan Shepard took the same flight for FREE in 1961.  I guess only the super rich will be able to afford to orbit the earth in SpaceShipThree.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/115950408232975644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=115950408232975644&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950408232975644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950408232975644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/09/richard-branson-wants-to-l_115950408232975644.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-115950406151771439</id><published>2006-09-28T21:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T21:39:11.100-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Richard Branson wants to let civilians buy a ticket to fly/float in suborbital flight around the year 2008.  Picture is artist rendition of the interior of SpaceShipTwo.  Alan Shepard took the same flight for FREE in 1961.  I guess only the super rich will be able to afford to orbit the earth in SpaceShipThree.  Do you think Virgin INC accepts credit cards for a chance to be an astronaut?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/115950406151771439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=115950406151771439&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950406151771439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950406151771439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/09/richard-branson-wants-to-let-civilians_28.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-115950394702062119</id><published>2006-09-28T21:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T21:25:47.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Richard Branson wants to let civilians buy a ticket to fly/float in suborbital flight around the year 2008.  Picture below is artist rendition of the interior of SpaceShipTwo.  Alan Shepard took the same flight for FREE in 1961.  I guess only the super rich will be able to afford to orbit the earth in SpaceShipThree.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/115950394702062119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=115950394702062119&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950394702062119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115950394702062119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/09/richard-branson-wants-to-let-civilians.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272879.post-115896351045758873</id><published>2006-09-22T15:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T15:18:30.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> The story that follows (in smaller font size) is proof that if man (or woman) were meant to float, the Great Architect would have given them wings (or should I say rings [as in the planet Saturn]):Friday   , September 22, 2006   	 	 	  &lt;script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"&gt;document.write('&lt;a href="http://servedby.advertising.com/click/site=0000699875/mnum=0000374210/optn=64?trg=</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/feeds/115896351045758873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6272879&amp;postID=115896351045758873&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115896351045758873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6272879/posts/default/115896351045758873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://xrayloop.blogspot.com/2006/09/story-that-follows-in-smaller-font.html' title=''/><author><name>Ray Gray</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15402937565360385229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v419/RNA_MESSENGER/xrayloops.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
