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Jacobbm
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
Location: Location, Location...
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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: Mithridates... Well Done... |
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By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter
The government plans to explore planets other than Earth after a decade of preparation and studies of technology associated with rockets and satellites.
The Ministry of Science and Technology disclosed the scheme on Monday at a hearing geared toward discussing a 10-year plan to develop space-related businesses.
``We look to spend 3.8 trillion won improving technology on research in the space industry through 2016,'' a ministry official said at the hearing held in Seoul.
``After wrapping up the 10-year project, we will explore planets, mostly those in the solar system other than Earth, in 2017,'' the official said.
The space development program will be finalized late next month after consultation with other ministries and discussion at a state-run space commission.
In addition, the Science Ministry hopes that the large-scale investment will help the country secure source technology in space research and other segments.
Such technology is expected to create big wealth in the future from the lucrative space industry.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2007/05/129_3679.html |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:14 am Post subject: |
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This related to mithrades how???
Is Kim Tae gyu his Korean name? |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: |
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Good for Korea. I have many students "taking up space" in my classroom.  |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:21 am Post subject: Re: Mithridates... Well Done... |
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By Kim Tae-gyu
Staff Reporter
The government plans to explore planets other than Earth after a decade of preparation and studies of technology associated with rockets and satellites.
The Ministry of Science and Technology disclosed the scheme on Monday at a hearing geared toward discussing a 10-year plan to develop space-related businesses.
``We look to spend 3.8 trillion won improving technology on research in the space industry through 2016,'' a ministry official said at the hearing held in Seoul.
``After wrapping up the 10-year project, we will explore planets, mostly those in the solar system other than Earth, in 2017,'' the official said.
The space development program will be finalized late next month after consultation with other ministries and discussion at a state-run space commission.
In addition, the Science Ministry hopes that the large-scale investment will help the country secure source technology in space research and other segments.
Such technology is expected to create big wealth in the future from the lucrative space industry.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2007/05/129_3679.html |
Oh, thank you very much for noticing. I'm glad to have been a part of this. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
This related to mithrades how???
Is Kim Tae gyu his Korean name? |
Well, is it? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:36 am Post subject: |
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I was asking you.
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| Ilsanman wrote: |
This related to mithrades how???
Is Kim Tae gyu his Korean name? |
Well, is it? |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, Mithridates is going to be Korea's first waeg astronaut. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| A waegookin to be Korea's ambassador to the waegaeins! |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Perfect timing. Every session I have a class theme and last session was about space: names of planets, stars, Sun, comets, astronaut, shuttle, etc. This session's theme is Starcraft!
Hey, it's all good. I'll shamelessly use popular culture if it's something they can relate to and uses English. I couldn't believe the number of my students that can quote verbatum the English they hear from Starcaft.
Kudos to you Mithridates! |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you everybody! Now I think I'll use this thread for a bit of other news that appeared yesterday:
(more of a summary than news)
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/05/29/science-exoplanets.html
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28 new planets discovered in past year, astronomers say
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 11:29 AM ET
CBC News
Astronomers have discovered 28 new planets outside our solar system in the past year and say the results are just the tip of the iceberg as planet-hunting technology becomes more advanced.
The new discoveries bring the total number of known exoplanets to 236, according to two research teams who presented the latest update at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Honolulu on Monday.
The planets are among 37 new objects found orbiting distant stars. Of the remaining nine objects, seven are brown dwarf stars � failed stars that are much more massive than the largest-Jupiter-sized planets � and two are either brown dwarfs or Jupiter-sized planets.
"We've added 12 per cent to the total [number of planets] in the last year, and we're very proud of that," said Jason Wright of the University of California, Berkeley, who works with the California and Carnegie Planet Search team, one of two teams of scientists dedicated to uncovering planets outside our solar system.
"This provides new planetary systems so that we can study their properties as an ensemble," said Wright in a statement.
Finding planets outside our solar system gives astronomers new insight into the nature of planets, providing more examples to study than the eight in our solar system. The discovery of new planets also opens the possibility of uncovering a place that may hold liquid water and be able to support life.
Astronomers using powerful telescopes are able to detect planets in faraway solar systems and galaxies not by "seeing" them but by inferring their existence by studying the variations in the velocity of the star as a result of the gravitational pull from unseen planets.
Measuring these velocity variations allowed the scientists to deduce the orbits, distance and minimum mass of the planets.
So far, the technique has had its greatest success in detecting large, massive planets. "We're just now getting to the point where, if we were observing our own solar system from afar, we would be seeing Jupiter," said Wright.
But as the technique improves, smaller, more Earth-like planets will be within reach, said Wright.
Among the more intriguing discoveries in the past year is the system of planets around the red dwarf star Gliese 581.
Scientists have uncovered evidence of two planets (and possibly a third) around the star, including one with a radius only 50 per cent larger than the Earth's, making it the most Earth-like planet found to date.
A paper reporting on the discovery in April suggested the planet's potential temperature range could make the presence of liquid water possible.
Water plays a key role in creating an environment supportable to life, providing an excellent solvent for other compounds and also possessing the unique quality of being less dense as a solid than as a liquid, which allows ice to float atop the liquid water and potentially act as a protective shield for liquid water when a planet goes through a freezing cycle. |
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