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ian Renga

THIS IS THE SHIRT SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO WEAR:

wm-front-5.jpgI TRIED TO SELL THIS SHIRT ONLINE AND SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT (TWILIGHT SERIES) CLAIMED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT.  SO I OFFER IT TO YOU NOW TO SPITE THEIR MONOPOLIZING WAYS.SUMMIT CAN SUCK MY ZOMBIE BLOOD
ORDER YOURS TODAY.   SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT CAN SUCK MY CIVIL RIGHTS!
HERE'S THE EXACT WORDING FROM THE T-SHIRT MAKER: 
 •Policy Violations
"Design contains an image or text that infringes on Summit Entertainment's intellectual property rights. We have been contacted by Summit Entertainment with regards to your design, and at their request your product has been removed from our Marketplace. For any further questions please feel free to email us below or contact Summit Entertainment at:  www.summit-ent.com"
Of course I tried to contact them.   But there is no contact info on their site.  Of course not.  
 
ian Renga

CAPTION WINNERS GET THEIR T SHIRT WITH THE WINNING CAPTION & PICTURE ON IT



ARE YOU FUNNY ENOUGH TO WEAR?


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GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE,  PLUTONIUM,  WIN PLACE OR SHOW.  IT DOESN'T MATTER.. FUNNY LASTS.

ORDER A TROPHY TO YOUR OWN BRILLIANCE:
http://www.rengacorp.com/iWeb/rengacorp.com/CAPTION%20SHIRTS.html

 
 
ian Renga

ALIEN - IT'S WHAT'S FOR DINNER

 
ian Renga

MOONSTRUCK HEADS UP! 3:15 PDT AM

Earth’s closest neighbor is holding a secret. In 1999, hints of that secret were revealed in the form of concentrated hydrogen signatures detected in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles by NASA’s Lunar Prospector. These readings may be an indication of lunar water and could have far-reaching implications as humans expand exploration past low-Earth orbit. The Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission is seeking a definitive answer.

In April 2006, NASA selected the LCROSS proposal for a low-cost, fast-track companion mission to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The main LCROSS mission objective is to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater near a lunar polar region.

LCROSS launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 18, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. PDT. The LCROSS shepherding spacecraft and the Atlas V’s Centaur upper stage rocket executed a fly-by of the moon on June 23, 2009 (LCROSS lunar swingby video stream coverage) and entered into an elongated Earth orbit to position LCROSS for impact on a lunar pole. On final approach, the shepherding spacecraft and Centaur will separate. The Centaur will act as a heavy impactor to create a debris plume that will rise above the lunar surface.  Following four minutes behind, the shepherding spacecraft will fly through the debris plume, collecting and relaying data back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface and creating a second debris plume.

The debris plumes are expected to be visible from Earth- and space-based telescopes 10-to-12 inches and larger.

The LCROSS science payload consists of two near-infrared spectrometers, a visible light spectrometer, two mid-infrared cameras, two near-infrared cameras, a visible camera and a visible radiometer. The LCROSS instruments were selected to provide mission scientists with multiple complimentary views of the debris plume created by the Centaur impact.

As the ejecta rises above the target crater’s rim and is exposed to sunlight, any water-ice, hydrocarbons or organics will vaporize and break down into their basic components. These components primarily will be monitored by the visible and infrared spectrometers. The near-infrared and mid-infrared cameras will determine the total amount and distribution of water in the debris plume. The spacecraft’s visible camera will track the impact location and the behavior of the debris plume while the visible radiometer will measure the flash created by the Centaur impact.

Live coverage of LCROSS Impact Event starts at 3:15 a.m. PDT or 6:15 a.m. EDT on NASA TV

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv       I also encourage anyone with a camera to go ahead and stay up all night to get the shots.

 
ian Renga

LUNARBABIES

 Forty years since touchdown today and NASA is still using foam insulation for the shuttle's main launch rocket.   Foam that will obviously break off and scratch the orbiter each and every time they launch.   But they keep using it.   So, in spite of their poor judgement at times,  I salute them for their effort.   In an era when Vietnam was heating up and JFK was atop the CIA's most wanted list,  what becomes apparent is the power of determinant momentum.   And from this achievement should come a clarity in one's own little world.  The idea that every problem has a solution.   Mathematics is the language of the rich.   To be truly wealthy is to not waste time.   It took a large team of specialized engineers years of intense collaboration to produce the lunar landing.   It should be celebrated as one of the few times that such intense effort was employed without immediately yielding some sort of direct military advantage.   Russia was pissed, sure,  but it's not like we started firing lasers from the moon at them in 1972.   Or did we?   
 
ian Renga

ISS FLYBYS ALL THIS WEEK

Look up in the sky at dusk.   You just might see the International Space Station




as it flies overhead.   I can't imagine being stuck in that thing as it orbits the planet.   Would have to bring a salt water tank up there stocked with plenty of Uni and Tako and perhaps a few Bluefin Tuna.   But they are big fish,  so it would be a complicated transition for the other astronauts.   Better call the whole thing off.   But really,  look for it tonight just after sunset.   See if you can spot when they unload the space commode.