Feb 13 2006, 18:16 (UTC+0)	z-machine.gif
Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine. "The machine’s immediate purpose is to provide data to feed into supercomputers that simulate nuclear weapon explosions and to test materials under extreme conditions." Sandia National Laboratories. For a bigger pic and full story (2004) goto http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2004/physics-astron/Z-R.html uploaded by: r3ntin read comments (0) write comment
Mar 25 2005, 06:00 (UTC+0)	srinivasa ramanujan.jpg
A remarkable story of perhaps the greatest mathematician who has ever lived can be found on web link below. What makes this story compelling is that Srinivasa Ramanujan, who was born in India in 1887 and lived to only 33, is a person largely unknown outside the world of mathematics. But his short life's work will amaze you! Without a doubt, Ramanujan was a genius, ranking with Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and a few other great mathematicians of the past two centuries. His story is unique in the history of scientific inquiry, yet you probably have never heard of him or what he accomplished. Here is his story. http://www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/rama/page.html uploaded by: Mickey8 read comments (1) write comment
Nov 19 2004, 17:48 (UTC+0)	tesla_tower_poster2.jpg
Tesla's lightening tower uploaded by: M3ntal read comments (0) write comment
Sep 18 2004, 04:40 (UTC+0)	hurricane.jpg
an oil tanker heads towards the leading edge of a hurricane... uploaded by: M3ntal read comments (11) write comment
Aug 18 2004, 16:44 (UTC+0)	chp_evolution_1.jpg
Somewhere, something went wrong. Source: MIT uploaded by: blaack_attaack read comments (4) write comment
Aug 16 2004, 13:55 (UTC+0)	113-20v.jpg
Shiprock (7178 ft) from over the southern dike, southwest of Shiprock, NM. View to the NNW. (11Apr66) Source: http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air/air03.htm uploaded by: blaack_attaack read comments (0) write comment
Aug 13 2004, 17:29 (UTC+0)	brain detail.jpg
The human brain, The most complex thing in the known universe! uploaded by: M3ntal read comments (25) write comment
Jul 26 2004, 13:39 (UTC+0)	008002.jpg
23-POINT POLYGON CD 2055077 E&MP8.002 Computer Art June 29, 1968 There isn’t a curved line in this 23-point polygon. Utilizing the step and repeat feature, BMAPS completed this figure in 15 minutes. It would take most draftsmen six hours. For more info: http://americanhistory.si.edu/scienceservice/008002.htm uploaded by: blaack_attaack read comments (4) write comment
Jul 17 2004, 15:06 (UTC+0)	titan ii.jpg
SM-68B Titan II The Titan II, manufactured by the Martin Company, was a large two-stage, liquid-fueled, rocket-powered ICBM that incorporated significant performance improvements over the earlier model Titan I weapon system. Titan II had more powerful engines (first stage - 430,000 pounds of thrust, second stage - 100,000 pounds of thrust, compared to 300,000 pounds and 80,000 pounds for the Titan I), a larger warhead, all-inertial guidance, hyperbolic fuel. and an on-board oxidizer, and the capability of being fired from a hardened underground-silo launcher. Each Titan II silo was directly connected to an underground launch control capsule manned by a missile combat crew of two officers and two airman. The Titan II, like the Titan I, had an effective range of ~approximately 5,500 nautical miles. The Air Force had approved the development of the Titan II ICBM in October 1959. By 28 March 1961, the missile force included six Titan I and six Titan II squadrons. SAC activated the first Titan II squadron on 1 January 1962 and during the next eight months activated five more squadrons. On 8 June 1963, the 570th Strategic Missile Squadron at Davis-Monthan became the first Titan II unit to achieve operational status. Headquarters SAC completed the deployment of the second-generation ICBM weapon system on the last day of 1963 when it declared the sixth and last Titan II unit, the 374th Strategic Missile Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, operational. By 1981, the Titan II weapon system had served the nation for eighteen years, eight years longer than its predicted service life. The system's advanced age, combined with three accidents that destroyed two sites and killed four airmen, had cast doubts on its safety and effectiveness. SAC, anticipating a Department of Defense (DOD) initiative, began to consider replacement options in October 1980. One month later, the Senate Armed Services Committee asked the Defense Department to prepare a formal Titan II safety report. SAC's replacement options review became the basis for the DOD safety report released in February 1981. The DOD study acknowledged Titan II's significant, albeit declining usefulness in preserving nuclear deterrence, and recommended deactivation of the Titan system as part of the ICBM modernization plan. During the interim, SAC would continue to improve Titan hardware and safety procedures. On 2 October 1981, Deputy Secretary of Defense Frank C. Carlucci directed the retirement of the Titan II at the earliest possible time. The deactivation program, designated Rivet Cap, formally began with the removal from alert of site 571-6 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, on 30 September 1982. Titan II deactivation was completed on 23 June 1987 when technicians removed the last Titan II missile from its silo at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. The era of liquid propellant ICBMs came to a close on 18 August 1987 with the inactivation of the last Titan II wing, the 308th Strategic Missile Wing at Little Rock AFB. uploaded by: M3ntal read comments (3) write comment
Jul 06 2004, 09:17 (UTC+0)	chaliyar.jpg
Water and nature, has quite an undivorsed relationship, Chaliyar(A river in Calicut,Kerala, India) back to its natural habitat after a polluting Rayons facrory was closed, which had caused many cancer patients and destroying the aqua life cycle. uploaded by: jagz read comments (0) write comment