HOU Founder Carl Pennypacker has been working on a concept for a fire detection satellite:
2013-10-22. Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists. [ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/10/22/time-is-ripe-for-fire-detection-satellite/. Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Center.]
Excerpts: BERKELEY – As firefighters emerge from another record wildfire season in the Western United States, University of
2011 December 8. Nobel Lectures in Physics. HOU-founder Carl Pennypacker is a colleague of 2011 Physics Nobel prize-winner Saul Perlmutter. In December 2011, Carl and his wife accompanied the Perlmutters to Stockholm, Sweden, for the Nobel Prize ceremony. Click here to view pictures of the week’s festivities and read Carl’s
2012 April 21. Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) Discovery. Tom Vorobjov directs the IASC Data Reduction Team (IDaRT). Using images from Bob Holmes of the Astronomical Research Institute (Westfield, IL) dated April 19th, he discovered a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) located outside the orbit of Pluto. Its diameter is approximately 200 km. Designated
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