Dispensary Corner 08 Aug 11
August 8, 2011
WHO doesn’t love Lego?
NASA is hoping to inspire a love
of science in millions of children
(and the young at heart), by
connecting space exploration
with Lego.
As part of its plan, NASA
commissioned three tiny Lego
crew members to “man” the
helm of its space probe Juno,
which is soon to leave earth for
Jupiter.
The Lego crew each stand 1.5
inches tall, and include Galileo,
and the Roman God Jupiter and
his wife Juno.
Measuring 20-yards wide, the
probe will protect its Lego crew
members from the radiation thick
clouds of Jupiter via half-inch
thick walls of titanium.
The probe itself is set to reach
Jupiter in 2016, with a mission of
discovering exactly what Jupiter
and its atmosphere are made from.
DON’T try this at home?
A 31-year old Swedish man,
Richard Handl, is facing serious
prison time, after his unusual
hobby was discovered by police.
Handl, an avid armchair
scientist, was trying to split atoms
in his kitchen when police
stormed through his door to
arrest him for possession of
nuclear material.
According to reports Handl had
been trying for months to split
the atom, having set up a makeshift
nuclear reactor in his home,
and using stores of radium,
americium and uranium.
Fellow armchair scientists
followed his experiments via
Handl’s blog, and authorities
were only alerted to what was
going on when Handl realised
what he might be doing was
illegal and sent a question to
Sweden’s Radiation Authoritywho
got the police on the case.
If he is convicted Handl will
spend up to two years in prison.
As for his dream, Handl told
media “from now on, I will stick
to the theory”.
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