"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

— New York Times

June Meeting: The Sun, The Earth, and The Magnetosphere

By Kevin at Mon, 05/09/2022 - 7:31pm
Event Date: 
Tue, 06/14/2022 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Solar WindThe June meeting of the North Jersey Astronomical Group (NJAG) will feature guest speaker Ron Wilcox on “The Sun, The Earth, and The Magnetosphere.”


Tuesday, June 14, 2022 the NJAG astronomy club will meet at 7:30 PM on Zoom and feature Ron Wilcox on “The Sun, The Earth, and The Magnetosphere.” Ron is a ham radio enthusiast (KF7ZN) from Utah, and will tell us about the Earth as a planet embedded in the fast moving solar wind gusting from our star.

 
Here is the Zoom Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sdu6srjkqHNNo8hXMU6rJKykfHZiWiaEQ