1979 : Skylab Failure Caused By NASA Not Understanding How Solar Cycles Warm The Atmosphere

13 Responses to 1979 : Skylab Failure Caused By NASA Not Understanding How Solar Cycles Warm The Atmosphere

1. Latitude says:

   February 21, 2011 at 2:36 pm

   That’s strange…

   In 1979 we knew that these warming cycles existed when the sun emits more heat…….

   ..now we know that the sun has nothing to do with it /sarc

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2. omnologos says:

   February 21, 2011 at 2:40 pm

   had long been looking for this! thanks!

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   • stevengoddard says:

     February 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm

     Explains a lot about NASA, doesn’t it ;^)

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     • Latitude says:

       February 21, 2011 at 2:55 pm

       you think? LOL

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     • Latitude says:

       February 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm

       Steve, do you have the link for that?
       I want to save it and post it on Anthony’s

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       • stevengoddard says:

         February 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm

         It is at the bottom of the post http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=L7vk9XBBNxgC&dat=19890509&printsec=frontpage
     • Latitude says:

       February 21, 2011 at 3:02 pm

       thanks, I’m putting that away for later, good catch

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3. Baa Humbug says:

   February 21, 2011 at 3:09 pm

   Is this the diurnal bulge we’re talking about?

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4. chris y says:

   February 21, 2011 at 4:06 pm

   Is there data on satellite drag going back 30 years? This would be an interesting independent proxy measurement of atmospheric temperature trends, to compare with UAH/RSS measurements.

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5. Sparks says:

   February 21, 2011 at 5:02 pm

   Are there any astronomers at NASA any more?

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6. truthsword says:

   February 21, 2011 at 6:20 pm

   This one is epic LOL Thanks, I don’t recall having seen this one before!

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   • Maurizio Morabito says:

     February 21, 2011 at 9:56 pm

     It has been common knowledge among space buffs, that Skylab had fallen to Earth due to the atmosphere not behaving as mandated by the latest “forecasts”.

     And yes, there is some epic, a whiff of a Greek Tragedy in seeing the last hardware from the glorious days of Apollo getting destroyed by the inability by Earth-obsessed “New Nasa” to understand the limit of its knowledge.

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