Recent content by Joshua Zev Levin

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    NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its workforce

    A lot of what goes into Hi-Tech Consumer Electronics come from technology derived from the Space Race. I propose a 3% Federal Excise (sales) Tax on Consumer Electronics to be dedicated to NASA. It will provide an ample and stable source of income for NASA, as well as give, to anyone buying a...
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    Introduce yourself! (And show us your swag)

    I am Joshua Zev Levin, Ph.D. I am primarily interested in earthbound MagLev, but am interested in Space, too. Some colleagues of mine have devised an electric MagLev space-launch system call StarTram, that should be much cheaper than chemical rockets.
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    Barnard's star has no exoplanet

    I recall that one of the earlier claims of finding an exoplanet was for Barnard's star, but that was a long time ago.
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    What do constellations look like from other stars?

    I think you misunderstand my question. Archid (η Cassiopeiae A) is a very sunlike star and part of a binary system, less than 20 light years from the sun. Most of the other stars in Cassiopeia are further away. My question is how would the other stars in Cassiopeia look from a hypothetical...
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    What do constellations look like from other stars?

    Is there any software that shows what constellations look like from other nearby stars? I am curious to see what the rest of Cassiopeia looks like from Archid (Eta Cassiopeiae).