Another blog about satellites (but they never get boring)
Satellite? But that is just a flying (we say orbiting) robot in outer space. Why am I so enthusiastic about a bit of metal rubble that is flying 7 km/s at an altitude of a few hundreds of kilometers above the roofs of our houses? Just because I can... A few days ago Holland was in a high energy state. We broke a record. *sigh* It was the hottest day in March since...well since we measured temperature. The Dutch media had nothing else to report, but this glorious moment in history. Luckily for you guys, there is the DeepEarthScience blog! So what did I do that day? I was standing on the roof of the tallest building in Delft looking at the city centre and thinking by myself: "This could be a good topic for the blog." The view was awesome: In the back, a beautiful view of city center Delft in all its glory. And even further away the city of our government Den Haag. In the front-right of the picture you can see our two antennas...