Sabtu, 25 Oktober 2014

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Seperti Ini Tempat Tinggal Manusia di Planet MarsLiputan 6 – 12 jam yang lalu

Tinggal di Mars bukan sekedar impian. Suatu hari koloni manusia akan dikirimkan ke Planet Merah. Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation atau Hi-Seas sedang menggarap sebuah proyek yang disponsori Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA). Untuk menyediakan rumah layak bagi orang Bumi yang akan tinggal di sana. 

Seperti apa rumah di Mars? 

Meski masih berupa konsep, rumah berbentuk kubah akan dilengkapi panel surya sebagai pengumpul energi. Langit-langit yang tinggi akan membuat para penghuni merasa nyaman di dalamnya. Dan tak ketinggalan printer 3 dimensi untuk membuat segala peralatan.

"Beberapa orang mungkin menganggapnya mengada-ada, namun skrenario seperti itu mungkin akan terjadi tak lama lagi di masa depan, ketika misi pertama ke Mars diberangkatkan -- dan NASA sedang mempersiapkan keberangkatan itu dengan melakukan studi baru di Hawaii," demikian pernyataan Hi-Seas seperti dikutip dariDaily Mail, Sabtu (25/10/2014). 

Dua dari 3 misi yang direncanakan sudah diselesaikan. Dan yang ketiga, yang akan berlangsung selama 8 bulan, baru saja dimulai. 

Misi ketiga melibatkan 6 kru yang tinggal di sebuah kubah raksasa di wilayah terpencil di Hawaii, Mauna Loa. 

Di sana, kru tinggal di kubah selebar 11 meter, dengan luas sekitar 93 meter persegi. Demikian menurut jurnalis sains Kate Greene, yang ikut dalam proyek itu, kepadaWired. 

"Kuncinya adalah membuat semua orang tetap waras di sini. Merasa tetap dikelilingi udara," kata dia. 

Semua kru harus menjalani misi di dalam kubah itu. Mereka hanya boleh keluar menggunakan pakaian luar angkasa khusus -- seperti yang akan dipakai para astronot Mars.

Untuk mencegah para kru mengalami claustrophobic atau sesak di dalam tempat tinggal mereka, kubah itu sengaja dibuat dengan langit-langit tinggi dan bertingkat dua. Mereka juga diminta untuk berolahraga teratur agar tetap sehat. 

Dalam proyek tersebut, juga diterapkan penundaan komunikasi 24 menit pada para kru -- seperti yang akan terjadi dalam misi Mars di masa depan. 

Di dalam kubah itu ada 6 kamar, berbentuk mirip potongan pie, dengan matras, kursi, dan bangku. Untuk memastikan mereka memiliki akses perlengkapan yang cukup, disediakan printer 3D. 

Suplai energi mengandalkan tenaga surya, sementara listrik dari sel bahan bakar hidrogen disiapkan sebagai cadangan.

Sebelumnya, NASA memberikan dana US$ 1,2 juta pada program Hi-Seas untuk melanjutkan studinya mempelakari faktor-faktor manusia yang bisa mempengaruhi awal masa depan di Mars. 

Melalui studi ini, para peneliti akan mempelajari apa yang dihadapi manusia dalam misi sekali jalan ke Mars. Tak ada kesempatan untuk pulang. 

Riset tersebut akan sangat berharga dalam misi nyata ke Planet Merah, yang diperkirakan akan berlangsung di tahun dalam dua dekade mendatang. 

Proyek Mars One bertujuan mengirim empat Marstronot (sebutan untuk astronot ke Mars) setiap dua tahun sekali, dimulai pada 2025, hingga terbentuk koloni beranggotakan 40 orang.

Rabu, 15 Oktober 2014

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Komputer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Komputer
GenresElectronic
LabelsMute Records
Associated actsI Start Counting
Fortran 5
Websitewww.komputer.org.uk(offline)
Komputer is a London-based electronic band, composed of Simon Leonard and David Baker.[1]

Background[edit]

Collaborating since 1982, Leonard and Baker were originally signed to Mute Records in 1984 under the name I Start Counting [2] and continued with releases under the moniker Fortran 5[3] until the release of Komputer’s debut album, The World of Tomorrow in (1998).
Simon Leonard and David Baker originally met at Middlesex University where they DJed together and, in 1982 began to collaborate on an electronic pop project, I Start Counting. Both had an abiding affection for pop music as well as a deep love of music in general, although Leonard specialised more in technology and David's bias was on the musical side. I Start Counting released two albums, and, in 1987, supported Erasure on a European tour.
In 1990 the new material they were working on was sounding quite different from their electro pop roots and it was decided that a new name, Fortran 5, would give the new dance/techno style a completely fresh start. The duo also began to collaborate with a number of other artists including DJ Colin Faver, Thrash of The Orb, Rod Slater of the Bonzos and Neil Arthur of Blancmange. Remixes were provided by the likes of Vince Clarke, Moby, Joey Negro, David Holmes and Pascal Gabriel, while the duo supplied remixes for other artists including Erasure, Inspiral Carpets and Laibach.
David and Simon then reacted to the tedium of mid 90's indie guitar music by returning to their Kraftwerk inspired roots which again provoked a name change.The band takes samples from a variety of sources: from Russian cosmonauts to rubbish compactors and mobile phone ringtones.
Komputer's first releases, the 'Komputer EP' and the subsequent album 'The World Of Tomorrow'; were a respectful homage to the duo's German electronic heroes. Later material saw Komputer absorbing a much wider variety of influences and creating their own unique style of English electronic pop/folk music.
The duo never performed live as Fortran 5, but from the earliest days as Komputer, live shows were very important, leading to many performances all over Europe, most recently appearing at the Short Circuit presents Mute festival at London’s Roundhouse.
For Synthetik, the band’s third album, the music gradually evolved over a long period of time, tracks were tried out in live sets then discarded or reworked in the studio, maturing into a return to the more traditional electro sound of the first album, The World Of Tomorrow, with the incorporation of a more experimental and contemporary electronica approach.

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Christmas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation).
"Christmas Day" redirects here. For other uses, see Christmas Day (disambiguation).
Christmas
Christmas Day
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Also calledNoël, NativityXmasYule
Observed byChristians, many non-Christians[1][2]
TypeChristian, cultural
SignificanceTraditional commemoration of the birth of Jesus
ObservancesChurch services, gift giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decorating
DateDecember 25 (all Western and someEastern churches) or January 7, orJanuary 6 or 19 (several Easternchurches)[3][4][5]
Frequencyannual
Related toChristmastideChristmas EveAdvent,AnnunciationEpiphanyBaptism of the LordNativity FastNativity of Christ,Yule
Christmas (Old EnglishCrīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ[6][7]and a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated generally on December 25[3][4][5] by billions of people around the world.[8][2][9]feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide, which ends after the twelfth night.[10] Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[11][12][13] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][14][15] and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.
While the birth year of Jesus is estimated among modern historians to have been between 7 and 2 BC, the exact month and day of his birth are unknown.[16][17] His birth is mentioned in two of the four canonical gospels. By the early-to-mid 4th century, theWestern Christian Church had placed Christmas on December 25,[18] a date later adopted in the East,[19][20] although some churches celebrate on the December 25 of the older Julian calendar, which corresponds to January in the modern-day Gregorian calendar. The date of Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with the day exactly nine months after early Christians believed Jesus to have been conceived,[21] or with one or more ancient polytheistic festivals that occurred nearsouthern solstice (i.e., the Roman winter solstice); a further solar connection has been suggested because of a biblical verse[a]identifying Jesus as the "Sun of righteousness".[21][22][23][24][25]
The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pagan, pre-ChristianChristian, andsecular themes and origins.[26] Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift givingChristmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cardschurch celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, includingChristmas treesChristmas lightsnativity scenesgarlandswreathsmistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa ClausFather ChristmasSaint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore.[27] Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.

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