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Expert Profile: Rangutan

Expertise:  All about the mysteries of space, history, current & planned projects, new theories and experiments. Also about Space-travel. I would like to encourage kids to learn about this and possibly join the new up-and-coming space race. Please feel free to ask any question as simple or complex as you wish!

Experience in the area
I am a lifetime hobby astronomer from the age 11 mostly till 1990 in the Southern hemisphere, had a 8-inch, now mostly use the internet as my observation platform when not at the club.

Organizations
www.sternwarte-muenchen.de www.insideksc.com www.heavens-above.com

Education/Credentials
BSc (Bachelor of Science) at the University of the Witwatersrand

Awards and Honors
Famous Sunrise Astrophoto: www.globosapiens.net/rangutan/picture-african-sunrise-12822.html

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What do you like about this subject?  There are no "stupid" questions to space and astronomy because so few study it and man has so much still to explore and learn.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  As new missions develop, promote and help understand space better.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  "Gravity is not constant and not some kind of magical force, it is simply a reaction caused by cosmical rays of a yet to be identified type." RR
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  Our atmosphere is an extremely thin and sensitive protective layer for us on earth, much like that of a mothers womb!
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Prestige Points: 230
Knowledge   9.57   Best of the best
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Timeliness   9.57   Best of the best
Politeness   9.86   Best of the best
Number Of Questions
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Total Questions
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User Comments
thank you
(sai on 09/10/08)
thank you
(sai on 09/10/08)
thank you very very much! you dont know how much this helped!!!
(Sarah on 04/21/08)
It was really great information that I got from them.
(Alexa on 02/23/08)
Ranutan--thanks! your answer wasn't late, actually, and\ really helps out with an SF short story that I'm writing.
(Rob on 07/19/07)
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Recent Answers from Rangutan
2008-11-01  Magnitude and Death of Stars:  Hi Fay [I found this question neglected in a pool and can answer it] Consider the evolution of stars: http://www.scienceclarified.com/images/uesc_09_img0541.jpg You will see that stars grow into...
2008-09-21  Why does Britain have day and night?:  Hi Abbie ... the cutest question I ever got, thanks! If a lamp was the sun and a ball the Earth, turning the ball, half is shadowed (that's like night) and half is lit (that is day). Britain lies...
2008-04-20  Solar System in 1 Billion Years:  Hi Sarah We do not know for sure because our Solar System is the only we can study properly and we can only study the past! Consider changes in the past and one can guess the future: - the planets...
2007-12-26  High and Low Tides:  Hello Niranjana [I am picking this unanswered question up for another expert that could not answer it at the moment so sorry his/her delay] Tides: The level of the sea on a coast or beach may seem...
2007-09-09  Neptune:  Hi Natasha [I am on vacation but checked in to find this in a pool of unanswered, perhaps difficult, questions] Neptune rotates faster than our Earth. Compared to our calendar Earth day and time...
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