Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Thu, 1 Feb 90 19:41:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Thu, 1 Feb 90 19:41:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V10 #463 SPACE Digest Volume 10 : Issue 463 Today's Topics: Re: Wasps Sting Hubble Telescope RE: Temperature of Space? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 1 Feb 90 14:26:27 GMT From: mcsun!ukc!icdoc!syma!andy@uunet.uu.net (Andy Clews) Subject: Re: Wasps Sting Hubble Telescope From article <76430@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, by martens@navajo.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens): >>is to half-fill a jar with a mixture of jam and beer (more beer than >>jam). The wasps are attracted to this, leading to their death [...] > > This technique seems plausible for use in the UK, but do you think the > wasps would be attracted to American beer? If they have taste, it'd > be less effective. I hadn't thought of that! Having once tried B*dweis*r, I see what you mean. Still, I'm sure the US Space Budget would stretch to the occasional import of a barrel of British beer. I would recommend Wadworth's 6X, but I think it is far too good to waste on wasps. :-) -- Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, England JANET: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk BITNET: andy%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 90 18:24:00 est From: Thomas Lapp Subject: RE: Temperature of Space? > Date: 23 Jan 90 17:55:15 GMT > From: maytag!watcsc!rasmus@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Rasmus Lerdorf) > Subject: Temperature of Space? > > How hot is space, or more appropriate, how cold is space? What are the > temperature ranges in a shielded and non-shielded environment? Space is 3 Kelvin. Well, that's the temperature of the background radiation anyway. "temperature" requires molecules of matter in order to be meaningful. Since there are so few molecules in most of space, "temperature of space" is not meaningful. Disclaimer: I'm not a physicist, just a hobbiest. - tom -- internet : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu or thomas%mvac23@udel.edu uucp : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas Europe Bitnet: THOMAS1@GRATHUN1 Location: Newark, DE, USA Quote : Virtual Address eXtension. Is that like a 9-digit zip code? ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V10 #463 *******************