Page 2 March 7, 2013 Looking Up Calendar World’s Smallest Space Telescope Friday, March 8 Saturday, March 16• Household Hazardous Waste and• Swing and Sway Ballroom Dance, 8-11 Goes into Orbit p.m., Joslyn Community Center, 1601 Valley E-Waste Roundup, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., Northrop By Bob Eklund small spacecraft,” Grant adds. But only small Drive . $7 per person. Adults only. Grumman Aerospace Systems, M5 Building The smallest astronomical satellite ever telescopes can fit within a 20-centimeter cube. Sunday, March 10 Parking Lot, Aviation Blvd. and Marine Ave. built was launched from India February 25 Therefore, BRITE is not intended to take pretty • Michael Mitzvah Day - A Mitzvah Is tueSday, March 19 as part of a mission to prove that even a very pictures, but will simply observe stars and A Good Deed, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Temple • City Council Meeting, 6-11 p.m., City small telescope can record changes in their Menorah, 1101 Camino Real, Redondo Council Chambers, 1400 Highland Avenue. • push the boundaries brightness over time. Beach. For more information call (310) of astronomy. The Such changes could 316-8444. and assembled at on the star, a planet or Seniorsbe caused by spots satellite was designed the Space Flight other star orbiting the Laboratory (SFL) star, or by oscillations Fall-Prevention Strategies Boomers Can Toronto Institute for within the star Fall In Love Withand reverberations of the University of Aerospace Studies itself—the analogue ( U T I A S ) a n d of earthquakes on (BPT) - You’re only as old as you feel, able and secure shower seat to avoid slips launched from the stars. The study which is great news for today’s baby boom- and falls - yet folds up for a thin, compact Satish Dhawan Space of these so-called ers, as 61 percent report they feel younger profile when not in use. Plus, the teak wood Center in Sriharikota, “starquakes” is called than their true age. But despite feeling great, and stylish metal trim will accentuate the India, along with its asteroseismology. the reality is that adults may need to make look of even the most upscale shower. twin, also designed in Canada, but assembled To perform precise measurements of minor changes to their homes and lifestyles For the final step to your safety-upgraded in Austria. the brightness of stars, the telescopes need to ensure they can continue to enjoy safe, bathroom, increase the amount of lighting. Each nano-satellite in the BRIght Target to be above the atmosphere. Otherwise, healthy and independent lives. Researchers have found that by the time a Explorer (BRITE) mission is a cube measuring scintillation—the atmospheric effect that If you are part of this demographic, you’re person is 60 years old, he or she needs up about eight inches per side, and weighing 15 causes stars to twinkle—overwhelms the likely thinking, “Not me. pounds. The BRITE satellites represent a new relatively small brightness variations of the Not yet.” But did you concept in space astronomy: nano-satellites stars themselves. By avoiding this, a very know that one in three that can be designed, assembled and deployed small telescope in space can produce more older Americans falls fast and cheaply. accurate data than a much larger telescope every year, according to “SFL has demonstrated that nano-satellites on the ground. Also, unlike telescopes on the Center for Disease can be developed quickly, by a small team and at Earth, which are useless during the day, in Control and Prevention? a cost that is within reach of many universities, bad weather or when the stars set below the Falls are the leading cause small companies and other organizations,” says horizon, telescopes in space can potentially of both fatal and nonfatal Cordell Grant, Manager of Satellite Systems observe stars all the time. injuries for people aged for the Space Flight Laboratory at UTIAS. As their name suggests, the BRITE satellites 65 and older. Up to now, such nano-satellites had been will focus on the brightest stars in the sky Don’t worry - protect- used only to monitor the Earth and experiment including those that make up prominent ing yourself from falls with new technologies. “Researchers, scientists constellations like Orion the Hunter. These does not mean using a and companies worldwide, who have great stars are the same ones visible to the naked walker or wearing an alert ideas for space-borne experiments but do not eye, even from cities. Because very large siren. Try these simple have the means to fund a large spacecraft, telescopes mostly observe very faint objects, tips to protect yourself can now see their ideas realized,” says Grant. the brightest stars are also some of the most from becoming a fall statistic, while im- to 15 times more light than when that person “BRITE has the potential to open an entirely poorly studied stars. proving your home and lifestyle. was 10 years old. Add higher-wattage bulbs new market for low-cost, high-performance More information & videos: http://universe. Get movinG or even additional lamps to the room for satellites.” utoronto.ca/BRITE It’s no wonder that 50-years-plus is the improved illumination. “BRITE is expected to demonstrate that Stars of Orion photo: fastest growing segment of the fitness popu- assess your medications nano-satellites are now capable of performance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_ lation. In addition to maintaining a healthy Since boomers buy 77 percent of all that was once thought impossible for such (constellation) • weight, regular exercise improves your leg prescription drugs sold, chances are that strength and balance - both of which are you take more than one medication daily. important in reducing falls. However, these remedies may have been Experts at the National Institute of Health prescribed by different doctors - and could recommend that seniors enjoy a combination unknowingly cause side effects such as diz- of four types of exercises: endurance, such ziness or drowsiness, which can increase the as walking, cycling or swimming; flexibility, risk of falls. Speak with your physician to Move from endurance workouts; balance, such as walk- with other drugs. Programmed pill boxes areensure that your medications will not interactwhich includes stretching before and after renter to owner — and strength, which is using resistance or organized and help you remember what toalso a great idea to keep your prescriptionsing on a line or stepping over small objects, buy your first home weights to target core muscles. take and when. at riGhteare your homePPre According to the Home Safety Council, You are what you eat ... which is why Now may be the right time for you to buy your first home. 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