Talking about space science

https://www.nasa.gov/

The site I've provided before was the official site for the NASA, where you can find all information about recently discovers, missions they're on and they've done. They also have links to social media to follow them, information about spatial contents and also NASA TV, where they transmit actual content about the currents missions.

In holidays I was visiting the page about 2 or 3 times per week, but now since I was enter to studying just 1 time per month, the last one in this week, because of the recently publications about Jupiter photos by Juno.

I like this site because it provide a bunch of information about actual investigation of space, it is constantly reporting their missions with graphic material like high definition photos and videos. Actually there is 2 missions I put a lot of interest in: Cassini mission to Saturn and Juno mission to Jupiter. The first one ends in september of the current year that final missions was named "Cassini's Grand Finale" where after 20 years in space (launched in 1997) the spacecraft will enter into saturn and it'll be disintegrated by the atmosphere and high pressures. The second one will end on february of the next year (2018), very closely as the first one. Juno will enter into Jupiter's atmosphere, specifically in the great red spot, then it'll be disintegrated by the atmosphere and pressure conditions.

A false-color image of saturn taken by Cassini

A photo of the south polar zone of Jupiter, taken by Juno.

A photograph I like

This photo is a very meaning photo to me, They're friends I watch a lot.
Their nicknames are from left to right: "Imbécil", "Chicktias", "Cesar" and laying down on there, "Copeters".

We all have known each others in the school, except Cesar, I've Know him because of mutual friends.

I don't remember who took this photo, but I think it was the ex-grilfriend of Copeters.

This photo was taken a while ago, like in may, 2013 in the old house of Copeters.

I like this photo because this one was one of the last moments we were all together, then because of the university we never have much time to meet us again, instead, we keep talking together. Andres is in 5th year of Industrial Engineering, Chicktias is studying financial administration, and also he's working and pay his own studies, Cesar have plans to the future for making his own business and Copeters is studying business and marketing.

I really wish to take back this memories and get all together again.

Music in My Life

I really like progressive rock, psyche rock, progressive metal, black metal and death metal. Mostly immersive music and long play songs.
I really like guitar and bass, the guitar is called "the soul of rock", so that's why is my favourite instrument, and in second place, i like the bass, because you have a lot of different techniques on it that sounds very different.
I can play a bit of guitar and have some friends who can play guitars, drums and bass. My dad loves to play acoustic guitar, he always is playing it on his free-times.
My favourite bands are Porcupine Tree, Aguaturbia, King Crimson, Tool, Opeth. I listen a lot of other bands, but those are my favourites.

Since I was young, I've always listened progressive, my dad have a Pink Floyd casette "The Wall" and "alturas de Machu Picchu" by Los Jaivas, throughout the years I was opening my music horizon including death metal and black metal.

A song I've always remember from a movie is "My heart will go with you" by Celine Dion. I do not like much her music nor the song, but love the emotive flute cover.

My favourite piece of technology

By far my favourite piece of technology is the PC. It is practical, useful, entertainment developer. But I think there is too many information and reviews from many users on the internet, magazines, journals, etc.

Keeping this in mind, I would prefer to talk about turntables as my favourite piece of technology. I've recently bought one in late 2016 and I have to say it: It was one of my best inversion in my life. The sound quality is matchless, the best I've ever heard, maybe it's not that practical as cd's, but, by far has a better quality sound.

But turntable is nothing without vinyls, when I bought my turntable I've bought one vinyl for it: "Recordings" by Porcupine Tree, Until the actual date, I have 3 vinyls (yes, not much, but they´re expensive): "Recordings" and "In Absentia", both by Porcupine Tree and "Still Life" by Opeth.

"Recordings" by Porcupine Tree

"In Absentia" by Porcupine Tree

"Still Life" by Opeth

In general terms, what I really like about this format (physical, more than only vinyls), is the fact of immersion with the music, Generate a real connection between the sounds and artwork, It is a thing that digital music won't give.

Why did I choose Biochemistry?

Since I was a child, I've always have been interested in science area, one of my favourites was (and still) astronomy. I used to always read books and articles about stars, galaxies, matter, planets, etc. Also I was very into animals with my class mates, we used to do presentations every weeks about that (voluntarily, because we really liked it).

Sky, 4 billion years in the future

Sky nowadays (Andromeda galaxy, the shiny point)

Then, when I was in high school I was into business and marketing and then when I finished high school I could get into that career but then I was really disappointed.

A year and a half later, I've entered into Chemical Engineering, but for personal motives, I quit.

As I've said in my last post, my mother studied obstetrics, so I've always been into biology, never was difficult to me and as I like sciences, I really like chemistry, that's why I get into this career and at the moment has been very interesting, specially the area of proteins and toxicology. Thanks for reading.

A protein structure

Me

Hi.

My name is Juan Pablo Ruz Cabello, I was born on Santiago december 29th 1993.

I'm studying Biochemistry at Universidad de Chile.

My dad is a history teacher, he studied at Universidad de Talca. My mom is a lawyer and she studied at Universidad de Chile, but also she studied obstetrics at Universidad de Chile. Also I have a younger brother, his name is Ignacio and he has Down syndrome and Autistic features, we are so unite.

I really like music and like to listen a lot of rock/metal bands, specially progressive, like King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Yes, Pink Floyd, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Tool, Rishloo, Soen, etc. I really enjoy long play songs and conceptual albums, music has to be immersive to me, a bit technical and a little bit emotional. I have a collection of CD's I've started like 10 years ago, now I have 24 of them and recently start to buying vinyls.

As I've said, I'm studying Biochemistry, after a couple of years of disappointments, confusions and anguishes, I hope this career is what  I'm going to do for my life.

Thanks for reading this.

Porcupine Tree