Space
Ad Astra Per Aspera
If you didn’t think Commander Chris Hadfield of the ISS was something very, very special, you will now… via Vanderleun 00
We’re All Gonna Die!
Just when you thought you had enough to worry about… Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming A giant sunspot that’s at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA. — According to a news release, scientists from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20. … Continue reading
Wow
The north pole of Saturn, courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft: Our Earth is about the size of a marble held up to this. Awesome. via IO9 00
OK, well, um, ah… damn.
ObamaJarrett mashup by Miz Weasel- too late for Halloween, but hey, there’s always next year! 00
The Sounds Of Cylons
For all BSG fans… via Frank 00
The last, best hope for humanity…
A nifty article on space warfare linked by Instapundit, in which my old favorite Babylon 5 gets some props. Though dated, that show had some of the best science-fiction writing ever featured on television. Though it was a a struggle (I’m sure my kids remember me trying to track down episodes when it only came … Continue reading
July 20, 1969 20:18 UTC
I was 16, fully a child of the America of the Sixties and all that entailed, but, as a lifelong fan of science-fiction, I was completely transfixed by this. At the time, I thought that within my lifetime I’d see colonies on the moon and Mars, and an ever-more-ambitious space program taking us further and … Continue reading
Would You Rather Know the Origin of Life or Watch People Run Faster Than Others?
A telling graf. Ad astra per aspera! via American Digest 00
Mars Rover Curiosity Landing: 1st Photos from Mars | Space.com
From Space.com The first shot, taken immediately after landing. W00t! …and Curiosity’s shadow. On Mars. My mind reels. Best comment, from Lilek’s Bleat- Watched the Curiosity landing last night. Magnificent. I was disappointed by the first few snapshots. I mean, after the brilliance and multi-fold technological pirouette of a landing (supersonic parachutes, descent stages, heat … Continue reading
