Category Archives: Space

Video: SpaceX “Grasshopper” Test Flight

Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully completed a 250 meter test flight of their “Grasshopper” rocket this week which will some day be part of a reusable vertical takeoff and landing vehicle. They produced this awesome video of the event. Continue reading
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These Are the Voyages…

Finally, it looks like NASA is developing a faster, lighter, more affordable form of rocket propulsion. Here comes the Fusion Drive! NASA, and plenty of private individuals, want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of … Continue reading
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The Jetsons At 50 Is A Wrap

It’s a wrap. Matt Novak started the project, “50 Years Of The Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters,” last September, and this week he put the finishing touches on what’s been a grand dissection of the show’s influence and cultural … Continue reading
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No Water Beyond This Point

Artist – John Darkow In other news, NASA announced today that the Curiosity rover has found conditions that could have once supported life on Mars. PASADENA, Calif. — An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows … Continue reading
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It’s Raining Fire

We do share bits of Space Porn here from time to time, and this seems to be as good of a candidate as any. This video, released by NASA last week, depicts what they’re referring to as “coronal rain” which … Continue reading
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Super Stupid

The following exchange really happened on CNN. Anchor Deb Feyerick thought that perhaps global warming caused that asteroid to pass close to the Earth. Seriously. Because ‘meteor’ and ‘meteorology.’ “We want to bring in our science guy, Bill Nye, and … Continue reading
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They Didn’t Fake It

Filmmaker SG Collins debunks the most ridiculous conspiracy theory of the last — well forever. A shocking 11 percent of Americans believe the moon landing was faked.

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Happy New Year From Your Science Overlords

I still get a real kick out of things like this:   I only hope their science brains can defeat the impending robot takeover of the world. (Via Space.com)

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The Black Marble

Here’s an afternoon sanity break courtesy of NASA. This new global view and animation of Earth’s city lights is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite. The data was acquired over nine days in April 2012 … Continue reading

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Get Your Ass to Mars

Didn’t we do this in 1997? Seriously, I’m as big a NASA supporter as ever, but at some point soon we need to advance beyond what was achieved 15 years ago — with the little rover and the low-rez photography. … Continue reading

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