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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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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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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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Star Trek Technology: They’re Working On It

I give you actual holodecks: And — seriously — they’re working on warp drive within our lifetimes: “Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, … Continue reading

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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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These Colors Don’t Run

In other news, a new poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found that 25 percent of Republican voters want their state to secede from the Union. Not-coincidentally, that’s approximately the same number of people who believe George W. Bush was … Continue reading

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NASA Bombarded With Doomsday Questions

So, NASA started a website called, Ask an Astrobiologist, and since then, the website reports they are now devoted to tearing their hair out in a maddening decline toward dementia nearly full-time: Ask an Astrobiologist has received more than 5000 questions … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day

Space Shuttle Endeavour making its way through the streets of California. I didn’t know Sizzler (seen behind Space Shuttle Endeavour in this photo) was still in operation. Fun Fact: Sizzler was acquired by Pacific Equity Partners, which consists of former … Continue reading

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It Snows Dry Ice On Mars

Time for a quick sanity break. Observers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday that they’ve discovered “dry ice” snow on Mars. A spacecraft orbiting Mars has detected carbon dioxide snow falling on the Red Planet, making Mars the only … Continue reading

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