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Cmd Hadfield, Space Oddity
May. 12th, 2013 05:55 pmJust in case you missed it elsewhere:
Scale of universe
Jul. 17th, 2010 05:37 pmFrom my Twitter feed, the single most awesome thing I've seen all weekend:
Scale of Universe
There's even a Mickey Mouse joke. Also, a ciliate. Bonus: introduction (for most of us) to the word zettameter, which may be the least useful word you will encounter today, but also one of the most astounding to contemplate.
Scale of Universe
There's even a Mickey Mouse joke. Also, a ciliate. Bonus: introduction (for most of us) to the word zettameter, which may be the least useful word you will encounter today, but also one of the most astounding to contemplate.
Sushi! In! Space!
Feb. 28th, 2010 10:01 amMany of you have complained to me about one of the main and generally unquestioned deprivations of manned spaceflight. "But, but -" you say. "What about the food? It's all well and good for Star Trek people to press a few buttons and for Firefly people to get all orgasmic over strawberries, but what about us? Now? How can we, as a spacefaring people, deal with the lack of orbiting gourmet restaurants as we do our little space experiments and look sadly upon the governments no longer focusing on much needed trips to Mars?"
Well, fear no more:
Space sushi is here.
Well, fear no more:
Space sushi is here.
My favorite headline of the day:
Sep. 3rd, 2009 11:27 pmJapan's New First Lady Not From Venus, Was Only Visiting.
If you hate the New York Times, the Telegraph also reports on the story here.
I sincerely hope this signals a push for more space exploration. Even if some of us have apparently already done more than I thought we had.
If you hate the New York Times, the Telegraph also reports on the story here.
I sincerely hope this signals a push for more space exploration. Even if some of us have apparently already done more than I thought we had.
Space shuttle
Aug. 29th, 2009 12:05 amNo matter how often I see it, I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching a space shuttle launch.
This one, at midnight, was particularly spectacular - the fires of the launch lit up the wisps of clouds between the Kennedy Space Center and here, turning them to a fiery golden glow. From my neighbors I could hear the sounds of WOO and from the parking lot sounds of "huh?" - and then it appeared, a golden streak. "Oh, right," said a very drunken voice. "Rocket thing."
It stayed gold for a very long time before turning into a slowly moving, brilliant white star which slowly disappeared behind a tree (visually, I mean.) And I watched, and thought yet again, yeah, we need to go to Mars.
Then I thought, also, we need to eliminate mosquitoes. I know, I know. They doubtless form some critical ecological niche. But right at the moment I'm not feeling too kindly towards them.
This one, at midnight, was particularly spectacular - the fires of the launch lit up the wisps of clouds between the Kennedy Space Center and here, turning them to a fiery golden glow. From my neighbors I could hear the sounds of WOO and from the parking lot sounds of "huh?" - and then it appeared, a golden streak. "Oh, right," said a very drunken voice. "Rocket thing."
It stayed gold for a very long time before turning into a slowly moving, brilliant white star which slowly disappeared behind a tree (visually, I mean.) And I watched, and thought yet again, yeah, we need to go to Mars.
Then I thought, also, we need to eliminate mosquitoes. I know, I know. They doubtless form some critical ecological niche. But right at the moment I'm not feeling too kindly towards them.
The next step:
Jul. 20th, 2009 05:17 pmI know it will cost a fortune - several fortunes, to be specific. I know it is completely impractical and useless and from a purely pragmatic viewpoint utterly silly and worthless. I know it will take years.
I still want to go to Mars.
And I want to watch humans leave this solar system and find out about all of those trillion trillion trillion stars that look so close in the dark of the night.
I still want to go to Mars.
And I want to watch humans leave this solar system and find out about all of those trillion trillion trillion stars that look so close in the dark of the night.
