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Posted on 04.01.08 by John @ 4:26 pm
(from the PR page) "Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Virgin Group today announced the launch of Virgle Inc., a jointly owned and operated venture dedicated to the establishment of a human settlement on Mars. This is trurlly a banner day for the human race! Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes (I love days like these) 
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Looks like the mega corps of Virgin and Google have decided to reach higher than anyone has ever thought possible. They have she their goal on a journey to the red planet Mars 
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Posted on 09.23.07 by John @ 9:11 pm
Andrews Space & Technology (AS&T) introduced an innovative propulsion system that could significantly shorten round trips from Earth to Mars (from two years to only six months!) and enable our spaceships to reach Jupiter after one year of space traveling. The system, which may dramatically affect interplanetary space travel is called the Miniature Magnetic Orion (Mini-Mag Orion for short), and is an optimization of the 1958 Orion interplanetary propulsion concept. [via slashdot ]
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Oh cool, Mars in six months? Nice…|
Posted on 09.14.07 by John @ 6:43 pm
The X PRIZE Foundation and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the Google Lunar X PRIZE, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million prize purse. Private companies from around the world will compete to land a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon that is capable of completing several mission objectives, including roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the Earth. Well this is just cool, a $30 million dollar (US) prize may not sound like all that much when your talking about going to the moon but the money isn’t what is at stake here. Charles Lindbergh didn’t set out to win the Orteig prize (Started in 1919 by a wealthy hotel owner, it offered $25,000 for the first allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York NY to Paris France vice-versa) just for the cash. I’m sure the money was part of the incentive, but the achievement of winning was it’s own reward. When Lindbergh finished his 30 plus hour flight his accomplishment ushered in a new age for aviation. I can see [via CNN Money] Google Sponsors Lunar X PRIZE to Create a Space Race for a New Generation
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Posted on 08.30.07 by John @ 8:12 pm
How cool is that? The page is for ’science fiction authors who wanted a little scientific accuracy’ but the heck with that, I’m going to read this from ‘cover to cover’. [via retro thing, boingboing] If you want to read a few book by my favorite masters of scifi, go on over to Amazon and flex the credit chip.
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If I’m asked what kind of book I like to read my answer is 
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Posted on 08.22.07 by John @ 11:11 pm
NuclearSpace: The Pro-Nuclear Space Movement
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When you take a look at it, the quickest and most efficient way to ‘get out of the well’ and go into space is by using a rocket that has real power. Sure, the Saturn V took man to the moon but it took days to get there and was done on the barest of economy. But what if you could launch a rocket that had so much power that your ship could built like a submarine and not like a flimsy soda can? Six months to Mars? Nope, more like two weeks. Sounds like a dream doesn’t it, true science fiction. Well at one time this very idea was being worked on by some of the smartest scientists in the US. It was called ‘|
Posted on 08.08.07 by John @ 3:35 pm
NASA - STS-118 Mission Page
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Posted on 07.08.07 by John @ 8:33 am
The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his plane about 10pm last night. thewest.com.au : Flaming space junk narrowly misses jet
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This happened a few months ago but it highlights the dangers of keeping Earths orbital real estate clean.|
Posted on 06.23.07 by John @ 5:07 pm
Space Shuttle Atlantis descended to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Rick Sturckow and Pilot Lee Archambault at the controls, Atlantis landed at 3:49 p.m. EDT on Friday
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Very good to see the crew made it back safe and sound.|
Posted on 06.22.07 by John @ 11:03 am
Uncooperative weather at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., forced flight controllers to pass on STS-117’s first landing attempt today. The crew and the Mission Control team have turned their attention to the next orbit, which has opportunities available in Florida and at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. NASA TV Schedule
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The space shuttle Atlantis may have to stay on orbit a while longer until the weather decides to clear up.|
Posted on 06.08.07 by John @ 4:42 pm
NASA Space Shuttle Mission STS-117
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The space shuttle Atlantis has made a perfect launch on it’s service mission to install more power capacity on the International Space Station. Good work!|
Posted on 06.08.07 by John @ 4:33 pm
The countdown for the launch of Shuttle mission STS-117 has resumed at T-9 minutes after a scheduled hold. For more information quickly go over to the NASA Human Spaceflight web page and follow along.
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Posted on 05.02.07 by John @ 6:25 pm
NASA - Sharp Views Show Ground Ice on Mars Is Patchy and Variable
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This throws a wrench into my summer vacation plans…|
Posted on 04.26.07 by John @ 8:38 pm
"We have estimated that the mean temperature of this super-Earth lies between 0 and 40 degrees Celsius, and water would thus be liquid," explains Stéphane Udry, from the Geneva Observatory (Switzerland) and lead-author of the paper reporting the result. "Moreover, its radius should be only 1.5 times the Earth’s radius, and models predict that the planet should be either rocky - like our Earth - or fully covered with oceans," he adds. Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone More information about the Gilese star system can be found here:
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I was reading |
Posted on 04.24.07 by John @ 10:32 pm
NASA’s Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites have provided the first three-dimensional images of the sun. For the first time, scientists will be able to see structures in the sun’s atmosphere in three dimensions. The new view will greatly aid scientists’ ability to understand solar physics and there by improve space weather forecasting. These are some of the best 3D astro images I have ever seen. For an even bigger treat download some of the videos. Seeing the mass ejections and sunspots with real depth is astounding.
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Break out the 3D glasses because the big brains at NASA have done it again!|
Posted on 04.11.07 by John @ 10:17 pm
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Ever want to see exactly how a white dwarf star goes nova? Well now you can, or at least you can see a simulation of what it would be like. I doubt you would want to be next to one if it did go nova. Sunburn would be the least of your worries.| previous posts » |
