So this is rather geeky, but I thought I’d share it anyway. It’s a little remix with a message using bites from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. I realize they needed auto-tune to make this work, but it really seems offensive here, given the fact that Sagan had one of the greatest voices ever. [more…]
Well I’d been fearing Obama’s speech today for quite some time. Ever since word started to trickle out about the President’s plan for the US Space Program, I’d been a little skittish. It didn’t sound good. Today he was in Florida to give a speech outlining his plan for NASA in the [more…]
You’re one of my hero’s Carl Sagan, but a little musical diversity might have served you better here.
An artist who made many of us dreamers has passed away. Robert McCall is responsible for some of the most awe-inspiring images from the space age. Some futurists weave their tales with a pen, he did it with a brush. Click on the links to check out his amazing work.
NASA Space Art [more…]
An animation created for the Museum of Natural History traversing the space between the Dali Lama and the Afterglow. The known universe in a little over six minutes.
Here’s a pretty animation by Roy Prol of what it would look like if Earth had rings like Saturn. The funny thing is, this is where we’re headed if we don’t get a handle on the space trash we’ve been depositing in orbit for years.
This is a great day for science. Scientists have confirmed the existence of water on the Moon. Although it has been suspected for a very long (too long) time, today we have hard evidence. The implications of this revelation are very exciting… It gives us purpose.
From this day forward we have [more…]
I thought this was really interesting… and maybe a little disturbing. Nixon’s speech writer drafted the below letter to be read in the event that Apollo 11 ended in tragedy.
Thought this was pretty cool. It’s a map by National Geographic documenting humankind’s entire historical presence in space. From landings to flybys. A couple of surprises here.
We’ve sent more missions to Venus than Mars. Mars still gets all the glamorous ones, with cute robots and full color 3D panoramic [more…]
Nothing like shooting two bullets at a rock… for science! This morning, NASA conducted a test to determine whether water ice exists in the lunar soil, by plunging two care packages into the moon. Sweet sweet Luna. What did she ever do to you beside provide her warm moonlight upon thee?
I can [more…]
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