Pages Tagged “NASA”
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- Celebrating Curiosity at Planetfest 2012
Timed for the Mars Curiosity landing, Planetfest featured mock-ups of capsules and landers, space art, meteorites, robots, speakers and of course a party.
- Watching the Space Shuttle Land in 1988
When I was 12, I went to see the Space Shuttle land at Edwards Air Force Base. I took an SLR and telephoto lens. With the shuttle program ending, I’ve scanned the photos.
- NASA and Aliens
If NASA really knew about aliens, wouldn’t publicizing it be the best way to solve their chronic budget problems?
- Atlantis home
Space Shuttle Atlantis has landed safely. *whew!* I’m getting more nervous about shuttle missions lately. In part, it’s the greater focus on all the things that could go wrong. In part, it’s the realization that you know, the shuttle fleet really is aging. But mostly, I think it’s the fear that, given reactions to the […]
- Back in Space!
Discovery reaches orbit – we’re finally back in space! Here’s hoping the shuttle will be able to tide us over until a next-generation ship is ready.
- Back to Space!
It seems NASA is hoping to resume shuttle flights by December 18. Interestingly, this is one day after the release of Return of the King. Coincidence? … Yeah, probably. On one hand, I’m glad we’ll be back in space soon. Even if it takes until next year, at least they’re trying to get going again […]
- To the stars…
Well, the critics have started coming out, claiming that manned space flight isn’t worth the risk and space exploration (at least with human crews) should be written off as a bad idea. How can you look up at the night sky and not think it’s worth it? Or is it because so many of us […]
- Earth to the self-righteous….come in, people….
<RANT> Okay. For all you holier-than-thou smarty-pantses out there, here’s a question. If an average-sized couch cushion were to hit a brick wall at 15 mph, would you think at first glance that the brick wall might be damaged? I thought not. So leave me the FUCK alone with your judgmental snippetiness about how YOU […]
- Columbia
It’s taken me two days to collect my thoughts enough to write about this. The loss of the orbiter and its crew hit me as a complete shock on Saturday, and I immediately started checking CNN and press releases. On the web. Not on TV. I remembered watching the Challenger footage over and over, and […]