If you know anything about Neil Armstrong then you know it’s uncharacteristic for him to speak publicly much, let alone come out with both guns blasting. While I think “blasting” and “rebuke” are a little harsh for what I read of Armstrong’s comments, I came away after reading them with a sense of pride and [...]
Wow. So much for Obama supporting NASA! If there was any doubt in my mind that Obama was a GIGANTIC mistake, it’s gone now. NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way. When [...]
NASA scientists have reproduced uracil, a key component of the hereditary material, RNA. The uracil was created by exposing an ice sample containing the molecule pyrimidine to ultraviolet radiation under space-like conditions. The research may help astrobiologists understand how molecules for the origin of life were first made.Uracil Made in the Lab
We’ve been covering the NASA Node 3 naming contest with our favorite being Serenity, after the ship on Firefly and the movie Serenity. Frankly, NASA had their back against the wall on this one and I think this was the only thing that is even close to fair. They named a treadmill after Stephen Colbert [...]
Simply beautiful. Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the ISS on Wednesday, providing the dramatic first views of the space station with its full company of solar arrays unfurled. “Discovery, Alpha, Godspeed,” ISS commander Mike Fincke radioed after the shuttle departed. “Thanks for making us symmetrical, giving us full power, and all the other wonderful things [...]
I’m kind of torn here, I voted for Serenity cause I’m a brownshirt but I do love me some Colbert. Write in is a write in…I don’t know. I have the feeling that NASA is going to sack this one but part of me would love for NASA to have a sense of humor about [...]
Ok, so the ISS crew is sitting in the Soyuz escape vehicle last week because of this shit that passed less than two miles away from the station. Now they are dodging another piece that could pass as close as 2,600 feet?!?!? I know these people are the best of the best and laugh at [...]
Looks like Serenity is the overwhelming favorite. Click on the link below and make it a slam dunk for Browncoats everywhere. NASA wants your opinion in naming the International Space Station’s Node 3 – a connecting module and its cupola – before the two segments travel to space and are installed on the orbiting laboratory. [...]
Nice to see especially after finding those plumes of vapor erupting from the surface of EnceladusW. At a meeting in Washington last week, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Space Agency officials decided to continue pursuing studies of a mission to Jupiter and its four largest moons, and to plan for another potential mission [...]
After losing so many Mars missions over the last decade, it’s so good to hear that NASA gets a break once in a while. A small but important uptick in electrical output from the solar panels on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit this month indicates a beneficial Martian wind has blown away some of the [...]
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