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Aug. 5th, 2012 01:30 pmthat Mars Rover Curiosity lands safely. It would suck if it piled into the Martian soil at umpteen-thousand miles per hour.
The unmanned SpaceX Dragon has docked with the ISS.
Since the government would rather spend money on... well, everything but NASA, it's actually a good thing that the era of commercial space flight is taking off. One of my co-workers actually suggested that NASA might end up becoming little more than a regulatory agency.
Since the government would rather spend money on... well, everything but NASA, it's actually a good thing that the era of commercial space flight is taking off. One of my co-workers actually suggested that NASA might end up becoming little more than a regulatory agency.
Panic now! Avoid the rush!
Nov. 8th, 2011 09:20 amAn asteroid about the size of a city block will pass between the Earth and the moon today.
Okay, it will still be about 200,000 miles away when it 'buzzes' the Earth, but PANIC PANIC PANIC!
Okay, it will still be about 200,000 miles away when it 'buzzes' the Earth, but PANIC PANIC PANIC!
The sky is falling! Well, a satellite is falling. Soon. Soonish.
I like how they say "Oh yeah, it's going to fall somewhere between northern Canada and southern South America." That's narrowing it down. (I know, I know, the article says that they can't narrow it down much more then that right now, but still....)
I like how they say "Oh yeah, it's going to fall somewhere between northern Canada and southern South America." That's narrowing it down. (I know, I know, the article says that they can't narrow it down much more then that right now, but still....)
Huh. Who knew?
Sep. 10th, 2011 08:07 amNASA is launching an unmanned mission to the moon today. Well, they're going to try to launch. It's already been delayed twice.