Tag Archives: NASA
Things go up, things come down
No, I’m not talking about dropping acid or that empty post-rave ennui you’ve got going on. There will be a LightSail test launch today over in Florida. Live coverage starts at 9:45AM Central. Nobody is going to be sailing on … Continue reading
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
NASA has a free e-book available entitled “Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication” and edited by Douglas A. Vakoch, the Director of Interstellar Message Composition over at SETI. I haven’t read it yet, but I put it on my Kindle app. Do I … Continue reading
Blue Marble Sparkle Motion
I’m knee-deep in July CampNanoWrimo and scurrying to catch up to my word count goal. I find that I am awake primarily when the sun is hiding. Maybe you can see me sparkling during this short video. This new global … Continue reading
Poetic Muse-ings on Mars
In the way way back times, before it was today and things were different, I wrote about Martian haikus and MAVEN. I would like to blame an absent muse for taking this long to write three short lines. However, it … Continue reading
TV Apocalypse
NASA put a handy FAQ on their website for those that desperately want to know why the world didn’t bother to end. Hell, even today’s winter storm feels like a flop. Meanwhile, there is a sale on used torches in … Continue reading
Lights in the Sky
The space shuttle Discovery is coming home to rest for good. Discovery left the space station today (March 7) and is due to land in Florida on Wednesday. This means that — weather permitting — there are opportunities to see … Continue reading
Great Space Pics or Dancing Frog?
Very cool Hubble images. pointed Hubble’s eye at an especially photogenic pair of interacting galaxies called Arp 273. The larger of the spiral galaxies, known as UGC 1810, has a disk that is distorted into a rose-like shape by the … Continue reading →