Did Star Trek Get It Right?: USS Enterprise vs. International Space Station (Part 1)
“These are the voyages”. Just how correct is Star Trek’s “future” so far?
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Catherine Asaro Wants Kids To Like Math!
Catherine Asaro is raising money for her math team. Give her a hand!
He Ain’t Heavy – He’s My Brother
Astronomer’s discover our ‘solar sibling’, a star born at the same time, and out of the same nebula, as our own.
Citizens of the Solar System: Cool TECHNOLOGY on the International Space Station
From Luke Skywalker’s “remotes” to Star Trek’s Mr. Data, science fiction is fast becoming fact on the International Space Station.
Hey! Don’t Feed the Time Travelers!
Be very careful tomorrow. You don’t want to alter our time stream any more than it already has been.
Citizens of the Solar System: Cool SCIENCE on the International Space Station
There’s a boatload of scientific research experiments currently being done on ISS. NASA doesn’t publicize this much, but I found the range and number of them staggering!
Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Beware of fiery meteorites filled with glowing green goo….
Citizens of the Solar System: 50 Years On and We’re STILL Stuck in Near-Earth Orbit?
We’ve been sending humans into near-Earth orbit for over 50 years now. Can’t we just move on?
Big Brain Aliens
Look at the aliens from This Island Earth. If they are so smart, why are the denizens of Metaluna all such big headed pricks?
Citizens of the Solar System: Who Owns The Planets?
Is the Solar System freely available for colonization? Are the asteroids fair game for commercial mining? Maybe. Maybe not.
Citizens of the Solar System: The Big Question, “But Why Human Spaceflight?”
When someone asks, “What are we spending taxpayers money on human spaceflight?”, what’s your answer?
Review: Robin Hood, F.R.S. by Arthur C. Clarke
Though pivotal to the plot, the science in Arthur C. Clarke’s Robin Hood, F.R.S. is noticeably dated (nearly sixty years), leaving the reader with questions and doubt rather than the anticipated wonder.
Science Fiction is Real
The Golden Age of science fiction is long over, but perhaps we are living in the Golden Age of science.
Replicating Reality – Clones in Film and Pop Culture
The art of the clone: Hollywood doesn’t always get it right.
The Last Planetary Flyby You Will Ever See
Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to watch a planetary flyby!
Shuttle Astronaut Mike Mullane Describes Orbiter Damage on STS-27 (Atlantis 1988) & STS-107 (Columbia 2003)
Guest blogger veteran Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane weighs in on the severe impact damage to Atlantis on his own 1988 flight (STS-27) and to Columbia’s disastrous flight in 2003 (STS-107)
The Continuing Adventures of Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop Man
Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop Man and the LPAW Team explores the planets and experiences Lunacy
Poetry Review – The Robot Scientist’s Daughter, Jeannine Hall Gailey
Poetry from a childhood spent exposed to radiation.
One World – One Web?
Shades of the X15: OneWeb & VirginGalactic want to bring the internet to EVERYONE
Space Shuttle First Flights: Judy Resnik (First Encounters)
Shuttle astronaut Judy Resnik was a pilot, a classical pianist, and had a PhD in Electrical Engineering. And she was a terrific emissary for NASA, as I found out when I invited her to speak to the IBM Shuttle Software team.
Space Shuttle First Flights: Mike Mullane (“No Place for Civilians”)
Astronaut Mike Mullane knew Shuttle was an experimental spaceship sitting atop highly volatile explosives. When NASA allowed civilians to ride they were implying it was safe when it was not. Unfortunately, he was right.
Space Shuttle First Flights: STS-1 (Columbia) The First Orbital Flight
Our Shuttle flight software team had the “distinction” of hearing Walter Cronkite describe, live and on national television, whether we’d done our work correctly.
Space Shuttle First Flights: Dick Truly – The Approach and Landing Tests
I had visions of the Space Shuttle Enterprise getting jostled during separation and colliding with the 747’s vertical stabilizer – which would definitely make for a bad day all around.
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