NASA’s 2018 Next Generation James Webb Space Telescope in Full Size Taking place in Austin, TX, the SXSW Interactive Festival Last March 8-12 2013 was to feature many sessions and activities on the topic of space exploration. One of the most exciting sessions, was a panel discussion about the new next generation space telescope, NASA’s … Continue reading
Rumor has it, someone at SpaceX actually wrote they require a “badass” look in the spec delivered last year to Orbital Outfitters for a pressure spacesuit. I’m curious who…? This is what a normal spec looks like (NASA, Apollo 1, April 1962): Coming soon is a detailed article on space-suit design.
1905. A youngster named Albert comes up with ideas about the nature of light that change our grasp of the universe forever; Ideas such as speed limited, distances stretching, and a four dimensional world, where the 4th dimension is time; Ideas that to this date are difficult for most to comprehend. It took him another … Continue reading
So I learned about the Yahoo ‘better world ripple effect’ in the most unlikely of places: at the hair salon, while waiting to be called upon, with my nose in a pile of magazines. Now I’m sitting patiently, while my hair is getting pulled and detangled, writing these notes, using my ever-so-handy smart gadget. Yahoo … Continue reading
Did an Iranian monkey in fact get to space last month? Will Ahmadinejad in fact be next? There was no independent confirmation to Iran’s claim that they launched a monkey into space, but this story was all over the news last month. There was also a debate about a discrepancy in published pictures of the … Continue reading
Is Chris Hadfield who tweets from space on-board the International Space Station happy with his Internet provider? I’m always complaining about my service. Sometimes it’s too slow. Sometimes it’s not available. Astronauts have been tweeting from the space station since 2009. It just occurred to be they must be really close up there to Internet … Continue reading
