Failing again. Failing better.
Yesterday NASA made a big announcement regarding the future of American manned spaceflight. Starting in 2017, NASA will turn to Boeing and SpaceX commercial spacecraft to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station, alleviating our dependency on hitching rides with the Russians to the ISS. It will also free up NASA to develop the…
The Syfy Channel premiered a new show last night, Robot Combat League. It’s a reality competition show in the vein of the recent Hugh Jackman movie, Real Steel or a bigger than life Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots. Two-person teams (a driver and a fighter) control ten-foot-tall fighting robots, and each week a fight will…
Today, the space shuttle Discovery flew from Florida to DC, where it will be on display as part of the Smithsonian collection. The shuttle was mated to a 747, and the double-decker plane did a number of passes over DC. Here is a photo of Discovery flying over the Pentagon, the Iwo Jima Memorial, and…
Check out this “We Stopped Dreaming” supercut by Evan Schurr (aka Scrunchthethird). It mixes comments by Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) and beautiful images of NASA and space exploration. And it’s all set to Arrival of the Birds and Transformation by The Cinematic Orchestra. It’s a wonderful five minutes. Dr. Tyson, if you are not familiar,…
Today, Gizmodo posted a great article about a potentially world-changing device brought to you by the Space Biosciences Division of NASA: the biocapsule. As the article states, if NASA wants pursue manned space exploration, the astronauts will need to treat themselves for a variety of ailments or injuries. The biocapsule could make this process quick…