Delivering the Impossible Late
They flew a 7,500,000 lb 233ft tall object to space, then brought it back to the launch site and caught it out of the air.
Category: Space
Starship Enterprise Visits Earth’s Stratosphere
The Starship Enterprise has been launched into Earth’s stratosphere. Well, a version of the Enterprise was sent there. “Earth to Sky Calculus is group of kids doing cutting-edge science …
Jerry Pournelle Has Passed, Malthusians Celebrate.
Pournelle did the math and reported that we could survive — and, in his words, survive with style.
Are We Receiving Radio Signals from an Alien Race?
No, I’m not going to segue into a discussion of the entirely inhuman and alien ideas promulgated by left-wingers, though it would be fitting. No, I am talking about …
America’s First Female Astronaut Sally Ride Attacked Posthumously For Not Being A Good Lesbian
In this case a “good lesbian” being an “out lesbian.” Virginia Hefferman at The Lookout notes the issue: Maybe the idea of gays in space is just so exciting …
Big Bang Theory Fan Wins A Trip Into Space At Comic-Con
Not at Comic-Con in San Diego this week? Well you missed what might well be the greatest door prize ever awarded. One lucky fan of Warner Bros. Television’s The …
Of Tomorrow
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50th Anniversary of John Glenn’s Orbital Flight
Today marks the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s first orbital flight. Glenn was joined in a ceremony commemorating the event by Scott Carpenter. Glenn and fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter, …
The End of an Era
With this morning’s Shuttle landing, the era of NASA as we knew it officially draws to a close. Sadly, the past forty years have forced us to bear witness …
Travesty
If ever there was a story I thought as a kid I'd never be reading, it's this one: Four astronauts launching on NASA's final shuttle flight July 8 have …