1 month ago
philgyford : Classic-Space LEGO: content / greebling: a closer look - "Greebling" is my new favourite word. (via Infovore)
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2 month ago
nelson : Keylogger in space - International Space Station is infected by a keylogger that steals Warcraft passwords
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2 month ago
Anil : "Where did this boat come from?" - Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The eight people who greeted her didn't quite understand that they had encountered a spaceship gone astray, and asked about the origins of her boat. Af
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2 month ago
Anil : "Where did this boat come from?" - Peggy Whitson is a 48-year-old biochemist who fell from space and landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The eight people who greeted her didn't quite understand that they had encountered a spaceship gone astray, and asked about the origins of her boat. Af
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2 month ago
nelson : Molniya orbit - Eccentric orbit allows a satellite to dwell over one part of the earth
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2 month ago
philgyford : Stone Cold Pimpin': NASA's Forgotten Ambient Albums - "Space music" from 1992: "raw, uncatalogued space sounds data ... we selected random information from the raw data and processed it to produce 'Symphonies of the Planets'". Ambient "music".
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Linkorama : Great To See You. Just Not Around Here - If I’m frank, one of the enjoyable aspects of that small bar around the corner is that I’m not going to bump into you.
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4 month ago
gleuschk : The Sky, From Above - The Big Picture - Boston.com - these are outrageous, esp the storm clouds over Africa and the "cloud wake"
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deusx : How long could you survive in the vacuum of space? - "No spaceship. No space suit. Just you versus the cold, empty vacuum of space. Find out about how long you could survive. "
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5 month ago
deusx : Charlie's Diary: Alternative boondoggles - "Either way, the direct costs of the Iraq war exceed the maximum cost estimate for a manned Mars expedition, infrastructure and all, by 20%"
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5 month ago
nelson : Twitter / MarsPhoenix - Follow the lander
Simon Willison : Twitter / MarsPhoenix - Twitter / MarsPhoenix. NASA’s Mars Phoenix lander, due to land on the planet today, has a Twitter account. Bio: “I dig Mars!”.
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6 month ago
Linkorama : This timelapse video of man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours - The end of White's story is heartbreaking. On the plus side, the article also discusses a favorite social phenomenon of mine, how strangers space themselves in elevators.
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9 month ago
Andy Baio : Dopplr Raumzeitgeist 2007 - nice visualization of everywhere Dopplr users visited last year [via]
Linkorama : Dopplr Raumzeitgeist 2007 - Where we went last year
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13 month ago
nelson : Lunar mapping - Marius Watz discovers some amazing map visualizations
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factoryjoe : In the Shadow of the Moon - apparently I should see this. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: movie
deusx : In the Shadow of the Moon - remember when the whole world looked up
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14 month ago
Linkorama : Sharing Gossip, er, Intelligence - On Intellipedia and A-space
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17 month ago
deusx : Continuum - Meet people from all over the world...then kill them. - "Ever imagine what it'd be like to play Asteroids against your friends? Want to savor the satisfaction of blasting people out of space in some addictive side-scrolling 2D spaceship shooter action?"
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17 month ago
jimray : NASA has a clever page on why traveling faster than light is so damn hard - "To move a mass at the speed of light would take infinite energy. It appears that there is a distinct barrier here." HA!
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18 month ago
plasticbag : A planet has been found that's only 1.5 times the size of earth and appears to have liquid water running on its surface... - Wow. That's pretty amazing. What interests me is twofold. Firstly, obviously, is there life. Secondly, if there isn't, how easy would it be to introduce some?
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nelson : Glonass update - GPS network alternatives. I hadn't realized the European one was suspended after the DRM was broken.
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19 month ago
Andy Baio : All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter - like the MegaPenny Project for celestial bodies
Rod Begbie : KOKOGIAK - All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter - Cool photomontage from Alan Taylor. #
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21 month ago
jimray : SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
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