Science

NASA Talks Tough On Its Future, Again

NASA, huh? Since the halcyon days of Kennedy and the shuttle program it’s sputtered slightly, thanks in no small part to unnecessary wars, poor economics and other earthly foibles. Also: explaining its purpose, especially as it relates to the layperson.


July 23, 2010
Cars

You May Feel Like An Apollo Astronaut One Day, After All

This is Boeing’s new Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft. It is similar to Apollo’s Command Module but, instead of just three astronauts, it will carry up to seven astronauts or astroturists. The destination: commercial space stations (and the ISS).


July 17, 2010
Science

Smithsonian’s Spacesuits: Number One On The Runway

The iconic NASA spacesuit didn’t show up in astronauts’ closets fully formed. Here, a small sampling of the many precursors held with reverence at the Smithsonian Museum.


April 16, 2010
Entertainment

The Moon In 3D

Get out your anaglyph glasses, because this Flickr gallery of 3D-ised Apollo landing sites (and more) is something special. Also, for those of you without red ‘n blue shades, is there no joy in your life? [Flickr via Bad Astronomy]


April 2, 2010
Science

The Manual Pages That Saved Apollo 13

On April 13, 1970 – 321,860km into its Moon trip – an oxygen tank exploded in the Odyssey’s Service Module. James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise had a really big problem. These pages saved their lives.


February 6, 2010
Science

Obama Cancels Kennedy’s Dream

Once upon a time, a President thought that taking humans “to the Moon and the planets beyond” was not only good for the economy of the country, but also would push US technology decades beyond everybody’s else. He was right.


January 22, 2010
Software

Windows Mobile 7 WILL Launch End Of Year, Apparently

Yet more to-ing and fro-ing about the Windows Mobile 7 launch, this time with Digitimes pointing at a Mobile World Congress announcement of an end-of-2010 launch. It’s nothing we haven’t heard before, but they’re piling up thick ‘n’ fast now.


December 6, 2009

Full-Scale, Customisable Lunar Lander Replica For Sale

What I want right this moment is a sleek spacesuit and $US89,000 so that I can order myself this custom Lunar Lander replica and pretend to be an adventurous spacegirl. No nasty astronaut ice cream for me though, thanks.


October 27, 2009
Cameras

Norman Rockwell: The Original King Of The Photoshop

Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn’t even a gleam in some nerd’s eye, but a new book shows that the painter was, nevertheless, a Photoshop god.


October 9, 2009
Science

This Is Not Your Ordinary Family Photo

This is the Duke family. The father, Charles Moss Duke Jr born October 3, 1935. The mum, Dorothy Meade Claiborne. The two sons, Charles and Thomas. They are probably in their garden, sitting on a bench. They look so happy.