spaceships
Science
New Spacecraft Uses Solar Wind To Propel Its Sails
2:40AM Adam Frucci | A new spacecraft is being launched in about a year, one designed to travel across the solar system. But instead of using rockets to propel itself, it uses sails. Sails pushed by light. More »
Entertainment
Own Your Own Starfleet Shuttle Simulator
9:20AM Adam Frucci | A school in Utah is selling off its Star Trek-inspired USS Galileo, which means this is your chance to own your very own spaceship simulator. It’s perfectly practical! [Auction via io9] More »
Vehicles
What You Get After 20 Years Of Working On A Travel Trailer
1:40AM Sean Fallon | Dennis Schaller was a rocket engine mechanic in the Air Force and an electrical engineer on the Apollo missions. So, it’s not surprising that he ended up with this thing after 20 years of working on a travel trailer. More »
Entertainment
How Big Is the New Enterprise Compared to Galactica?
4:00PM Jesus Diaz | 725.35 meters. A whoppumental 2,379.75 feet. That’s how big the new super-sized Enterprise is. Here you can see it compared against the Battlestar Galactica, the good old Enterprise, the Blockade Runner, and the ISS. More »
Science
Virgin Galactic’s Boss Says Space Travel Will Never Be Cheap
3:00AM Brian Lam | Warning, middle-class Earthmen. By the end of this post, your dreams of low-cost space travel will be delayed. Above: WhiteKnightTwo Eve’s Maiden Flight. Photo Credit Schereer Scherer. More »
Vehicles
1918 Artwork Imagines Space Travel at a Blistering 3.2km Per Minute
6:00AM Jack Loftus | You can’t fault a 1918 artist for thinking future spacemen would travel the stars at 3.2km/minute (192 kph). But to think that astronauts would travel open canopy, Wright Brothers style? Cah-rayzee talk. More »
Vehicles
See the New Orion Spacecraft Up Close and Personal
9:00AM Jesus Diaz | NASA is now showing Orion—the spacecraft that will take humans to the Moon and Mars—at the National Mall in Washington. It’s not the real thing, but it looks great (needs more pretty decals). More »
Vehicles
HOTOL: The Reusable Spaceship Coming Back from the 80s
11:20AM Jesus Diaz | The days of the shuttle must be over, but that’s not the end of reusable spaceships. Now the Europeans want to revive an old 1980s project called HOTOL. Check out the cool cutaway drawing. More »
Design
Tron 2 Vehicle Designer Daniel Simon Is an Intergalactic Hardware Visionary
12:30PM Wilson Rothman | Daniel Simon, the guy designing the lightcycles and other crazy vehicles for Tron 2, previously published Cosmic Motors, a compendium of otherworldly vessels you will never drive, but spend your life wishing you could. More »
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