This is my new favourite website: How many people are in space right now? Answers in real time. Wonderful. You can see in the status bar that it says “waiting for nasa.gov”, I think it’s actually asking NASA how many people are in space. I wish my website spoke to NASA. No idea what it […]
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There are 12 people in space right now
March 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments
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My Supervillain Base would defs be a Lunar Cave
February 9th, 2011 · No Comments
L-ROC sounds like it could be the nom de plume of an aspiring rapper, but in fact stands for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. Totes one of my fave satellites, it has the job of mapping landing sites on the moon and locating potential resources. Lately it’s been snapping this sweet subsurface cave, the perfect spot […]
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Red Moon for Winter Solstice
December 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Starting at 5:28am tomorrow the moon and sun will line up at either side of the Earth, with sunlight passing through our atmosphere turning the moon red. I always smile at the headlines when there’s an eclipse as they’re always the same. On this occasion it happens also to be the winter solstice, so this […]
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