December 18, 1975: This is no casual swim: astronauts Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker, and Mary-Helen Johnston train in…
December 18, 1975: This is no casual swim: astronauts Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker, and Mary-Helen Johnston train in…
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Goodnight, moons! These are the best images we’re going to see of Nix and Hydra, the largest of the little moons…
The Martian is a love letter to science, but what does science think of The Martian? It’s time for a report card on…
I know it’s only one sun but I still have John Williams’ SW score in my head when I see this photo
We don’t want our presence known at the moment.
You didn’t have anything you wanted to do today, right? Good. It’s time for an even more detailed look at Charon,…
The worst thing about all nighters is those f£%*ing happy goddamn birds at 4:45am.
I was gonna write “Why is NASA reinventing the wheel?” since Apollo 12 brought back that allegedly bacteria-contaminated camera from Surveyor 3. If bacteria can survive the hard vacuum on the Moon for years, surely Mars would be a vacation in comparison.
Yeah- it’s cool. But nothing will ever replace this:
Then it becomes an asteroid.
Gully Foyle is my nameAnd Terra is my nationDeep space is my dwelling placeThe stars my destination
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
As anyone who has dug razor clams in the Pacific Northwest can tell you, this is clearly sand in a tidal zone.
That’s Gamera! FRIEND TO ALL CHILDREN!
Peace Capsule? Bummer. I saw this and thought it read “Space Capsule”, which would have been way better.
I never said it was solely the fault of procreation for religious reasons but it is a very strong factor. The percentage of countries with a falling population is very small compared to those growing.
Pope Francis addressed this specifically in his Laudato Si encyclical. See an excerpt from paragraph 50:
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Everyone has heard of the daring Amelia Earhart, but her British piloting peer Sheila Scott did her part to bust…