Science fiction does a great job portraying alien life forms – playing into the imaginations, fears, and hopes of the entire human race. But until humans discover concrete evidence of life on other worlds, in even microscopic form, we’ll have no idea if the presentations of science fiction are even remotely accurate. Two recent discoveries [...]
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No Comments »Ever since the release of Armageddon and Deep Impact in the late 1990′s, I’ve been scared to death of some asteroid suddenly smacking into the planet. Now, thanks to a new online tool from Purdue University, anyone can calculate and compare the destructive effects of an asteroid’s impact with Earth. Needless to say, this is not something [...]
Posted in Science, Space, Technology Tags: Armageddon, asteroids, NASA, Near Earth Objects, space 1 Comment »With the Space Shuttle retiring and the International Space Station at full occupancy, there presently isn’t much for a fledgling space tourist to do. Unwilling to accept the permanent cessation of space tourism revenues, the Russian based company Orbital Technologies has announced plans to build and operate the world’s first commercial space station. Although still in conceptual [...]
Posted in Science, Space, Technology Tags: Commercial Space Station, CSS, NASA, Orbital Technologies, Russia, space No Comments »We’ve seen stunning footage of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis and its possible successor, the SpaceX Falcon 9, blasting off into Earth orbit. Now NASA is providing a video perspective of the decent stage shuttle booster rockets take on their voyage back to Earth after separating from the main fuel tank. The video has its dull [...]