Archive for January, 2008
Casual Friday — Ares V launches a telescope
NASA seems to be having its share of problems developing the Ares I launch vehicle, but with any luck it’s big brother the Ares V should still be marching forward. Here’s an animation of what an Ares V mission would look like for the launch of an 8 meter telescope…
Carnival of Space, Week 38 — The Adventures of Shorty Barlow, Private Eye
An “SOS Playhouse” production…
Carnivalia
The past week’s crop of blog carnival goodness…
The scientific tourist #4 — what you *can* tell from a hole in the ground
Quite a bit, actually, if you pick the right hole. This week’s “sciencey” tourism picture is from Barringer Crater (a.k.a., Meteor Crater) in Arizona, about 35 miles east of Flagstaff…
The Future of Ideas — it’s free, presently!
If you’ve never read Lawrence Lessig’s great book “The Future of Ideas,” you now have a cheap way to do it — as a free download!…
