After sailing through space for more than 10 years, the ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft is now less than a week shy of landing its robotic probe, the Philae lander, on a comet. Touchdown should be Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7:35 a.m. PST. … Continue reading
The heart gets a lot of credit for warm and positive emotions, and gets sympathy for breaking in the case of a deep emotional upset. But besides pumping a little harder or faster, in accordance with direct autonomic instructions, the … Continue reading
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Saturn’s large moon, Titan–the potential fuel depot of the future if we continue to rely upon hydrocarbon technology–has been under scrutiny for some time, and recently NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected an unexplained, changing feature in Ligeia Mare, one of … Continue reading
Meet TROBO–a huggable talking plush robot and interactive storytelling app to get kids excited about STEM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in the world around them. The company building TROBO was started by two theme-park and video-game engineers, both … Continue reading
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (“MOM”) is now within nine million kilometers of Mars according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (“ISRO”). Yesterday, ISRO announced: “Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is just nine million km away from Mars and 189 million kilometres … Continue reading
Everyone knows that materials and devices created for the space race have found their way into everyday life–things like memory foam, freeze-dried food and “space” blankets (not, contrary to urban mythology, Tang, Velcro or Teflon). But what many don’t know … Continue reading
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CONQUEST OF THE MOON is an inspired and inspiring non-fiction book by Wernher von Braun, Willey Ley, Fred Whipple. Edited by Cornelius Ryan, published in 1953, describing in detail the authors’ vision of a 50-person lunar mission based on upon then-existing … Continue reading
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HEARTS IN RUIN begins with a paleolithic couple facing uncertainty at the approach of the “Fire Star.” Later, they experience first hand the effects of its impact with Earth. Today, we have a much safer way to setup first-hand experience … Continue reading
A Martian year is 687 Earth days long. Accordingly, NASA’s Curiosity Rover reaches its one-year Martian Anniversary on June 24, 2014 (Earth Calendar), 687 days after its mission began. Curiosity has already accomplished the mission’s main goal of determining whether … Continue reading
NASA has made available for general download as an eBook, the compilation of works titled Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication, edited by Douglas A. Vakoch. In this collection, scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity … Continue reading
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J. C. Conway 