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A who’s who of modern technology entrepreneurs are backing a new space venture. I couldn’t be more pleased to see can-do gentlemen like James Cameron getting into space exploration. Various former NASA people are also apparently involved in Planetary Resources or whatever exactly is going to be announced during the sold-out event at the Museum [...]
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I am excited that io9 has launched a web TV show. This first installment features pickle mood lighting light bulbs, making booze in space, panda sex, LOLcats from the 1800′s, Cabin in the Woods, and editor Annalee Newitz looking fine in a pink hairdo.
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I am, despite a certain lack of athleticism, a member of the mile high club. I am distressed not to be a member of the sex in space club yet. On this date in 1961, dashingly handsome Russian Yuri Gargarin became the first man in space. Google is flying cool decorations to commemorate this 50th [...]
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On this date in 1999, NASA intentionally crashed the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon’s surface. (via Wikipedia)
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On this date in 2005, astronomers announced their discovery of a possible 10th planet. Now what should they call it? I vote for a female deity from ancient long-dead civilizations, instead of a male one, for a change. (via Wikipedia)
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I have heard that you don’t count as rich until you own your own jet. Well real estate tycoon Robert Bigelow is raising the bar. He has committed five hundred million dollars towards attempting to make my dream of zero gee sex come true. Technically, the owner of the Budget Suites hotel chain has so [...]
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This week, The Independent published an article, by their Washington Correspondent Rupert Cornwell, which asked whether human space exploration is really such a good idea. Arguments against manned space exploration were that it was more expensive and unwieldy than robotics and that there would be an inevitable loss of life from time to time. Arguments [...]
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