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| A long exposure of the launch and landing. Fortunately featuring no more fire than was absolutely necessary. (Image courtesy space.com.) |
SpaceX Excellence: Falcon 9 Rocket Launches And Later LANDS In Historic Spaceflight First
Everyone enjoys watching a good rocket launch...the power, the inspiration to aim for the stars, the rejoicing at mankind's triumphs against physics. Now, those sensations can be doubled, as SpaceX has successfully managed to not only have a rocket launch flawlessly, but to then have it return safely to Earth and make a landing.
Space Station Sunday: Expedition 46 In The Mix
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| Driving stick-shift in a spacecraft? No problem for Expedition 46! (Image courtesy NASA.gov.) |
That Time We Almost Built A Death Star
If you've been following this blog for a while, you know that we're fans of crazy weapons (especially on vehicles, from trucks to planes), stuck on "Star Wars", and definitely devoted to all sorts of stuff in space. However, the confluence of all three is something truly spectacular...had it ever been invented...
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| This, except huge, and in space. But someone had a bad feeling about it... (Image science.howstuffworks.com.) |
Crappy Holidays? Get Wrecked With These Tech-Inspired Flasks
It's the holiday season, and whether you like it or not, you may find yourself finagling through some festivities. If you want a way to show off your techie tendencies while simultaneously slurping enough sauce to place you firmly on the Naughty List (especially after those office party shenanigans), here are several technology-inspired flasks that will, somewhat ironically, give you what no robot, videogame, device or website can: the warm embrace of a good stiff shot.
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| Smartphone? That's a goddamn brilliant-phone. (Image courtesy pinterest.com.) |
A Rebel Restoring The Empire: A "Star Wars" Super-Fan Updates The Classic Films To Original Form
Are you getting excited for the new "Star Wars" film, "The Force Awakens"? If you're not, are you just worried that it might be as bad as the prequel trilogy that did little justice to the world-famous source material, or perhaps as unpleasant as the poorly-conceived updates made to the originals? Well, despite George Lucas's culture-crushing chaos, he's taken his hands off of the new movie, and as for the other, original ones that he messed with, they have been forcefully fixed...
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| It surrounds us, and protects us, and binds the (original, un-fucked-with) galaxy together. (Image courtesy wired.com.) |
Space Station Sunday: Christmas Cygnus & Homebound Crew All Arrive Safely
Happy Sunday, space fans! It's time once again for an assessment of all things awesome in orbit.
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| The Cygnus leaves Florida for space, bearing Christmas goodies and science. (Image courtesy NASA TV.) |
All The Glory Of The Natural World - Identified By App
It's been unseasonably warm in many parts of the country, and that means plants might still be present in your neighborhood. If there's a certain bit of flora that's been beyond your categorization, now, you can use a variety of apps to get to the bottom of these pretty mysteries...
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| No word on whether the app yet recognizes the elusive "Pac-Man Pine." (Image courtesy pinterest.com.) |
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