Jul
08
The Last Shuttle Flight
Today Atlantis will liftoff around 11:30 AM as the last NASA shuttle flight ever. You (but not me, unfortunately) can watch it live on streaming video. And so ends the US manned space program.
Tag Archives: NASA
Jul
07
Abstruse Goose » History of Flight
Abstruse Goose » History of Flight.
Jul
01
The end of the Space Age
I don’t want to believe that the Space Age is over, that we’re turning our eyes inward and shutting out the stars, but part of me thinks this Economist article just might be right. I’m glad I saw us land … Read More
Posted in Science
Tagged Apollo11, moon, NASA, Science, spaceage, spacetravel, Technology
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Apr
14
Dismantling the Space Shuttle Program
I don’t expect you to understand, but I find these photos showing NASA disassembling the shuttles as part of their retirement to be incredibly sad.
Jan
28
Challenger 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years ago word went around the place I worked that something terrible had happened to the Challenger space shuttle. Someone grabbed the television that the training folks had to play video tapes and jury-rigged an antenna and all of … Read More
Dec
08
Space gets commercialized
Perhaps it was inevitable that NASA’s monopoly on space travel would end, that it was time for a new approach. Still, seeing SpaceX’s commercial spacecraft launched successfully makes me wonder what space travel will be in the future. 2001: A … Read More
