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That's so cool!

Rocket Lab scrubs launch from New Zealand. (video) ...

STARLINER NEWS: Boeing’s Other Big Problem: Fixing Its Space Program. The company’s space ambitions, which have been dogged by errors and cost...

Biden picks geneticist as science adviser, puts in Cabinet. President-elect Joe Biden announced Friday that he has chosen a pioneer in mapping the...

2 Raptors installed overnight, and some work inside the tanks.

Some interesting points. Thanks Noclevername. My sense is that innovation is going to become such an important aspect of the emerging space economy...

Never heard of Taco John's, but there's a Roscoe's Tacos around.

According to Wikipedia, "The name "Target" originated from Dayton's publicity director, Stewart K. Widdess, and was intended to prevent consumers...

I agree with Garrison that it is difficult to argue against the benefits from shifting to reusable rockets today, especially now that they have...

Slower, in that scenario--you need to move mass closer to the axis of rotation for conservation of angular momentum to increase the spin rate. Think...

From the same article: Well, no, we don't know for sure. We suspect.

I'm not sure it is true.

"The Bouquet Residence" flashback intensifies... :) But I understand "Target" was a surname and not the word? Never knew that.

Ah the Big City, one step closer to an internet experience. We didn't have to ask "which stores has this town" but "which town has a store". :) ...

Fortunately, the brain quickly adapts, and it learns to trust the eyes and reprograms signals from the vestibular system to reconcile the mismatch.

Really great service. Maybe they could also add some bio about each of the astronauts and images. That would be amazing.

Perseverance has already recorded the noise during its flight and people are divided into two groups - the one who believes it is something in the...

Along that train of thought, could it be that due to global warming, increased melting of polar and near polar ice has led to an increase in the...

Heh, Avogadro’s number as an address. If you could find miniature roadrunner and coyote figurines, one on each side of a track would be appropriate.

Made a lot of progress on the model railroad in the 9 months since I last posted about it (thanks Covid). Have pretty much all the track in place,...

The only work in the garden lately was cutting down an old pole used to hang a clothesline from years ago, already cut a couple of small logs to be...

PC Computing (magazine) - never had a subscription, but read it pretty regularly (bought a copy or the library) Used to like browsing computer...

Rocket Lab is set to start its busiest year with the dedicated launch of a micro-satellite aboard their Electron rocket for OHB Group. Named “Another...

I am not sure how much of our fig crop we will actually get to eat. The 'foreign invaders' have turned up to gorge themselves. I m sure I have posted...

Virgin Orbit now targeting Sunday for 1st spaceflight. The four-hour launch window opens at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT). ...

Here are some samples from the soundtrack of "Forbidden Planet". Yes, excellent space music. ...

The K Dwarf Advantage for Biosignatures on Directly Imaged Exoplanets (Giada N. Arney). Oxygen and methane are considered to be the canonical...