Cassini and the mission to Saturn
I was stuck with no connectivity hearing about all the exciting stuff going on out by Saturn on the BBC while stuck in the hospital bed. A lot of great pictures are starting to filter in and they are amazing.…
ISS Crew gets supplies
Progress re-supply ship docked yesterday with the ISS bringing 2 1/2 tons of food and supplies [spacetoday]
Opportunity put in Deep Sleep Mode
Opportunity is now start to use on a frequent basis the Deep Sleep mode where the rover is basically shut all the way down to conserve power. Spirit has not had to be put in that mode as all of…
Ev Williams must have had a Lobotomy
I was surprised today to read a post from Ev Williams founder of Blogger who must have had a Lobotomy when his company was purchased by Google. His continued disregard to support RSS on his site is apparent. He has…
Prioritizing Science with Hubble
The race to get as much science as possible out of the Hubble telescope is on. As the agenda for the few years Hubble has left astronomers agonizing on what the priorities should be. [Silicon Valley]
World’s first Private Spaceport in Mojave
Mojave Airport to become the first licensed private Spaceport. We all know that the 2 leading competitors to the X-Prize competition work out of Mojave. In the late 80’s I lived in California and flew around the state in a…
NASA wants to move Asteroids
Seems NASA has contracted a company to investigate the possibility of designing a robot that will be used to alter an asteroids course. [Engadget]