NASA is pushing forward and asking for significant funding from congress to fund the Nuclear Prometheus Project. Where do I sign up for flight testing can you imagine sitting on a nuclear powered rocket ;) Very interesting to say the least. [Space.com]
What would you do if the end of the World was only 1 year away... Well I don't think you have to worry about it as a couple of scientist have figured out that the earth has about 500 Million years left. :) [ABC]
God Bless America only a US made product 7.5 Billion miles from home out in the Universe is still trying to call home. Seems the spacecraft sent directed data to earth but it was too weak for ground station personnel to get any useful data. But they did try to communicate with it without success. Pretty good for a spacecraft
I get all excited when the space shuttle launches as the local Public Access channel brings us Nasa TV so I usually get a tape ready and have it cocked an loaded so when they point the camera towards earth I can hit the old record button. I just wish my local cable operator has Tech TV then I would
Well first it was Asteroids hitting the earth causing massive casualties. Well now real scientist are saying that the world's magnetic poles are about to flip and in the process we could end up getting fried. If you did not have enough to keep you up at night here is a eye popping article that made me go HMMMMMM. [Guardian]
Well a pound per minute oxygen leak forced the scrub of the launch of Endeavour from the cape which was scheduled to go down about now. Pure Oxygen and electronics do not mix as we all sadly know. So technicians are going to go into the cargo bay were the unit is at and figure out what's leaking and get