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Apr 9
laughingsquid: SpaceX’s Grasshopper Blasts Off, Hovers, and Lands Again Cool, but now put it in space.

laughingsquid:

SpaceX’s Grasshopper Blasts Off, Hovers, and Lands Again

Cool, but now put it in space.

Reblogged 1 month ago from laughingsquid

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space, spaceX, rocket, cool, science!,

Mar 5
laughingsquid: European Space Agency Proposes 3D Printing a Moon Base out of Lunar Soil God damn, this is just a wonderful idea. 

laughingsquid:

European Space Agency Proposes 3D Printing a Moon Base out of Lunar Soil

God damn, this is just a wonderful idea. 

Reblogged 2 months ago from laughingsquid

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moon, base, 3D printing, regalith, awesome, science!, science, space exploration, space, tech, technology,

Mar 3
discoverynews: cnet: Architecture firm plans to 3D print a moon base Any moon base plan is a good plan in my books (unless it’s that silly Domino’s Pizza (Moon) Base plan). This is really fucking awesome. 

discoverynews:

cnet:

Architecture firm plans to 3D print a moon base

Any moon base plan is a good plan in my books (unless it’s that silly Domino’s Pizza (Moon) Base plan).

This is really fucking awesome. 

Reblogged 2 months ago from discoverynews

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moon, moon base, awesome, cool, science!, science, space, space exploration,

Feb 24
scanzen: The first flight of the Buran. Техника-молодежи, 1989/4. via epizodsspace.no-ip.org

scanzen:

The first flight of the Buran. Техника-молодежи, 1989/4.

via epizodsspace.no-ip.org

Reblogged 2 months ago from fuckyeahsovietrussia

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shuttle, USSR, space, reusable, cool, poster, art, soviet union, cccp,

Feb 20
discoverynews: There was Planetary Resources…. now there’s Deep Space Industries. Is asteroid mining sounding more sci-fi than sci-fact? Or will it be the next big gold rush? We should have a partial answer by 2015… Second Company Announces Plan to Mine Asteroids Newly formed Deep Space Industries unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to extract raw materials from nearby asteroids and turn it into fuel and spare parts for satellites. Read more… I don’t think this is actually all that sci-fi. I mean, it may end up being impractical, especially for us on Earth, but it may be a way to fuel very lengthy space travel.

discoverynews:

There was Planetary Resources…. now there’s Deep Space Industries. Is asteroid mining sounding more sci-fi than sci-fact? Or will it be the next big gold rush? We should have a partial answer by 2015…

Second Company Announces Plan to Mine Asteroids

Newly formed Deep Space Industries unveiled an ambitious plan on Tuesday to extract raw materials from nearby asteroids and turn it into fuel and spare parts for satellites. Read more…

I don’t think this is actually all that sci-fi. I mean, it may end up being impractical, especially for us on Earth, but it may be a way to fuel very lengthy space travel.

Reblogged 3 months ago from discoverynews

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space, travel, asteroid, mining, resources,

Feb 11
discoverynews: White House Rejects ‘Death Star’ Petition In a wonderful White House statement titled “This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For,” Paul Shawcross, Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget, responded to a petition submitted to the White House’s “We the People” website. The petition was created on Nov. 14, 2012, urging the President to “secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.” Read more… (The White House may be against blowing up planets, but where does that leave Pluto?) Seriously? Why not build a fucking Death Star? Sounds fucking great. It would boost the economy, boost space exploration and funding, as well as giving us another place to live outside of Earth.

discoverynews:

White House Rejects ‘Death Star’ Petition

In a wonderful White House statement titled “This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For,” Paul Shawcross, Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget, responded to a petition submitted to the White House’s “We the People” website. The petition was created on Nov. 14, 2012, urging the President to “secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.” Read more…

(The White House may be against blowing up planets, but where does that leave Pluto?)

Seriously? Why not build a fucking Death Star? Sounds fucking great. It would boost the economy, boost space exploration and funding, as well as giving us another place to live outside of Earth.

Reblogged 3 months ago from discoverynews

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death star, government, project, space,

Feb 2
laughingsquid: William Shatner Tweeted an Astronaut Living in Space & He Replied Oh my god, YES!!!

laughingsquid:

William Shatner Tweeted an Astronaut Living in Space & He Replied

Oh my god, YES!!!

Reblogged 3 months ago from laughingsquid

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space, william shatner, star trek, astronaut, wonderful, twitter, tweet,

Dec 24
China to Grow Veggies on Mars? It’s no secret that China’s space program is progressing at fast rate, but could the nation leapfrog the US in the realm of human spaceflight by landing the first extraterrestrial “greenhouse” on Mars? Well, if you find China surpassing us to be problematic, start funding NASA instead of stupid, broken systems. Otherwise, rejoice in the advance of technology and look to begin a better international agreement concerning space.

China to Grow Veggies on Mars? It’s no secret that China’s space program is progressing at fast rate, but could the nation leapfrog the US in the realm of human spaceflight by landing the first extraterrestrial “greenhouse” on Mars?

Well, if you find China surpassing us to be problematic, start funding NASA instead of stupid, broken systems.

Otherwise, rejoice in the advance of technology and look to begin a better international agreement concerning space.

Reblogged 5 months ago from discoverynews

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space, space race, china, technology, greenhouse, mars,

Dec 16
discoverynews: Organics Discovered on Mercury! New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the north pole, but that a thin layer of very dark organic material seems to be covering a good part of the frozen water. The smallest planet in the Solar System has joined the Organics Club… This makes me excited.

discoverynews:

Organics Discovered on Mercury! New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the north pole, but that a thin layer of very dark organic material seems to be covering a good part of the frozen water.

The smallest planet in the Solar System has joined the Organics Club…

This makes me excited.

Reblogged 5 months ago from discoverynews

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mercury, science!, space, organic, NASA,

Oct 22
laughingsquid: A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles There’s something just… wrong about this. The Space Shuttle shouldn’t be on city streets, it should be prepping for another mission.

laughingsquid:

A Space Shuttle on the Streets of Los Angeles

There’s something just… wrong about this. The Space Shuttle shouldn’t be on city streets, it should be prepping for another mission.

Reblogged 7 months ago from laughingsquid

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space shuttle, space, streets, retiring, end of an era, space exploration,