Luigi Vunderschvonce: You know what might be better than sketch comedy? Sketch tragedy! Imagine it like Vaudeville. “Hey folks! I’m Romeo! I love Juliette, but my family won’t allow me to marry her!” badump tsh “Hey folks! My uncle just poured poison into my father’s ear and killed him, and then my girlfriend killed herself in a river!” badump tsh And then a giant cane will come out and pull me off stage… and isn’t that the real tragedy?
Walk on Walls Using Geckskin
Duncan Irschick and Al Crosby have been working together at UMass Amherst to develop Geckskin. Using a gecko’s foot for inspiration, Geckskin can hold considerable weight while not leaving residue or marks behind like conventional tape or nails would.
Richard Feynman – Ode To A Flower
From the BBC Interview for Horizon ‘The Pleasure of Finding Things Out‘. Animated by Fraser Davidson.
NASA Releases Space Junk iBook About Orbital Debris Management & Risk Mitigation
This is pretty cool, the NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL) has released a free iBook and ebook PDF about space junk. This is the official page for the NASA Orbital Debris and Risk Mitigation iBook on the NASA website.
Snow
I always felt like snow made the world quiet. In that twilight hour everything stops and the only thing you can hear is the soft fluffing of snow blanketing the…
How to Become a NASA Flight Controller with Holly Griffith
Matt, Dennis, and I recently had an opportunity to chat with Holly Griffith about how she became a flight controller and what it means to know how to launch and land a spaceship.