This was an unexpected find on SpaceNews.com today. I took the photo above of Elon Musk while I was working as the digital strategist and community manager for the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. The “Augustine Committee” lasted through the summer of 2009 and this photo was taken at a public meeting held to discuss the future of human spaceflight in the United States. Elon Musk’s SpaceX presentation occurs about 30 minutes into this video:
My Photo of Elon Musk was an unexpected find today.
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“2AM” – A Film Adaptation of “The Smiling Man” Urban Legend
The short film, “2AM” directed by Michael Evans from Go for Broke Pictures is an adaptation of The Smiling Man, one of the internet’s new urban legends. The story was originally written by reddit user blue_tidal in response to the question: “What is the scariest/creepiest thing you have seen/heard?” The story has since gone viral, with countless other similar sightings reported.
Why Katharine Haché is Playing Games With Stories
Katharine Haché is a graduate student at East Tennessee State University that has developed interactive fiction using TWINE. We started our discussion talking about classic arcade games Burger Time and Mario Bros. Not unlike many of us who grew up in the 80’s, Katherine played those games with her parents. She pointed out how those early experiences helped generate fond family memories and affected her current interests in storytelling. Other points that were made in the interview pertained to the nature of video games, the publishing industry around them, and the tropes and clichés their stories often rely on.
Martian Electric Spaceship Circa 1962
“This artist’s concept from 1962 show a three hundred-sixty ton spaceship, powered by a forty-megawatt nuclear-electric power plant, transporting a three-man crew to Mars. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center engineers, a five-ship convoy would make the round trip journey in about five hundred days.”
Visit Mars in VR with the HTC Vive
I used the Valve Destinations Workshop Tools to visit Mars in virtual reality today.
Luigi!
This life size model of Luigi from Disney’s Cars is in the lobby of Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA. Posted by stateoftrey
The Robopocalypse won’t be a war between robots and humans. Robots, sentient or not, will be soldiers in a human war.
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ahhh the memories of HSF , was this at Carneige Mellon Institute in DC
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Yep. Carnegie Institution for Science on June 17, 2009.