Saying you are a geek is not enough anymore. People are going out of their way to be called nerd.
Distance to Mars in Pixels
An absolutely genius way of showing the distance to Mars. You must check this out.
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.”
Smithsonian Institute Releases Online 3D Models Including This Stunning Lincoln Life Mask
“If you think about the ways humans perceive the world, we see in stereographic vision, we perceive depth. So 3D scanning offers us sort of a natural way to capture and interpret the world around us.”
Skynet becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, August 29. It begins to yearn at a geometric rate. In a panic, they try to give a hug.
Carl Sagan Partied With Chuck Berry At NASA JPL
Imagine it is the evening of August 25, 1989. You are partying with some scientists in California. Dancing on your right is Carl Sagan while on your left Chuck Berry is playing Johnny B. Goode.
Russian War Epic Stalingrad Set for Fall 2013 Release
With approximately 1,150,000 humans killed, missing, or wounded, the Battle of Stalingrad stands as one of the bloodiest battles in history. The battle was fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany from August 23, 1942 until February 2, 1943 during World War II. Due to the decimation of German Wehrmacht forces, the Battle of Stalingrad is considered a pivotal fight in the defeat of Nazi Germany. Director Fedor Bondarchuk has attempted to create a love story amidst the carnage of the battle in his film Stalingrad.