I got a tin can robot as a late Christmas gift. And it’s fantastic!
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Tin Can Robot
Hero of Geek Myth #2: Isaac Asimov, The Man Who Ruled the Robots
Asimov, the man who ruled over the robot hoarde. Posted by stateoftrey
Felix Baumgartner & Joe Kittinger talk about Red Bull Stratos
Felix Baumgartner and Joe Kittinger talked about the Red Bull Stratos mission for an interview with CNN this morning at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. Felix will…
Vintage 1977 NASA Video talks about Voyager 1
On September 12, 2013, NASA officially announced that Voyager 1 had left the solar system and begun it’s journey into interstellar space. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and interstellar medium. As of August 2013, it is 125 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun. One AU is equivalent to the average distance of the Earth to the Sun, roughly 145.5 billion miles. Voyager is currently the furthest man-made object from Earth.
As a throwback to the year Voyager 1 was launched, we found NASA’s Highlights of the 1977 Aeronautics and Space Report. The report outlines some of NASA’s projects at the time, including the Space Shuttle, Voyagers, Landsat, Spacelab, HEAO-1 and energy research.
Returning from the Edge of Space, A Tribute to Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner is slated to do a 120,000 foot skydive from the edge of space on Sunday, through the Red Bull Stratos Program. An attempt on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather. It’s an inspiring feat– defying gravity to get to the edge of space and shirking common sense by jumping out of a perfectly good… balloon.
While Baumgartner is at it, he will be breaking the sound barrier, going mach speed– like Chuck Yeager without the X-1. Incidentally, Yeager broke the sound barrier October 14, 1947. Baumgartner may potentially be doing it again sans aircraft October 14, 2012. As Matt Scott puts it: “To infinity and beyond… and back again…”
Inside the McLaren Technology Centre
At first you think it’s just a regular documentary on a car facility. They’re talking with one of the head guys and the showroom is pretty impressive. Great architecture, great…
Child Comments About Cheerios Commercial Give Me Hope
There’s some hope for humanity, yet. This video posted yesterday on The Fine Brothers Production YouTube channel shows children reacting to the controversial Cheerios commercial.
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