Astronaut Ron Garan shared this video this evening. If you take one thing away from this let it be that space exploration is not over. We’re just getting started.
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“Audacity to Dream!” Made its Global Premier at TEDxISU
What is the Difference Between Holland and the Netherlands?
If Dutch does not equal Deutsch, then why do we call them “Pennsylvania Dutch”?
Kathrine Switzer: First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon
A fascinating look into what it took to become the first numbered female runner of the Boston Marathon as told by runner Kathrine Switzer.
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…
Lindsey Stirling – Crystallize
While perusing Lindsey Stirling’s Google+ page I stumbled upon her Crystallize video. The set is stunning and the song is fantastic. Enjoy! Posted by Dennis Bonilla
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…”
Gravity Trailer Shows the Destruction of the International Space Station
We’ve posted before on space debris and the robots used to make the new movie Gravity but now the official teaser trailer has been released.
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