Contents tagged with Space
Hubble Telescope Infographic
Very interesting infographic I came across via AllTop. Read more.
Top 5 Cases for Life on Mars
Discovery News has an interesting video highlighting the case for life on Mars.
Where No Phone Has Gone Before
The Finnish retailer Verkkokauppa sent a Lumia 920 into space via balloon. They wanted to see how far the device could reach until the balloon burst for it to then travel back down to Earth. The Windows Phone managed to achieve a height of 30km, spending more than 27 minutes in sub-zero …
Military Research and Development Under the Tree
Interesting slide deck on the long term impact of DoD R&D on consumer technology. I would also add the manned space program as the origin of our everyday tech. 2012 Holiday Military R&D Shopping Guide from AEI
Where No Probe Has Gone Before
Voyager 1 has hit a new and unexpected region of space as it leaves the Solar System and heads into interstellar space. From the article: Scientists refer to this new region as a magnetic highway for charged particles because our sun's magnetic field lines are connected to interstellar magnetic …
Warp Drive in the Works
Scientists at NASA are working on a warp drive that can bend space in such a way to propel a ship up faster than the speed of light: ten times the speed of light! Moreover, this technology is not as far off as you’d think. From the article, "Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is …
Archeology from Space
In this TED talk by Sarah Parcak, she talks about integrating satellite imagery in archeology. Using this technology, archeologists found a city lost for thousands of years. It’s interesting to note how they used topology data from NASA. What else is out there?