The “Guardbot” concept for a spherical recon/blow-stuff-up robot.
Note: If you’re sick and tired of listening to your co-workers bitch about things… crank up the volume on these videos. The music will cause your eardrums to fragment.
Feb 132015
Feb 132015
For basically all my life, astronauts in space have looked at Earth through the side window. This photo from the recent Falcon 9 launch of the “DISCOVR” spacecraft shows what I hope will soon be the new way astronauts see Earth: in the rear view window. Via Elon Musks Twitter.
Feb 132015
To think that just a few short centuries ago, the universe was barely bigger than the Earth…
Feb 122015
Long time since progress shots were shown. So, enjoy.
Feb 122015
New Horizons can see Pluto and Charon orbiting each other. Note that Pluto “wobbles;” this is due to the fact that Charon is fully 1/8 the mass of Pluto, thus the center of gravity of the system is not the center of Pluto… in fact it’s above the surface of Pluto.
Feb 112015
This cat calls no man Mister.
Feb 112015
Woo! A beautiful launch. The video is freakin’ gorgeous. Now to see if the first stage makes it to recovery…
UPDATE: Crap. Due to rough seas, SpaceX decided to bag the recovery of the first stage. Poop.
Feb 112015
When the time comes to take down the evil that is cheaply manufactured Chinese consumer goods… the US Navy will stand ready.
Feb 112015
I’m not what you’d call a big fan of those Disney “princess movies.” I’m a little behind on watching them… haven’t quite caught “The Little Mermaid” yet, so I guess I’m a little lacking in some of the cultural references. But if these clips are representative, “Frozen” looks like it was a more mature movie than I’d been led to believe!
Feb 102015
Sure it’s just fan art… but I would so watch the hell out of this movie:
