Alan Boyle collects several videos and images of recent aurora activity and Comet PanSTARRS: Northern lights dance with a comet – PhotoBlog
Monthly Archives: March 2013
NASA reduces spending on travel and outreach activities
NASA begins to make some cuts here and there in response to recent budget reductions:
Copenhagen Suborbitals: Turbopump testing
Copenhagen Suborbitals as begun making hydrogen peroxide (see earlier post with video), which they will use to test the turbo pump for their liquid fuel engine: DIY Rocket Grade Hydrogen Peroxide – Wired Science/Wired.com
Turbo pump tests were performed today with success running at app 2500 rpm as a start. Eventually this pump might be used for pressure feeding our LOX/alcohol engine.
“Planetarium” by Sufian Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly makes US premier
Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly have created an elaborate song cycle show titled Planetarium, which includes 10 songs on the theme of the Solar System. Here are some reviews of the America premier of the concert held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last week:
- Trip Report: Sufjan Stevens’s Laser-Fueled Tour Through The Solar System – Popular Science
- Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Planetarium’ made its debut at BAM (pics) – BrooklynVegan.com
- Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly Light Up Their Proggy ‘Planetarium’ in Brooklyn – SPIN
The work was also performed at the Sydney Opera House last summer: Planetarium at the Sydney Opera House – Workhorse – June.25.12
Here is a performance of “Jupiter”:
The following video will continue through all ten songs from the show in Amsterdam on April 8th 2012:
Bonhams space auction on BBC
The BBC has this video report on the Bonhams Auction (see earlier post) in New York City on March 25th of space memorabilia: Apollo space memorabilia to be auctioned – BBC –