Check out this great collection of photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station and posted to earthlings via Twitter: NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter – News Watch
US astronaut Karen Nyberg tweeted this striking photo of storm clouds above Ghana as seen from the International Space Station.on October 8, 2013. Credit: Karen Nyberg/NASA
See many more such photos at The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth , which also includes videos taken by the astros.
I’m surprised how close bio-medical technology is to providing the capability to induce hibernation, or an extended “torpor” state, for humans, which could allow for crews to be suspended for long space trips: Space Travel’s Efficient, Cheaper Future: Sleeping Your Way To Mars In A Stasis Habitat – Forbes .
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Here’s an interesting report on simple cube-shaped robots that can move, jump and rotate in ways that allow them to assemble themselves into any configuration: Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots – phys.org
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Rather than space hobbies, astronaut Karen Nyberg talks about the hobbies she will be doing in space while an ISS crew member:
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Update : Karen posts a picture of one of her space creations floating weightless: Made in space!! I made this dinosaur for my son last … | My project/PinInterest
The Kepler Space Institute has posted the latest issue of the Journal of Space Philosophy , Volume 3, Fall 2013. All the papers are available for download.
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