Here’s a quick summary of SETI efforts over the past few decades : The search for ET: how close are we? – New Scientist.
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Archive for December, 2014
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An announcement from the Mars Society: MDRS GreenHab Destroyed by Fire The Mars Society regrets to announce the loss of the Mars Desert Research Station’s Fisher GreenHab to an accidental fire yesterday afternoon (Dec. 29th). There were no injuries to Crew […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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LPPFusion, Inc., formerly Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc, offers some updates on recent developments in their focus fusion program: * Tungsten Cathode Nears Completion after Long Delays The long-awaited tungsten cathode is finally nearing completion in a Chinese factory. According to the latest reports […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A quick intro to ion propulsion from NASA JPL: Ion propulsion isn’t something found only in science fiction. JPL engineer Mike Meacham looks at how ion engines are being used to drive NASA’s Dawn spacecraft through the solar system. Dawn […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Saturn’s B ring has shadows cast by “mountainous waves of icy rubble extending more than 2 miles high above the 30-feet-thick disk of debris that forms the plane of the rings” : Incredible Towering Structures Cast Shadows Across Saturn’s Rings -Universe Today […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Dec. 29, 2014: 2:00-3:30PM PST (5:00-& 6:30 PM EST, 4:00-5:30 PM CST): GOLDEN OLDIE IN ADVANCE OF THE TOM OLSON 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW SHOW ON DEC. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A reader sends a link to this video of an impressive circular fireworks rocket in Thailand:
The latest report on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
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Elon Musk says that Tesla Motors will offer an upgrade to the Roadster, which is no longer in production, that will increase the range from around 240 miles (~385 km) to nearly 400 miles (~640 km) – Elon Musk on Twitter: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s an info-graphic from astroshop.eu about possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem:
I mentioned here earlier the call by NASA’s Commercial Crew Program for artwork submissions for possible inclusion in a 2015 CCP calendar. The calendar can now be downloaded and printed: Turn the Page: Print Your 2015 Commercial Crew Calendar | Commercial Crew […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Photos To Space blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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The DreamUP! program created by NanoRacks and FISE ( Foundation for International Space Education) aims to get STEM projects onto the International Space Station: DreamUp: NanoRacks Breaking New Ground in STEM Education Houston, TX—December 19th, 2014 – DreamUp, powered by NanoRacks, is a nonprofit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is a compilation of time-lapse imagery of the earth shot from the ISS by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and set to a nice soundtrack:
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The ESA Rosetta team has created a sequence of images showing the rotation of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: CometWatch – The Movie As the incredible year of 2014 draws to a close, we have prepared a small treat for all of the readers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The UK’s Bristol Spaceplanes is running a crowd-funding campaign to raise £10,000 to fund design work and to buildscale flying models for their suborbital Ascender spaceplane and the SpaceCab and SpaceBus two-stage horizontal takeoff and landing systems: Bristol Spaceplanes, a Business project from Frome, Somerset Crowdfunding on Crowdfunder.co.uk
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Guests and topics on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014: 2:00-3:30PM PST (5:00-& 6:30 PM EST, 4:00-5:30 PM CST): GOLDEN OLDIE IN ADVANCE OF THE TOM OLSON 2014 YEAR IN REVIEW SHOW ON DEC. 30. The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A Christmas message from Menna Mulugeta (the daughter of a cousin of my wife) and her family pointed us to this new video with a beautiful rendition of Dolly Parton’s classic pop song : Find more songs by Menna here. Update: Here’s a song by Menna that’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest TMRO live program reviewed space developments in the past year: A look back at 2014 – TMRO
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Space Art: Exhibition of Rauschenberg’s Apollo art + Nina Waisman joins SETI Institute art program
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The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University is presenting an exhibition of artist Robert Rauschenberg‘s works that he created in a NASA sponsored art program during the Apollo era: Cantor Exhibition Presents Rarely Seen Art by Robert Rauschenberg Documenting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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