Here’s a critique of the Zooniverse citizen science techniques and the Planet Four project in particular: Citizen science – Echus Overlook.
And here is a rebuttal: Why the Zooniverse is easy to use. – Zooniverse
Chris Hadfield: A portrait painting, AMA, latest earth photos
Check out the striking oil painting of Chris Hadfield by Feohria at deviantART.
Chris Hadfield is currently on the International Space Station. He participated in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Sunday: I Am Astronaut Chris Hadfield, currently orbiting planet Earth. : IAmA.
He frequently posts images of the earth’s surface on his Twitter page like like this one of “Dragon skin”.
Spacevidcast 6.05: Meteor Attack!
Spacevidcast has posted the video of the latest live show: Meteor Attack! –
In the latest Spacevidcat Live show we take a peek at the recent Meteor that exploded over Russia as well as Asteroid DA14.
Virtual Space TV 3D – February 2013
We have posted the February episode of the Virtual SpaceTV 3D series. These are created by BINARY SPACE with story content from HobbySpace.com.
In this new show, Amanda Bush and James C. Birk talk about asteroids, asteroids and asteroids…
00:00 – 02:26 Asteroid 2012 DA14
02:27 – 03:25 Meteor Shower in Chelyabinsk
03:26 – 05:10 Deep Space Industries
05:11 – 07:05 Bigelow Aerospace
07:06 – 07:57 Curiosity Update
Other Virtual SpaceTV 3D shows are available on the HobbySpace Youtube Channel.
These videos are intended as educational programs and as demonstrations of an experimental technique for generating animated presentations. The show was generated autonomously by software according to a text script. The project is described in the Virtual Producer whitepaper (pdf). For further information contact info@binary-space.com.
Copenhagen Suborbitals: Partnering with DIY space-suit project
Kristian von Bengtson says Copenhagen Suborbitals will be teaming up with DIY space suit builder Cameron M. Smith on a suit for their suborbital space vehicle: How a Crazy DIY Space Project Gets Help from a Crazy DIY Space-Suit Project – Wired Science/Wired.com.