Never know, you might find a valuable space memorabilia item even at a local thrift shop! How astronaut Chris Hadfield’s priceless flight suit ended up selling for 40 bucks at a thrift store – The Washington Post
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Video: The Copenhagen Suborbitals BPM 5 bipropellant rocket engine
This video provides an introduction to the Assembling the Copenhagen Suborbitals‘ BPM 5, Bipropellant rocket engine, which will provide 5 Kilo Newtons (510 kg or 1124 lbs) of thrust:
Video: ESA Sentinel-2A satellite
European Space Agency’s Earth From Space webcast program reports on the Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite:
In this special edition, Wolfgang Pitz, Head of European Programmes for Airbus Defence and Space, joins the show to discuss testing the Sentinel-2A satellite at IABG in Munich, Germany.
The Sentinel-2A is expected to be launched this summer on a Arianespace Vega rocket from Kourou, French Guiana.
“An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station”
Here’s an excellent article by Charles Fishman about living aboard the International Space Station for long periods: 5,200 Days in Space – The Atlantic – “An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile”
“Project Tool” – science fiction film in development
Last summer I wrote about Project TOOL “A cinematic role playing game in development”. The TOOL group now has a new crowd-funding campaign underway to support the making of a film based on the scenario and themes explored in the game: Project Tool by WARP — Kickstarter
A revolutionary Science Fiction film that aims to explore the meaning of life and our role in the universe.
Project Tool is a movie that aims to explore the origins of life and our attempts at understanding why it exists. At its core, it’s a film that will stay true to the foundations and principles of Science Fiction as a genre. We’re a small but very ambitious independent studio – our goal is to make a film that perfectly embodies humanity’s never ending quest to search for answers to the questions that our vast universe poses. Project Tool will be a mix of CGI and live action set pieces, and we’ve set a reasonable budget that will enable us to complete this film.
We believe that raising funds through crowd-funding is the best way to fund our endeavor, because it allows us to have full creative freedom, and allows us to deliver a movie that is true to our supporters. We need your help to make Project Tool, so please contribute to our fund raising campaign and share our project.