All Entries in the "Space" Category
Now Who Wouldn’t Want a Home Like This?
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This Falling Satellite May Kill Someone This Week
Someone’s gotta say it…. NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where this plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. Right now, it’s seems like they have NO IDEA! For now, scientists predict the earliest it will hit is Thursday U.S. time, the latest Saturday. The strike zone covers most of Earth. Not [...]
NASA Partner With Virgin Galactic
Very interesting news today. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will use its SpaceShipTwo-class reusable spaceplanes for a little more than just joyrides into zero-g, as NASA’s new contract with the independent space company is a milestone for the entire space business. Just shows that Richard Branson’s wackiest venture pay actually pay-off. Virgin notes, “this arrangement marks the first time [...]
Christian Schallert’s Shape-Shifting Apartment
Christian Schallert turns a complete dive into a compact cozy modern living space. He was inspired by the designs of Japanese homes plus hidden storage units. His bed conveniently slides underneath the balcony. The dining room table folds up into the wall, and everything else fits behind cabinet doors. There is even a small room [...]
Space Tourism Craft Reaches Glide-Test Milestone
This image provided by the Clay Center Observatory/Virgin Galactic shows SpaceShipTwo in full feather wing mode on a rapid descent from its drop altitude of 51,500 feet over Mojave, Calif., Wednesday May 4, 2011. The craft descended in this configuration at a near vertical angle at a rate of 15,500 feet per minute. The craft [...]
Virgin Galactic Update
Don’t have the $250,000 to secure a spot on one of Virgin Galactic‘s maiden joyrides into space next year? Here’s a look at what you’re missing. We flew in a regular Virgin Air plane over San Francisco right next to WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo this week. After a short flight, we touched down next to the spacecraft–the first time [...]
