55 years ago, Russia put the first man-made satellite in space. Happy birthday, Sputnik.
Category Archive: space
Sep 21
Watching Endeavour From the Porch
“Dude, shutup. That thing put its dick in space. What’ve you done?” –Heard in downtown Sacramento If Tom Wolfe was right and the space program was a cold-war form of single combat, that ancient Greek tradition of having two warriors fight instead of a battle, then today I, like much of California, woke up early …
Aug 05
Watch Mars Landing Live
Live broadcasting by Ustream Curiosity is scheduled to land on Mars at 1:31. You can watch it here or here or here.
Feb 04
Brilliant Noise
Art, maybe just a translation of raw nature. Brilliant Noise by Semiconductor: Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt Avaliable on DVD! with 12 alternate soundtracks semiconductorfilms.com/WorldsInFluxDVD.html Brilliant Noise takes us into the data vaults of solar astronomy. After sifting through hundreds of thousands of computer files, made accessible via open access archives, Semiconductor have brought together some …
Jul 21
Human Spaceflight Ends
Well, we might not have this anymore . . . But at least we still have the Bible. And astrology and all that shit to explain the universe and our place in it. Fucking barbarians.
Apr 30
Japan to Send Robots to Moon
pc nicked from here By 2015, Japanese business group SOHLA, hopes to put a humanoid robot on the moon. They plan to use a bipedal robot but it’ll be pretty tough. Even on Earth, bipedal robots are clumsy. So why go to the trouble? SOHLA board member Noriyuki Yoshida explains: “Humanoid robots are glamorous, and …
Aug 20
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
YouTube – The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D. Via Rad Geek People’s Daily
Jul 20
Happy Anniversary
Today is the 40th anniversary of a human setting foot on the moon. We might do that again, we might not. It all happened a long time before I was born. My defining impression of spaceflight is Challenger. Nuff said.
PURCHASE
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serves as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin. On the lower red levels, gang violence and media saturation and bio-tech designer drugs rule. During the weekend, slummers from the green levels leave their safe lives of jobs and families to partake in risky, sometimes deadly, fun on the red levels. And on every level, TV and advertisements literally penetrate the mind. Death is easy and life cheap, until that life is your own or your beloveds. Extreme stylization, great characters, and a high-level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
