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QUICK FACTS Where is it? Otago region, New Zealand [-45.39649095, 170.20379599] What’s in the photo? An elongated lenticular cloud known as the “Taieri Pet” Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? Sept. 7, 2024 A peculiar “pet cloud” took center stage in a recent satellite photo of New Zealand. The freaky […]
I'm trying to make a TTRPG I am making a 'hard sci-fi' game, and I want to minimize the uses of handwaved explanations. The basic concept is the planet it takes place on has an atmosphere that naturally disrupts radio communications, but short range is possible and certain materials can by used to bypass the […]
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A Nasa astronaut who was briefly hospitalised after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. Nasa’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin, were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks on Friday after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast on board […]
What would be a realistic timeframe (year) for launching Project Orion to Mars(the saturn V one) , and what would be a realistic travel time to reach Mars?(if the program wans't canceled in 1964) submitted by /u/HuBkOn [comments] Source link
The Spruce Space Shuttle – Ben Dickow and the Columbia Memorial Space Center – YouTube Watch On On Episode 134 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Ben Dickow, executive director and president of the Columbia Memorial Space Center, about a magnificent, full-sized shuttle mockup, its history and future plans. […]
This week, YouTuber Rosanna Pansino found moldy cheese in Lunchlys, the Lunchables competitor that counts MrBeast and Logan Paul among its creators. Also, developer Fntastic, which made waves last year when its game The Day Before, once one of the most wishlisted games on Steam, was released and found to be nothing like it had […]
This month’s Dezeen In Depth newsletter reports on the developing field of space architecture and features an interview with Stirling shortlisted Clementine Blakemore. Subscribe to Dezeen in Depth today! This month, leading figures in space architecture convened in Milan to formally establish the discipline for the first time. Ellen Eberhardt reports on what’s at stake. In […]
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Lighting tends to be an afterthought in interior design. But the best floor lamps, intentionally placed in the right spaces around the house, can actually elevate the look of your decor. And that’s not just our personal opinion. (Although we do really love lamps.) There is actually expert-backed evidence that the way your home is […]