Curious about Curiosity? GET READY: Links to a free XBox game, mobile apps, NASA TV’s live coverage, and a serving of expository technosnark with a side of cheese!
Aug 042012
Jul 202012
This Week’s Dispatch: Little J-satellites go to the ISS – one to do morsecode, and Russians stop (?) the smuggling of radioactive Japanese cars whilst Japan buys radiation detectors from England. Hmm.
Jul 182012
Getting a 2000lb. (907KG) nuclear-powered super-sensitive rover the size of a Mini Cooper to Mars, in one piece, and then have it go about its science and report back… well, the effort alone is monumental, and its success will be entirely profound.
Jun 092012
People loved the Space Shuttle because even though it was just a fancy orbiter in space, and a hitchhiking glider in atmosphere, it looked like a ship. We’ve been at the whole space thing for nearly 60 years, and still we have rockets and capsules, but no spaceships.
May 182012
This Week’s Dispatch: Super, super Wi-Fi in a country that can’t really appreciate it, robots making cameras, and, like the Russians and Americans, the Japanese and Koreans play nice in space!
May 082012
Kaku vs. Tyson – Who can bring the science? Who can BE the Sagan? And, do we really have to pick a team?