Jul 29
Like a lot of organizations, NASA’s doing its best to keep up with the times and move its computer systems onto the cloud. Like only a government agency can do, it’s failing fantastically at doing so securely.
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Jul 26
Scientists believe they may have stumbled upon a planet that currently circles its sun at twice the distance Pluto’s does ours. And should they be able to confirm that, yes, this is in fact a planet we’re dealing with, astronomers may have to redefine the entire way we think about planet formation.
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Jul 25
NASA is now closer to the sun than Icarus could have ever dreamed, thanks to the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, IRIS
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Jul 25
Plants grown and sustain themselves through photosynthesis—a seemingly invisible process that converts sunlight into energy. Now, NASA scientists have developed a way to measure photosynthesis from satellites with unprecedented detail.
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Jul 24
Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Billionaires bid for NASA’s space shuttle launchpad
Posted in: Today's Chili
Here’s an epic fight that won’t take place inside the octagon: Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are apparently competing to take over a NASA launchpad… and instead of dishing out jiu-jitsu moves, they’re letting money do the talking. In particular, the dotcom billionaires’ space companies, Blue Origin and SpaceX, are bidding for Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A — site of NASA’s first and last space shuttle blast-off. Each company’s plan for 39A is to launch both unmanned missions and shuttles carrying commercial customers and astronaut crews into space. Bezos’ Blue Origin, however, also aims to turn it into a multi-use facility where other companies can launch their rockets for a price. NASA’s keeping bidding details on the down low, but seeing as it wants to offload 39A in October to save money, we’ll know soon enough who’ll win this battle of the dollars.
[Image credit: NASA]
Filed under: Alt
Via: The Verge
Source: NBC News
Jul 24
Looks like we’re not the only pale blue dot in the solar system
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Jul 23
This Is What Gravity Looks Like
Posted in: Today's Chili
You can’t see gravity, right? It’s just an invisible, natural force of attraction, created by mass, yeah? Well, almost—but in this image you can see its effects in still and breathtaking glory.
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Jul 22
When you look up at the sky, on a clear dark night, you’re sometimes lucky enough to catch glimpses of other planets. They seem small, insignificant, surreal. Guess what? That’s exactly how we look to them. Here’s our pale blue dot, from Saturn. You might have to squint.
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Jul 22
NASA Kennedy Space Center just posted a photograph of their—now dead—main countdown clock with the following text:"We can’t wait to use this again." I imagine all their employees looking at it every day and tearing up. I know I would. If that’s not sad, I don’t know what is.
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Jul 19
Jeff Bezos expedition finds proof that recovered F-1 engine belongs to Apollo 11
Posted in: Today's Chili
Jeff Bezos’ expeditionary team already believes that it’s recovering Apollo 11 engines from the ocean, but it now has firm evidence that it’s on the right track. The group has just found a serial number (pictured above) linking a salvaged thrust chamber to the fifth F-1 engine on Apollo 11’s Saturn V rocket. While there’s more identification work to go, the discovery shows that Bezos’ conservation project is paying off. The timing is also rather convenient — it gives us a fitting tribute to the NASA explorers that reached the Moon 44 years ago.
Filed under: Transportation, Science, Alt, Amazon
Source: Bezos Expeditions
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