You’re cruising round the moon, all engines go, having the time of your life, and then you notice your fuel needle’s jittering dangerously close to “E.” Tap-tap-tap, but no, it’s not stuck, and you’re about to discover how far past “E” the needle goes. What do you do?
Trade up for a spacecraft that uses a glass cockpit, for …
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Quote To Live By:
“You want to know the real reason why I freed those dolphins? It’s because I felt like they were calling to me,” Arthur “AC” Curry from Aquaman
Up Front:
The Hundred Year Starship: The Nasa Mission That Will Take Astronauts To Mars and Leave Them There Forever [Daily Mail]
Gadgets:
Fox …
Though none of us in this lifetime are likely to take actual tours of Mars (unless you’re part of the secret government that plans to move there when the end of the world comes—lucky jerks), Microsoft and NASA have a pretty good virtual tour going with the WorldWide Telescope software used to navigate the stars from the comfort of your …