Category: Space

Jupiter Down Under

NASA, not Sci-Fi, Space

Everything I ever dreamed of as a kid, all the Isaac Asimov novels with all the wonders of the universe in them. We need to know how great it feels to be explorers – because it feels so much better than setting up wars isn’t it. I dream of a time in the future when even the gloomiest schmuck of a politician will get up in the morning and the first thought in their brain would be something good, something grand and something far away.

All our dreams are becoming a reality, today in our solar system but who knows what tomorrow will bring. I’d imagine once a new propulsion is invented we’ll be hopping planets the way we do continents today. All the new dreams will, by necessity, replace the old needs for greed, violence and war.

Remember when Asimov talked about silly machines that answer questions in every home. I have a weird dream where overnight all purses become little models of space ships, all Ikea stores wake up as independence day like huge alien crafts just awoken from slumber – when they start rising and shaking – all kinds of particle board furniture starts falling off into big heaps… and humanity wakes up to a future without a need for furniture.

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Jupiter Down Under

Jupiter’s North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System:

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/jupiter-s-north-pole-unlike-anything-encountered-in-solar-system

Jupiter Down Under:

http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia21032/jupiter-down-under

 

hanging out in Space – how do you ever come back down and stay down to Earth after an experience like that

NASA, Space

I made a thought experiment to see if i’d give a limb to get up there.. maybe not but since i was 5 ( lied a little here but feels that way! ) this is what imagined was the coolest thing in the world – hanging out in Space.

“I Saw Earth And Moon In A Single Glance” An interview with Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden, on the 45th anniversary of his epic voyage to the Moon.

NASA, Space

https://medium.com/learning-for-life/to-see-earth-and-moon-in-a-single-glance-89d094f6d40f#.yz0a6xudq

Avi: What made the Apollo program a success?
Al: Back in the late sixties and early seventies there was no bureaucracy at NASA. We had a goal of getting to and back from the Moon and everybody worked to it. Everybody was focused on the goal and nobody was trying to protect their job — they were all trying hard to get the job done even beyond the highest standards, no matter how “small” their role in the program. Most of the people working in the Apollo program were young, with a average age of 28, and that helped a lot in overcoming all sorts of engineering challenges, because they did not “know” that something was impossible.

Videos from the article:

– About von Braun and his rockets. I feel ambivalent about this..

– Management Lessons of the Moon Program (Andrew Chaikin)

– Apollo 15 Crew Departure Preparations

Saturn V:
Saturn V

imagine one day for a human being this would be trivial.. the way skyping the other side of the planet is trivial for us today

NASA, Robots, Space

One of my teachers says we spend too much time worrying about other planets ( I am not a buddhist of any kind and caution against purchasing into any programs and seminars with big promises.. but sometimes people speak and out comes something that is worth a listen ). What NASA does for me is to ground me into the largeness of the world. I wanna be grounded into a reality with possibility, with ambition beyond lunch, dinner, shopping and my own DNA.

It is important to remind ourselves that we are specs, on a spec in a vast ocean of specs.. and our only chance to outgrow our physical smallness is to use our minds.. responsibly.

 

NASA’s Bouncy Castle in the Sky

NASA, Space


This short time-lapse video shows the complete Bigelow Aerospace BEAM expansion from start to finish to its full expanded, pressurized volume on Saturday, May 28. BEAM was installed May 16 on the Tranquility module after being delivered aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft.

Took the video from NASA’a weekly recap here:

Weekly Recap From the Expedition Lead Scientist

Nasa dreams of space castles:

NASA dreams of bouncy space castle - and we dream too, cause maybe one day we wanna bounce there
NASA dreams of bouncy space castles – and we dream too, cause maybe one day we wanna bounce there. I’d bounce on a space castle any day.

 

On Monday, June 6, astronaut Jeff Williams will enter the first human-rated expandable module deployed in space, a technology demonstration to investigate the potential challenges and benefits of expandable habitats for deep space exploration and commercial low-Earth orbit applications.

 

 

Astronaut’s First Steps into BEAM Will Expand the Frontiers of Habitats for Space