NASA ran through a lot of different plans after the launch of Skylab for space stations. One was truly interesting. But, of course, what we ended up with was the ISS.
Is the future of the space suit going to look more like science-fiction or deep sea diving? A lot of very smart people are working on the problem of moving in space while still providing the protection we’ll need.
While the NASA GRAIL mission might be one big yawn, the Mars rovers have been a success that deserves to be recognized. In the eight years since they were launched, we’ve learned more about Mars in that time than ever before. And one’s still going.
NASA launched a pair of probes to map the gravitational whatevers on the the moon and… oh god this sounds like the most boring project its ever launched and I’m fighting a yawn right now. Oh, but hey! It’s got video of the backside of the moon!
Found a neat video with NASA Earth scientist Melissa Dawson about how the impressive time lapse Earth videos are made.
