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By: Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Friday Link Love 01/30

Brad’s Reader » Blog Archive » Friday Link Love 01/30 — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:24:21 +0000

[...] Tour the International Space Station (really cool video!) [...]

By: Tocando el cielo con las manos | Santiago Bilinkis l Riesgo y recompensa

Tocando el cielo con las manos | Santiago Bilinkis l Riesgo y recompensa — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:37:53 +0000

[...] con ustedes unos videos que encontré en un blog que me encanta: Bad Astronomy de Phil Plait. Es un tour recorriendo la ISS hecho por la NASA. Está dividido en cuatro partes. Acá incluyo la primera y abajo linkeo a las [...]

By: Hugo

Hugo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:39:42 +0000

“Nice tour but I think the ISS needs some interior decorating. The place looks gray and cluttered. How about some woodgrain, houseplants and artwork? At least the view is pretty damn good.”

Next on Extreme Makeover: ISS edition !!!!

By: Kaleberg

Kaleberg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:43:08 +0000

“With an unclear purpose…” That sounds delightfully sinister. What’s the standard conspiracy theory take? Have they built an energy weapon up there? That would explain why Bush and Putin have kept up the funding. Have they been prototyping the Tardis? That would explain all those “Einstein” experiments we’ve been hearing about.

By: gopher65

gopher65 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:35:36 +0000

gss_000: Yeah, I like that guy too:). I love it when people jury-rig solutions on the fly.

By: Oscar Ferro

Oscar Ferro — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:31:59 +0000

You know, all the time while I watched this I had 2001: A space Oddyssey in my mind.

Even the hum of the machinery has a György Ligetiesque quality. I was expecting to see HAL 9000’s eye at any moment!

By: gss_000

gss_000 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:08:22 +0000

That’s not necessarily true. $100 billion is one estimate for the overall cost. Only the ESA puts it as high as $250 billion. And this is over the entire lifespan, so we’re talking about through 2015 if not 2020 and beyond.

I have to completely agree about the Petit lessons. That man instantly became my favorite astronaut when through simple physics he designed on the fly a cup so astronauts no longer have to sip liquids through straws. NASA needs to clone him and get him up there 24/7.