This is the TEDx talk of an extraordinary man Story Musgrave. In high pass he leads you through hi slive and live philosophy. Yes Story Musgrave is one of the astronauts how repaired the Huble space telescope, but he is so much more. After watching his TEDx talk, you will be left with some really deep questions […]
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Free Aerospace engineering course on EdX
EdX runs a cool course: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics and Human Spaceflight The course is presented by MIT Professor Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut who made five spaceflights and the first astronaut to log 1000 hours on the Space Shuttle He teaches you the core principles behind space travel and exploration. The course […]
Curiosity Rover Report presents findings about Mount Sharp
Some exiting findings where presented by, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who built the project and and manages it. Read the background article on how water helped shape Mount Sharp on the JPL website
CERN Atlas detector
Heard all the buss about the Higgsboson last year? The first evidence that the Higgsboson really exists was found with the ATLAS detector at CERN in Geneva. I was very happy, having the opportunity to make an underground visit to the ATLAS detector last weekend. Or group got a guided tour by Herman ten Kate the ATLAS magnet project leader […]
ISEE-3 Reboot Project, a spacecraft for all
A while ago I blogged about the super cool ISEE-3 reboot project. After that I had little time to write, but closely followed the project. I was a wild time, from the success of switching the telemetry, the success of firing up the spin up trusters, to the struggle with the maneuver trusters. Fact is […]
Curiosity and Opportunity both found it!
Nasa announced that both Curiosity and Opportunity have both confirmed that Mars once had favorable conditions for live. Today Opportunity is 10 years on Mars and still in reasonable good health. Fist bump, @MarsRovers! Our data agree: Mars could've supported life. #10YrsOnMars #DealWithIt http://t.co/aU7ztah33d — Curiosity Rover (@MarsCuriosity) January 23, 2014 Read the Opportunity story […]
Understanding the chain fountain
This chain fountain is an really cute physical science experiment, that anyone can do at home. This amazingly looking phenomena can be explained very simply by the momentum of the chain rising vertical out of the pot. But actually can it…. No it can’t In the next video Dr. John S. Biggins explains what exactly is going […]