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You are lost in Solar System. I want to take you back home. Tell me which way to go
Very interesting for all physics / space / SF enthusiasts.Fri Feb 17 13:44:24 2017 - permalink -- http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/71424/you-are-lost-in-solar-system-i-want-to-take-you-back-home-tell-me-which-way-to
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Saturn seen by the Cassini probe
Fri Feb 17 09:07:41 2017 - permalink -- https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2394/32922015165_5b869c4514_k.jpg
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The Sun in HD, by the NASA
JPEG Image, 10000 × 8192 pixelsTue Feb 14 08:57:37 2017 - permalink -- https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012100/a012144/SDO_Year6_HCblend_8k.jpg
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‘We have a fire in the cockpit!’ The Apollo 1 disaster 50 years later.
It has been 50 years since the Apollo 1 fire killed Roger Chaffee at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34 in Florida. Chaffee, along with astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Ed White II, died on Jan. 27, 1967, when a blaze erupted in their command module during preflight testing.Fri Jan 27 13:55:54 2017 - permalink -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/50-years-ago-three-astronauts-died-in-the-apollo-1-fire/
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Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander
Tue Oct 25 11:30:31 2016 - permalink -- http://www.nature.com/news/computing-glitch-may-have-doomed-mars-lander-1.20861
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Nuclear power: Desperately seeking plutonium
NASA has 35 kilograms of plutonium-238 to power its deep-space missions — but that will not get it very far.Sat Apr 23 06:57:41 2016 - permalink -- http://www.nature.com/news/nuclear-power-desperately-seeking-plutonium-1.16411
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How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?
Thu Mar 31 12:22:58 2016 - permalink -- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/3/16/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need/
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Ask an Astrophysicist
A list of questions sorted by topics (space travel, cosmics rays, black holes, ...) answered by the NASA.Mon Jan 25 18:12:57 2016 - permalink -
On the same topic, visit http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/feedback/expert/index.html where astronauts and mission control people answer questions about their job.- http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/ask_astro/index.html
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CPU History - Computers and CPUs in Space
A WIDE variety of chips are used in space. Today most are progressing towards 32-bit CPUs with memory management. This is so that programming is easier and a wider spread of operating systems/applications (Java, Linux, VxWorks etc) are available to use.Tue Jan 12 19:08:48 2016 - permalink -- http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
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A solar eclipse, viewed from the International Space Station
Fri Dec 11 06:46:51 2015 - permalink -- http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pictures-216.jpg
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Juno and Lego figurines
The Juno spacecraft, on a mission to Jupiter, has 3 Lego figurines representing Galileo, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno.Wed Dec 2 07:08:28 2015 - permalink -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft)#Galileo.27s_plaque_and_Lego_figurines
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First woman on the Moon
[woman] - Houston, we have a problem.Wed Oct 14 20:46:04 2015 - permalink -
[Houston] - What ?
[woman] - Never mind.
[Houston] - What's the problem ?
[woman] - Nothing
[Houston] - Please, tell us ?
[woman] - I'm fine- http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20151009/crazy_things_27.jpg
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Behind the Scenes: People
NASA has employees to sniff everything they consider sending to space. If they don't like the smell, the item doesn't leave Earth.Sun Sep 27 16:36:48 2015 - permalink -- http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/people/galdrich.html
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ISS Virtual Tour 1.0
Visite guidée de la station spatiale internationale.Tue Sep 15 17:46:22 2015 - permalink -
(via : les Shaarli)- http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/virtual-tour-iss/
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Pluto: New images from New Horizons.
Mon Sep 14 11:07:47 2015 - permalink -- http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/09/10/pluto_new_images_from_new_horizons.html
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Only one sunset
Fri Sep 11 05:49:48 2015 - permalink -- http://cdn.acidcow.com/pics/20150909/pictures_blow_your_mind_01.jpg
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Les navettes spatiales russes abandonnées à Baïkonour
Ralph Mirebs a réussi à pénétrer dans le bâtiment géant du cosmodrome de Baïkonour qui servait dans les années 80 à l’assemblage de la navette spatiale russe Buran qui était sensée rivaliser avec la navette américaine mais qui fut très vite abandonnée.Thu Jun 18 12:04:11 2015 - permalink -- http://www.laboiteverte.fr/les-navettes-russes-abandonnees-a-baikonour/
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Pornhub Space Program - SEXPLORATION
A campaign to make the first sex tape in space!Thu Jun 11 09:24:55 2015 - permalink -
5559$ so far,targetting up to 3.4M$.
http://www.futura-sciences.com/magazines/espace/infos/actu/d/univers-faire-amour-il-possible-espace-10370/
Sur un plan strictement physiologique, rien n'empêche un couple de se livrer à des ébats amoureux dans l'espace. Il faut cependant remarquer qu'au début d'un séjour en apesanteur, les fluides sanguins ont tendance à migrer du bas vers le haut du corps, provoquant l'apparition de symptômes tels que les « pattes de poulet » et l'apparition d'un visage bouffi.
Au bout de quelques jours, la situation a tendance à rentrer dans l'ordre. Mais durant cette période, il n'y a plus d'érection possible puisque les corps caverneux de la verge ne sont plus irrigués.- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pornhub-space-program-sexploration#/story
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13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
For those who enjoyed the movie and want to know more, here are some facts on what contributed to make this mission a "successful failure".Sun Apr 12 15:03:36 2015 - permalink -- http://www.universetoday.com/62339/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/
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Spacecraft mass measured in horses
Wed Dec 17 12:16:26 2014 - permalink -- http://xkcd.com/1461/large/
