Our apologies folks, apparently Dat Ho or Sleestak let ‘Puter roam free past the Leapin’ Peacock and he ended up on a four day bender. Apparently somewhere around the 47th hour, he was on Mars trying to get the rover … Continue reading →
Uh-oh! The Los Angeles Times has a science article written by Louis Sahagun, who appears to be in junior high school. Success! You found liquid water in the steam of your laser! Now shut down, before you uncontrollably use your … Continue reading →
Anyway, here you get a photo from Curiosity on Mars you won’t be seeing anywhere else. Nice work, Mandy! The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the … Continue reading →
The Mars rover Curiosity has landed and has already discovered life. Below is one of the first pictures relayed from the probe!*†‡ Excuse me, but you parked on my Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator… * Image found on the Chuck … Continue reading →
Last night, the Mars Surface Laboratory successfully completed the “seven minutes of terror” – the computer controlled descent from hurtling through space to placing a 1-ton mobile laboratory on the surface of Mars. Given the distance, all the folks at … Continue reading →
On August 6th, the Mars Science Laboratory will attempt a landing on Mars. While we’ve landed spacecraft on the surface of Mars before, this landing is a bit different. The spacecraft team has crafted a great video explaining the whole … Continue reading →
Ah, screw it, thought the Czar. And he grabbed the boys late Friday night, and with the Царица riding shotgun, we headed off to the cinema and viewed John Carter. As the Volgi suggested we would, we enjoyed it. The … Continue reading →
Well, the Phobos-Grunt mission was pretty cool in concept: send a lander to the eerie Martian moon Phobos, grab a fair amount of soil, and bring it back to Earth. But the probe launched from Earth, and due to a … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin happened across this story and nearly beat Dat Ho to unconsciousness. It appears that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has determined what NASA has been unable to do so far and prove that there was once life on … Continue reading →
Would you like the Gormogons to move the planets around? Oh I do want. But what I really want—if we’re remaking the Solar System to order—is for Mars and Venus moved to our orbit. Let their temperature regulate to ‘close … Continue reading →
As the pinch gets put on the federal budget (hopefully) and maybe in part to help fund the soon-to-be-broadcasted ABC State Run News coverage infomercial of the Obama healthcare plan, various other agency budgets are getting trimmed or frozen at … Continue reading →
