Did you know there has been a robotic spaceship orbiting Saturn since 2004? Cassini has been tasked with studying Saturn, otherwise known as “The Jewel of the Solar System”, and after viewing images taken by Cassini, there’s not doubt that the planet lives up to it’s name. We received new images from Cassini last Thursday. See Saturn in all it’s…
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It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Mars on Earth
You may have gotten a chuckle about the first manned mission to Mars, but millions of dollars have been spent all over Earth in the last decade, researching how man will survive physically and mentally in the inhospitable environment. Last year in Russia a worldly crew consisting of three Russians, a Frenchman, an Italian-Columbian and a Chinese citizen survived…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Asteroid Catcher
This artist’s illustration is of a contraption that NASA is planning to use to capture an asteroid – – and place it into orbit around the moon. The mission would entail an unmanned “probe” capturing a 25ft wide asteroid whose journey through our solar system swings it by Earth. The robotic ship would then drag the asteroid into an orbit…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Richat Structure of Mauritania
When I first saw this image, looking suspiciously like a spaceship partially buried by land, I assumed it was a piece of concept art for a sci-fi novel or game. As curiosity pushed me to investigate further, I realized that not only is it a photograph, it’s taken from space of Earth. This photo of the Richat Structure of Mauritania…