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#space #science #elements #astronomy #telescope #planetarium (at Griffith Observatory)

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64 ♥ / February 5, 2013

Macro Reef Dwellers: A Retrospective « Felix Salazar

3 ♥ / February 5, 2013

32 ♥ / September 13, 2012

NY Times graphic comparing the various space tourism companies.

52 ♥ / September 9, 2012

NY TIMES: Space Tourism is Here!
MR. LAUNIUS and other experts say suborbital flights in reusable vehicles are more feasible than, for example, retracing the steps of the Apollo mission. And confidence is high that there is an appetite for even brief tastes of space: last month, the Tauri Group, a Washington-area consulting firm with a specialty in space issues, found a potential market of up to $1.6 billion over the next decade for suborbital flights.
“In terms of an industry moving toward fruition, versus an industry that has a plan,” said Carissa Christensen, managing partner of the Tauri Group, “I think it has absolutely made that shift.”
There is a variety of practical reasons for the sudden surge in activity. They include cheaper, better technology and composite materials, along with a burst of previously pent-up entrepreneurship let loose by NASA’s new need for private companies to replace shuttle flights. For its part, NASA says it is “counting on the innovative commercial space industry” for rides to the space station and other low-orbit destinations.
But the desire for such trips may also lie in the fact that people are simply running out of places to go.
video: http://nyti.ms/OWyYU2

77 ♥ / September 9, 2012

64112 ♥ / January 6, 2012

curiositycounts:

The Modernist Nerd – gorgeous vintage science ads from the 1950s and 1960s

88 ♥ / December 16, 2011

ohscience:

Carbon Nanotubes (Post Growth)
Paul Marshall, National Research Council Canada
(submission from awainwright)

2024 ♥ / December 16, 2011

1218 ♥ / October 12, 2011

107 ♥ / October 6, 2011

fuckyeahdinoart:

Cosmic Museum by David Hardy

234 ♥ / October 5, 2011

itsfullofstars:

(via APOD: 2011 September 17 - Spitzer’s Orion)

216 ♥ / September 23, 2011

itsfullofstars:

This image of Earth (on the left) and the moon (on the right) was taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2011, when the spacecraft was about 6 million miles (9.66 million kilometers) away. It was taken by the spacecraft’s onboard camera, JunoCam. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 5 to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

337 ♥ / September 2, 2011

196 ♥ / August 27, 2011