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Joost Bonsen's Opinions on How Money, Ideas, and Talent can
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"Physically and mentally, women have the right stuff for lengthy missions in space. So why send men when you can send just their contributions to the next generation, collected and cryopreserved in tiny vials? Sending an all-female crew and a sperm bank lets a space program economize while also increasing the genetic diversity of the parental pool."
"When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew "You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again." [...] At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Aldrin joins him shortly, and offers a simple but powerful description of the lunar surface: "magnificent desolation."
Thanks to Zach Noble at The Blaze for spotting this!
"To celebrate Chandra’s 15th anniversary, four new images of supernova remnants -- the Crab Nebula, Tycho, G292.0+1.8, and 3C58 -- were released by the space agency. These supernova remnants are very hot and energetic and glow brightly in X-ray light."
"This documentary gives an in-depth look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA archival footage, as well as reactions to the mission around the world, shows the enormous impact that the moon landing had."
"It's 2150. There are all sorts of Aliens living throughout space. Johnny is a Space Delivery Man who travels to different planets to deliver packages. Johnny is lazy and his only desire is to sleep in his autopilot spaceship. When the spaceship arrives at the destination, all he has to do is simply deliver the box. However, it never goes as planned. Johnny encounters strange and bizarre planets and always seems to cause trouble on his delivery route. Will he be able to finish his mission without trouble?"
"First described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts' perspective of Earth and mankind's place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment."
"It's the work of Will Parr, Dr. Mark Swinbank and Dr. Peder Norberg of Durham University, who assembled it using data from both the Galaxy and Mass Assembly catalogue and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. "This simulated flythrough shows the real positions and images of the galaxies that have been mapped so far," they write. "Distances are to scale, but the galaxy images have been enlarged for your viewing pleasure."
"Ronald McNair grew up in Lake City, S.C. He grew up to [go to MIT and] become an astronaut. He was on the Challenger mission, which tragically exploded seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986. This is the actually funny story of how he started his journey in a time of great racial strife, as told by his brother to StoryCorps..."And here's library renaming news story... SC Hall of Fame show... Finally, The Spirit Lives On tribute video...
