Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 11:17am
Cross-posted from Real Economics.
The Mars rover Curiosity landed safely on Mars early this morning. The rover weighs over one ton and is larger than a full-size American automobile (notice the two people standing at the left side of the photo, below). Congratulations are due to the people at NASA, JPL, and elsewhere who conceived, designed and executed this impressive mission. Read below the fold...
Submitted by twig on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 12:42am
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 1:06am
It didn't make much of a splash on the political blogs I usually monitor, but I think this is the sort of news progressives should be stressing as we battle to turn back the raging hordes of wrong-wing ideologues trying to create a New Dark Age. Read below the fold...
Submitted by twig on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 7:30am
Sansevieria
Snake plant
Want to minimize your exposure to environmental pollution? Get some plants for your home and/or office. Seriously, plants are not just nice decorative accessories; they're also powerful air cleaners, capable of eliminating formaldehyde, benzene and other pollutants that accumulate in indoor environments, especially tightly sealed spaces, like office buildings. Read below the fold...
Submitted by chicago dyke on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 7:40pm
So a couple of my Netflix this week are space related. It's got me wondering: why aren't we there? "We" being the whole globe, not just NASA and the US. Yes, I know that China and other nations have been moving along in terms of space explorations. Still, it's interesting to think about today, and just a few decades ago, when popular writers and thinkers and even politicians believed we'd have bases on the Moon and spaceships near Saturn by now. I have my own conspiracy theories, but they are mostly silly. Read below the fold...
Submitted by chicago dyke on Sun, 01/11/2009 - 1:16pm
Submitted by captain nemo (not verified) on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 4:55pm
I've been holding off on this story since I heard it on the WGN (Chicago) News at noon, from the best TV weathercaster in America, Tom Skilling. I was waiting till somebody put up a link to a print story, but nobody has. So you-particularly those of you on the East Coast--can test this for yourself: try to pull up an image, a satellite image mind you, visible light wavelengths, of your area. Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 7:37am
More fucked up Republican priorities:
NASA's earth science budget has declined 30 percent since 2000. It stands to fall further as funding shifts to plans for a manned mission to the moon and Mars. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, meanwhile, has experienced enormous cost overruns and schedule delays with its premier weather and climate mission.
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Submitted by chicago dyke on Tue, 11/21/2006 - 4:14am
