NASA’s Chief Technologist, Mason Peck, took to Reddit this afternoon, answering questions on everything from the democratization of space, and our current research into warp drives, to the role of 3D printing in the colonization of other planets, and the possibility of encasing our astronauts in water during the voyage to Mars in order to […]
Tag Archives: manned space flight
To stay put and fix what’s broken, or to leave the earth altogether and try our luck elsewhere…
Posted in Other, Uncategorized Also tagged 3D printing, colonization of space, Mars, Mason Peck, NASA, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Science, space, space exploration 24 Comments
On exploring space, drinking beer from my enemy’s skull, and the art of sweding
Is it just me, or does it seem as though every time there’s talk of cutting NASA’s budget, the space agency issues a press release saying that they’ve found some new, Earth-like planet? I’m not faulting them for it. I’d probably do the same thing. I just think that it’s interesting. (I bet they’re sitting […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Science, Uncategorized Also tagged Earth-like planets, Hugo, Kepler 20F, Kepler space telescope, Kim Jong Il, Mark as Kim Jong Il, Martin Scorsese, Maynardtown, Michel Gondry, Michelangelo, NASA, NASA funding, PBR, space exploration, supreme leader, Taxi Driver, the end of the earth, Twilight Zone, Water Street 11 Comments
On the passing of Gill Scott-Heron
Gill Scott Herron died a few days ago. I was going to commemorate his passing with The Revolution Will Not be Televised, but, seeing as how most of us reading this site are living in SE Michigan, I thought that I’d go with his anti-nuclear power song, We Almost Lost Detroit, which is particularly pertinent […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Observations, Politics Also tagged another famous person has died, bluesology, brilliant troubled musicians, Fukushima Daiichi, Gil Scott-Heron, godfather of rap, Japan, Jazz, NASA, nuclear power, poverty, rap, space shuttle, the moon, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, We Almost Lost Detroit, whitey, Whitey on the Moon 8 Comments