Archive for October 31st, 2010
Want to build a Mars rover?
Will’s Mars Mission Entry
Image by Mr_Stein
This is the alien-human hybrid ship willem built for the LEGO Mars Mission building contest. March, 2008.
Want to build a Mars rover?
WANT to know how to build a Mars rover? NASA’S next rover will search for life on Mars – and you can watch their techs build it.
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Spirit Finds Water, Still Stuck [Greg Laden's Blog]
The Mars Rover Spirit got stuck, probably forever, last year, but the little guy has not given up doing science!!!! Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post…
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Will Small Step for Robots Lead to Giant Leap for Robotkind?
Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: a change of pace. Just how close are we to being replaced by robots? NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien examines the efforts under way to develop robots that are just like us. MILES O’BRIEN: Who says you need to be human to have the right stuff? MAN: I am going to show you some demonstrations as to the capabilities of the robot. One …
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New leaks on space shuttle Discovery delay launch
NASA engineers are replacing fuel line seals on the space shuttle Discovery to staunch a small leak in time for the spacecraft’s final blastoff on Nov. 1.
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Enceladus May Keep Oceans Liquid with Wobble
Enceladus May Keep Oceans Liquid with Wobble
Enceladus May Keep Oceans Liquid with Wobble
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Southern Cross Stargazer
SATURDAY Look early to see five evening planets! At dusk, aim binoculars on a celestial trio low in the southwest. A young crescent moon glows briefly 3 degrees between dim Mars (above) and Venus (below). This week brilliant Venus, Evening “Star,” takes her final curtain calls on the southwestern stage by 7:30 p.m. Venus will move between the sun and Earth and appear as the Morning “Star” on …
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Counterclockwise, but there are exceptions [Starts With A Bang]
“Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.” – Thomas Carlyle When you take a look up at the sky, the two most prominent objects are the Sun and the Moon. And every day, like clockwork, they rise in the East and set in the West. Why’s that? Because the Earth rotates on its North-South axis! Not …
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