A Spanish entrepreneur wants to give you a glimpse of the black expanse of space and the curvature of the earth from a most unusual vantage point - a balloon. José Mariano López-Urdiales is offering what he calls the 'near-space' experience of viewing the planet and the space beyond it from 22 miles (36km) above the earth. Via wired.com/autopia/
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Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astronomy. Show all posts
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
How Far Away is the Moon?
If the Earth were the size of a basketball and the moon a tennis ball, how far apart would they be? Diagrams that are not to scale make us think that they're closer than they really are.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Animation
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This 11-minute animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover, Curiosity, on Mars in August 2012.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
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