This is more a note to myself than anything, but you might find it interesting as well. JPL has put together an overview called the Basics of Space Flight, covering topics like orbital mechanics, experiments, and communication. It’s supposed to have a bent toward unmanned missions, but a lot of the principles are the same. [...]
Posted by Chris in Space on December 2nd, 2003 | Comments Off
No link, sorry. But I’m re-reading Friday by Robert Heinlein and our heroine has just arrived in the Confederacy of California: “But only in California will you find the clear-quill, raw-gum, two-hundred-proof, undiluted democracy…They elect everybody, from precinct parasite to the Chief Confederate (“The Chief”). But they unelect them almost as fast. For example the [...]
Posted by Deana in Politics on December 1st, 2003 | Comments Off
Say it ain’t so…. Our fun little Segway is now being considered as a tool in “a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops.” Does every toy have to turn into a war toy?
Posted by Deana in Technology on December 1st, 2003 | Comments Off
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