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
If you need a quick read about where we stand on some of the major scientific issues of our time, The New York Times has recently put out the 25th Anniversiary Edition of Science Times in which they “pose 25 of the most provocative questions facing science.” Some of them I do not think should [...]
Posted by Steve in Uncategorized on November 29th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
“Need a pile of dirt? Got a pile of dirt? It’s Christmas every day in the new world of freecycling.” Discovered on Salon: an answer for packrats — who are really, many times, waste haters (myself included). Perfect name. Why didn’t anyone think of this sooner? Freecycle
Posted by Steve in Uncategorized on November 29th, 2003 | Comments Off
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