NASA is planning another mission to the Moon. This is very exciting.
New exoplanets have been discovered 39 light years from Earth. This is 3.689685e+14 kilometers. This is apparently a system with seven planets. There is such a big fuss about the possibility of life here, but the distance is massive. Traveling at 200,000,000 miles per hour, it would take 130 years to reach the system. If … Read more
One of these days we’re going to see aircraft go electric, just as cars are — but not for a while. In the meantime, we can’t slack off when it comes to the research that will make it possible. NASA has announced five research projects that may help make planes more efficient and green. Read More
The original ASM source code for the lunar command and landing modules has been posted on Github. This gives us an insight into how it all worked. I wonder if someone could compile this code and get it working or not. I guess it would require the same hardware as was used in the 1960`s. … Read more
This is a strange object photographed in the Martian sky. Could this be a photographic anomaly or is it an Unidentified Flying Object. Someone might know what this is but I am not sure. Make up your own mind about this strange object. The high resolution version of this image was here; but now it … Read more
Download this from: http://astronaut.ru/bookcase/prog.htm. click on “программой” unzip the file and run inpu.exe in Dosbox. I used the following command: dosbox -c “mount c: soyuz” -c “c:” -c “inpu” -c “exit” Where soyuz is the directory that holds the files. This software has no mouse support, the arrow keys move the cursor and ENTER selects … Read more
I was just thinking about the new Chinese mission to the moon. This means that there is a new country that could dominate space. America do not control space anymore. The Russians were the first people into space and landed the Venera probes on Venus. That hellish planet with an extremely dense atmosphere and temperatures … Read more
A new exoplanet has been measured, HD 97658. This planet is hardly larger than the planet Earth, but this is nearly eight times the mass of our planet. This means that the gravitational pull would be much higher than Earth. Possibly 6-7 times the gravity of Earth and also it is much closer to the … Read more
The International Space Station has migrated all of its computers from Windows XP to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0. This will greatly add to the security of the computers on the ISS and although it requires retraining Cosmonauts in the use of the computers; this will have many benefits in the long run. Linux is more secure … Read more
There is an ambitious plan to send colonists to Mars to begin the conquest of the red planet. I am not sure if this is a good idea, it would take years to get to the red planet and the radiation you would be exposed to on the way is extreme considering the activity of … Read more
The Curiosity rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, this is another successful landing for NASA, exploring the Red Planet and bringing to light more of the secrets held by Mars. Life could have existed on the surface of the planet long ago, but the change of the climate has killed off any … Read more
There was a story on Slashdot regarding the Command Line Interface in modern operating systems. The Graphical User Interfaces in modern operating systems can perform some useful tasks, but I believe that the CLI still has it`s place. I always use the command-line when I am updating my Ubuntu and Linux Mint installations. You can … Read more
Science Fiction shows like Stargate Universe and even the original Stargate series have lost the magical appeal of classic movies like the 3 Star Wars movies and the original Star Trek television series. I just watched the first Star Trek film and it was a mind-blowing film, the size of the V,Ger probe inside the … Read more
The Voyager probe that left Earth 34 years ago is now leaving the Solar System altogether and moving into a huge cloud of matter that is surrounding our Solar System. The craft’s batteries have enough power to keep the venerable craft operating until anno 2020. The fact that the computers are still working and processing … Read more
New images have been released by NASA of the Apollo moon landing sites showing the lander and other material on the lunar surface. As well as the many tracks left by the lunar rover buggy that the astronauts rode around the lunar surface. The LRV vehicle is also visible on the right of the picture. … Read more
NASA has announced that they have long term plans to build a spaceship capable of travelling to other planets. They want to investigate other forms of propulsion, such as electricity. As storing Hydrogen for long periods is apparently not the right thing to do. If we were not wasting billions of dollars on a pointless … Read more