by G.L. Breedon | Aug 1, 2011 | Science, Space
This is fun news. Seattle’s Space Needle is giving away a free trip to space to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The space flight will be with Space Adventures. Who doesn’t want to free trip to space? I’m entering...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 28, 2011 | Art, Science, Science Fiction, Space
There is a nice article at BBC News today about the relationship between spaceship art and spaceship design. There is even a quote at the end of the article by my favorite professor from college, Eric S. Rabkin. But space is a particularly romanticized part of our...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 25, 2011 | Retro-Nostalgia, Science
I came across this site the other day. Popular Science Magazine has partnered with Google to create a searchable archive of all their back issues. When I was a kid, about 12 I guess, I discovered a large box of my grandfather’s old Popular Science and Popular...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 21, 2011 | Science, Space
A sad day. The Space Shuttle program made it’s final landing today. 135 missions over 30 years. When I was a kid I dreamed of one day riding on the Space Shuttle. I can’t imagine kids today dreaming of riding a Russian Soyuz capsule to space. But they may...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 11, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Science, Space
Thinking about the Final Space Shuttle launch last week got me to thinking about the history of space exploration, so I grabbed my copy of Space Flight (DK Books – Gill Sparrows) off the shelf and spent a few hours reading. I love DK Books. I have a huge...
by G.L. Breedon | Jul 9, 2011 | Science, Space, Uncategorized
The final launch of the Space Shuttle program. A sad day for space geeks and kids dreaming of becoming astronauts. For the next several years, until the Aries replacement launch system becomes operational, the US will be paying Russia to ferry astronauts to the...
