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- Feed Preview space – Dave Kellam
Space probe tracker
Spaceprob.es provides news and information about the various probes that we’ve launched in our solar system. There’s a poster version of the probe artwork available as well.
NASA and bad science movies
There’s a list of movies making the rounds that claims to be the best and worst films as judged by experts from NASA. However, I wasn’t able to find an original source at the company. The lis...
https://www.davekellam.com/2011/01/nasa-and-bad-science-movies/
Space bomb
In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space. Apparently, they were trying to see if the Van Allen radiation belt could be used to attack a hostile nation. In any case, ...
Big bang
The Big Bang was an explosion of space, not in space. The Big Bang wasn’t an explosion of stuff like atoms or molecules, it was an explosion of a place and instance, it was the creation of...
Our matryoshka universe
Every black hole contains another universe? It’s possible that our universe is actually sitting inside the black hole of another universe and the black holes in our universe may lead to alterna...
Space battle physics
The Physics of Space Battles. It won’t really be like the dogfights or naval style battles in our scifi books, movies and television shows. In principle, yes, your enemy could come at you from ...
Fifty years in space
An awesome infographic on 50 years of space exploration from National Geographic, although they’re using a kludgey flash viewport. Check out the full size version while it lasts. Update: If you...
Apollo 11 source code
The source code for the Command Module and Lunar Module has been scanned and posted online for all to enjoy.
Happy moon landing
It’s the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon. Kottke has created a giant Apollo 11 post with links to photos, videos and loads of other information related to the event. In related news...
Space monkeys
National Geographic has posted a collection of photos celebrating the 50-year anniversary of monkeys in space.