February 11, 2010 – 2:03 pm
Look at this! Amazing isn’t it? That ruddy great thing is hovering a mile above your head right now, allowing space-science types to fiddle with doohickeys and tinker with whatjamacallits in between updating their twitter accounts and looking down your chimney at you in the bath. This gorgeous image of the international space station was even enough to awe astronauts, according to astronaut Stephen Robinson:
‘To look up and see what humankind could really accomplish in space was just almost impossible to believe. It seemed like science fiction,’.
Anyway, there’s a ton more awesome imagery here, so check it out and help support your local interstellar journeyman!
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January 18, 2010 – 2:29 pm
Looking for a unique fixer-upper opportunity? How about a bloody great space station? You may not have considered the unique pleasure of owning five bio-domes (each full of easily hunt-and-kill-able alien species), a bar selling weird alien booze, and even an..erm..auctioneer…but with this gigantic trade and revival station you can have it all!
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December 16, 2008 – 1:21 am
Regular readers may remember our report on Xcor Aerospace promising to take you on a relaxing vacation to the edge of the atmosphere on the cheap a while back. Seems like they aren’t the only ones after a slice of Virgin Galactic’s pie as SpaceX announce they have taken the first bookings for their DragonLab mini-space station. Trips are scheduled for 2010, and with the space shuttle being pensioned off in 2012, the prospect of a space station for hire is increasingly attractive to scientists and tourists alike. Product manager (and judging by his name, Bond villain) Max Vozoff told NBC:
“We’re committed to flying it, it’s a commercial mission flying with or without you -there are slots available if you want to come along.”
Spend my vacation time in a steel cigar tube, free flying 60 miles up? Who could say no to that?
LINK (New Scientist)
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