Watch this Delightfully Profane Short History of Rockets
“Space is taunting us and Mars looks pretty dope.” Continue reading Watch this Delightfully Profane Short History of Rockets
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Inside a Million Dollar Auction of Rare Space Memorabilia
Are you in the market for 15 gilded astronaut hand molds? Continue reading Inside a Million Dollar Auction of Rare Space Memorabilia
Fail Of The Week (in 1996): The 7 Billion Dollar Overflow
The year was 1996, the European Space agency was poised for commercial supremacy in space. Their new Ariane 5 Rocket could launch two three-ton satellites into space. It had more power than anything that had come before.
The rocket rose up towards the heavens on a pillar of flame, carrying four very expensive and very uninsured satellites. Thirty-seven seconds later it self destructed. Seven billion dollars of RUD rained down on the local beaches near the Guiana Space Centre in Southern America. A video of the failed launch is after the break.
The cause of all this was a single …read more
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An Afternoon With the World’s Most Powerful Rocket Booster
This week, in middle-of-nowhere Utah, a NASA contractor tested the rocket booster that will get future astronauts to deep space. I went. Continue reading An Afternoon With the World’s Most Powerful Rocket Booster
Watch as NASA Tests the Rocket Motor that Could Take Us to Mars
Scientists will test the motor that will power the Space Launch System rocket booster. Continue reading Watch as NASA Tests the Rocket Motor that Could Take Us to Mars