Collaborate Disseminate
Back near the beginning of the current Solar Cycle 25, we penned an article on what the whole deal is with solar cycles, and what could potentially lie in store …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: December 24, 2023
Whenever [Ken Shirriff] posts something, it ends up being a fascinating read. Usually it’s a piece of computer history, decapped and laid bare under his microscope where it undergoes reverse …read more Continue reading Inside Globus, a Soviet-Era Analog Space Computer
As those of us with an interest in space exploration look forward with excitement towards new Lunar and Martian exploration, it’s worth casting our minds back for a moment because …read more Continue reading Sixty Years Ago Today: Yuri Gagarin Becomes The First Human In Space
If humans want to expand beyond Earth in an optimal way, we’ll need novel language to keep pace with novel technologies. Continue reading We Need a New Vocabulary to Talk About the Human Future in Space
That the Cold War was a tense and perilous time in history cannot be denied, and is perhaps a bit of an understatement. The world stood on the edge of Armageddon for most of it, occasionally stepping slightly over the line, and thankfully stepping back before any damage was done.
As nerve-wracking as the Cold War was, it had one redeeming quality: it turned us into a spacefaring species. Propelled by national pride and the need to appear to be the biggest kid on the block, the United States and the Soviet Union consistently ratcheted up their programs, trying to …read more
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