Jeeze people, have you not learned anything from the children’s story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf“? If you cry “Aliens!” every time something unusual happens, after a while, nobody will take you seriously.
Voyager mock-up at JPL open house event in 2007
Image via Wikipedia
If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, back in April, Voyager II [...]
I found an interesting article today at Science@Nasa talking about filthy spaceships. It’s something that had never occurred to me. I suppose I watched to many super-clean space scenes in the movies.
The article describes the problem of lingering humidity, water droplets and microorganisms withing the confined spaces of a space station:
In 1998, U.S. astronauts participating [...]
Looks like NASA is getting ready to launch another Mars probe.
“NASA is moving ahead with plans to put a long-armed lander on Mars’ icy north pole to search for clues for water and possible signs of life, the space agency said Thursday.”
The $386 million Phoenix Mars is scheduled to touch down in the Martian arctic [...]
Via the Popular Mechanics website.