Image Credit: Russian Space Agency The headlines (particularly those from Britain) focused on the prurient: Russia: SEXY LIZARDS which landed FROM SPACE are ALL Dead (The Register) Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission (The Guardian) Sex geckos die in orbit on Russian space project (The BBC!) But what deserves a bit […]
Blue Origin Patent Illustration In June of 2010, Blue Origin filed for U.S. patent 8678321, which describes the process of landing the returning stage of a reusable launch vehicle onto a barge or floating platform at sea. The patent drew some attention at the time for two reasons. The first was that it seemed to […]
NASA News Story: An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover’s flash memory. The resets, including a dozen this month, interfere with the rover’s planned science activities, even though recovery from each incident is completed within a day or […]
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