Incredible footage of final Space Shuttle launch as it powers up through the atmosphere and out into space. Captured by a nearby passenger jet!! Awesome.
This animation by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center shows a beautiful view of the past 30 years of asteroid discoveries. As the years pass by, the numbers grow, and the patterns unfold.
Key:
New Discoveries are briefly highlighted in White
Earth Crossers are Red
Earth Approachers are Yellow
All Others are Green
From 8959 to 530091 in 30 years. Amazing.
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Red Bull are at it again.
How do you top something like the Project X: Shaun White’s Secret Halfpipe.
You drop a man from the stratosphere in a pressurised suit.
Obviously.
Blurb below:
“The Red Bull Stratos science team has unveiled the first space suit ever to be produced by David Clark Company for a non-governmental space program. The team has also revealed the pressure helmet, which with the suit will serve as Felix Baumgartners sole life-support system when he steps off his capsule at 120,000 feet to attempt a record-breaking freefall from the edge of space.”
Another massive project. Kudos to Red Bull.
http://www.redbullstratos.com/
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Bit off-topic to my usual stuff but watch this and think about what it means it for a while.
At least 100 billion galaxies. That’s 10 thousand, billion, billion stars (10 sextillion).
Unfathomable
via Make: Online
