We heard it on December 27, 2004, and we had heard nothing like it before. Mankind truly is fragile. I think we overestimate our durability in the face of the vastness of the universe.
Category Archives: space
Titan
Blogs have become a medium unto which anybody can engage and write about any subject of their choosing.
SpaceShipOne Wins Ansari X Prize
As expected, the “Scaled Composites”:http://www.scaled.com/ crew won the $10 million SpaceShipOne prize this morning, reaching an official height of 368,000 ft (112.6 km). Check out the coverage over at “CNN”:http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/10/04/spaceshipone.attempt.cnn/index.html, “SpaceDaily”:http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/041004155544.9q91qo60.html, and “SpaceRef”:http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=982. According to the press, the flight went very smooth with “a little … Read More →
SpaceShipOne Completes 1st Prize Flight
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/vg_enterprise.jpg(The Enterprise, coming soon to a space port near you)! Soaring to 358,000 ft (109.1 km), Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne, piloted by Mike Melvill, completed the first of two suborbital space flights necessary to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The contest requires that the … Read More →
Some Love Space, Others Not So Much
Here we go! “Burt Rutan and his team have announced(SpaceShipOne Home Page)”:http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/ their intention to claim the Ansari X Prize. The foundation managing this $10 million commercial space race requires that any team planning to go ahead with the daunting task of launching a vehicle … Read More →
Historic Flight Made
SpaceShipOne, along with pilot Mike Melvill, soared 100 km above the Earth's surface today, marking the first time a privately-funded and built space craft carrying a human being entered into orbit.
Eyelash
The images produced by the HiRISE instrument are evocative, stunning, and truly out-of-this world.