We’ve reported (and missed) an assortment of science and tech stories in Newspace, and we’re listing our top ones at year’s end. What did we still miss? And in what order would you rank these?
Also– just for fun– we’re going to bookend these with Batman-related footage. Above, the Dynamic Duo fights Spider-man at an MMA bout.
Below: the future, in progress.
No human-made object has touched the lunar surface since 1976, and no human since ’72. The Chinese broke that dry spell today, becoming the third country to land a lunar rover on the moon. While there are no astronauts, the rover will transmit data. Will the landing lead to a renewed space race?
The contents of The Blue Box White Paper aims to explain Traversable Achronal Retrograde Domains In Spacetime, or TARDIS, for the layperson. Check out both.
The full details are here.
The privately-owned Cygnus supply ship reaches the international space station….
All of which might make us think more about off-planet legal and property issues.
On the space station, astronaut Karen Nyberg made this toy dinosaur out of scraps. She plans to give it to her son.
Meanwhile, below the jump: video of the Ohio meteor, last month’s Burning Man, recent Con Cosplay– and this clown:
String along with Bohemian Gravity:
Cygnus makes its test delivery to the International Space Station:
New research demonstrates how healthier living can alter the aging process.
If you haven’t yet visited Night Vale, you may want to make the trip before Halloween– but do not enter the dog park!
And below, we’ve found several great videos, including a fan attempt at new Batman, a Bureau-crat review of a 90s SF gem, an anniversary of a spaceship, and much more:
Check out this report (layperson summary, original paper) of neutrinos with energy above 1 PeV. For comparison, this is approximately 1000 times higher than the energies seen at the LHC at CERN, which has been able to simulate stellar interior energies in small physical regions.
The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has named its new director, and they’ve found someone the average Bureau reader should recognize.
More at this link.
Mars One seeks Martian explorers to leave within a decade– but the trip will be one way.
Meanwhile, the current Terran resident of Mars, Curiosity, has been sidelined again, while various interested parties continue to discuss space tourism.
If nothing else, this feels a little like the twenty-first century we were supposed to have.
Any takers for Mars One?
Billionaire Dennis Tito revealed more today about his planned, private mission around Mars. Space.com has some brief interview with Tito.
Video below.