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  1. Please donate to help the families of the Ft. Hood tragedy

    As an enlisted member of the United States Air Force, I would like to put space-related issues aside for a moment and ask that you do your part in helping the families of the Ft. Hood tragedy. You can donate to USO at the following link:

    https://www.uso.org/donate/custom.aspx?id=146

    Every dollar raised in this campaign will be distributed to organizations at Ft. Hood assisting in the aftermath of the November 5 shooting.

    Thank you,

    Joseph Barone

    Curator of It’s Full of Stars

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  2. “Dr. Carl Sagan poses with a model of the Viking lander. The Viking 1 lander was the first spacecraft to touch down safely on Mars.”

    “Dr. Carl Sagan poses with a model of the Viking lander. The Viking 1 lander was the first spacecraft to touch down safely on Mars.”

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  3. proofmathisbeautiful: (via somethingaboutairplanes) Hahaha, yes, that’s what I’m talkin’ about kids!

    proofmathisbeautiful:

    (via somethingaboutairplanes)

    Hahaha, yes, that’s what I’m talkin’ about kids!

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  4. rymdhiss: (via uuiuu)

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  5. rymdhiss: “The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true genius. A merely clever man could never have thought of it — or would have dismissed it instantly as absurd. If the laws of celestial mechanics make it possible for an object to stay fixed in the sky, might it not be possible to lower a cable down to the surface, and so to establish an elevator system linking earth to space?” — Arthur C. Clarke, 1979, “The Fountains of Paradise” (via Can scientists make a space elevator? - CNN.com)

    rymdhiss:

    “The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true genius. A merely clever man could never have thought of it — or would have dismissed it instantly as absurd. If the laws of celestial mechanics make it possible for an object to stay fixed in the sky, might it not be possible to lower a cable down to the surface, and so to establish an elevator system linking earth to space?” — Arthur C. Clarke, 1979, “The Fountains of Paradise” (via Can scientists make a space elevator? - CNN.com)

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  6. i just told a rocket scientist that something was easy because "its not like its rocket science"

    crookedindifference:

    he wasnt amused

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  7. Illuminating the landscape all through the night of November 2nd, this week’s bright Full Moon was known in the northern hemisphere as a Hunter’s Moon. But this dramatic view of the shining lunar orb, from Sobreda, Portugal, was captured just a few nights earlier, on Halloween. In the spirit of the season, the image plays a little trick. The picture is actually two digital photos - one short and one long exposure. They were combined to bring out the details of the bright lunar surface and the fainter features in the dark, surrounding clouds, in a single image. Of course, you may recognize some of the spookier shapes in the clouds as having visited your neighborhood last week, along with Halloween’s Moon. (via APOD)

    Illuminating the landscape all through the night of November 2nd, this week’s bright Full Moon was known in the northern hemisphere as a Hunter’s Moon. But this dramatic view of the shining lunar orb, from Sobreda, Portugal, was captured just a few nights earlier, on Halloween. In the spirit of the season, the image plays a little trick. The picture is actually two digital photos - one short and one long exposure. They were combined to bring out the details of the bright lunar surface and the fainter features in the dark, surrounding clouds, in a single image. Of course, you may recognize some of the spookier shapes in the clouds as having visited your neighborhood last week, along with Halloween’s Moon.
    (via APOD)

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  8. Third Man Records is over the moon to announce the 7-inch release of “A Glorious Dawn” on November 9th. “A Glorious Dawn” is a moving arrangement of Carl Sagan’s sagacious words culled from his magnificent “Cosmos” series. The piece initially gained recognition when composer John Boswell uploaded to YouTube his remixed Sagan dialogue edited, Auto-Tuned and put to a beat and coupled with a guest appearance by Stephen Hawking. At well over one million views, this is a project that goes far-beyond the buzz of “Internet phenomenon.” To hear “A Glorious Dawn” and view the accompanying video, Click here

    Third Man Records is over the moon to announce the 7-inch release of “A Glorious Dawn” on November 9th. 

    “A Glorious Dawn” is a moving arrangement of Carl Sagan’s sagacious words culled from his magnificent “Cosmos” series. The piece initially gained recognition when composer John Boswell uploaded to YouTube his remixed Sagan dialogue edited, Auto-Tuned and put to a beat and coupled with a guest appearance by Stephen Hawking. At well over one million views, this is a project that goes far-beyond the buzz of “Internet phenomenon.” 

    To hear “A Glorious Dawn” and view the accompanying video, Click here

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  9. A tour of NASA’s ‘Eyes on the Earth 3D’

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  10. Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters (via NASA Earth Observatory)

    Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters

    (via NASA Earth Observatory)

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