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Coffee in space for New Year’s Day

Yves Roumazeilles — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:00:33 +0000

E.T.A. by JUNK from Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen on Vimeo.

The space shuttle as wallpaper

Yves Roumazeilles — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:36:49 +0000

The larger our displays, the tougher it gets to find adequate wallpapers. NASA (through a sélection from Chamorro) comes to our resscue with these exceptionnaly beautiful high-resolution images. Our computer will have a hig-technology look even in 4000×3000 pixels.

Atlantis Space Shuttle

You can notice that these images being free of copyright will allow to produce impressive posters if you agree not to make it a commercial venture. Idea?

Civilian uses of the atom bomb

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:59:17 +0000

The atom bomb is obviously usable (it has been used more than 60 years ago) for war. But some people had the weirdest idea: Using the bomb (Not a nuclear power plant, mind you! A real bomb) for civilian uses. Wired has an interesting list.

Digging a hole, a big hole, a harbour
Digging a new Panama canal
Natural Gas Exploration
Mining Oil Shale
Disposing of Nuclear Waste (Would you believe it?)
Propulsing humans into space
Defending Earth From an Asteroid

None of these seem to be remotely applicable…

International Space Station in motion

Yves Roumazeilles — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:46:35 +0000

The International Space Station is the product of a complex assembly process out of elements brought upt here by rockets and the space shuttle. Here is a video animation from USA today showing the sequence of events in this build-up.

Free movie: Star Trek episodes

Yves Roumazeilles — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:48:58 +0000

Download from CBS
Movie information from IMDB.org

Star Trek nearly defined what a SciFi TV series is or should be. Of course, there is something slightly ridiculous to the coloured pajamas used by the actors to convince the spectator that they are in the far future with advanced technology. But despite all its drawbacks, Star Trek is still a must-see for all lovers of Science Fiction.

Starship Enterprise

Most people lost count of the number seasons aired for Star Trek (after the initial series, there were long-living extensions like Voyager, Enterprise, The Next Generation or Deep Space Nine) but CBS decided to offer free access to the first season on its web site: Star Trek: The original season. It was aired from September 8, 1966.

Synopsis

The story is set in the 23rd century. We follow the adventures of the crew of starship Enterprise under the lead of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), his First Officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy, his logic and his pointed ears), and his Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley). Exploring deep space, they meet a number of aliens, exotic civilizations and various adventures.

Many will remember the memorable “Beam me up, Scotty!” used by Captain James T. Kirk to call a teleportation back to the spaceship.