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DIRECT to a desktop background near you …

Yazan: admin | 27 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Science, space

The good folks over at DIRECT 2.0, have made available for us space geeks (and DIRECT concept supporters) some of their artwork for our enjoyment as wallpapers. Be sure to check these out and spread the word about this alternative to Ares if you’re asked about that fancy new background now replacing that picture of [...]

Conversations With Apollo

Yazan: admin | 27 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Science, space

I’d like to promote a bit something I stumbled (can’t recall how now) on last week, a weekley podcast dedicated to the Apollo program, called Conversations with Apollo. Most of the episodes (8 in total to this date) features an interview with a person having participated to the project, such as Flight Director Gerry Griffin. [...]

ATV fever

Yazan: admin | 27 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Science, space

With only a couple of days to go before the launch of the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) on top of an Ariane 5 rocket, the excitement in the Space geek community is starting to build-up, with the help of various interesting documents which were recently released, such as a Launch Kit (PDF, 6Mb) [...]

Was it worth it?

Yazan: admin | 27 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Science, space

Right after I closed Windows Media Player Saturday night, following over two hours of streaming, my wife asked me if it watching that launch had been worth missing a party … I hesitated a moment, then replied that yes it have been worth it. Sure, those darn clounds had not allowed us to follow [...]

The lure of 3D cockpit #2

Yazan: admin | 27 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Science, space

Few weeks ago, I was talking in a blog entry on the latest AMSO release, of a hybrid concept for the 3D cockpit (I prefer to call them console than cockpit, ’cause they are not necessary cockpit). Since I have finally managed to get the concept advanced enough to have anything to show, here’s a [...]