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News Briefs 25-05-2009

As Grant Morrison suggests, we may all be nothing but fingers in God’s hand. Problem is, some fingers are meant to carry rings, and others are meant to go naked 🙁

Thanks Kat.

Quote of the Day:

“Funding increased science exploration … without continued improvement in our ability to safely send humans beyond Earth’s bounds … literally defeats our innate human drive and curiosity to explore the unknown”

General Charles Bolden, nominee for the position of NASA’s Administrator.

  1. Really???
    The Hubble article, 7th in the list, talks about the poor astronauts outside slaving to fix the telescope, while the astronauts inside are comfortable in their artificial gravity.

    Really? We have that now? Why wasn’t I told?

    1. Artificial gravity

      Working two at a time, spacewalkers Michael J. Massimino, Michael T. Good, John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel labored tirelessly through five ventures into the large and weightless cargo bay of Atlantis. Their colleagues, comfortable in the artificial gravity of the shuttle’s main cabin, guided, encouraged and applauded them as they worked.

      Yep – that’s what it says! Talk about burying the lede! Or at least overindulging in the joys of Star Trek, which I’m as guilty of as anyone.

      The article may not say ‘artificial gravity’ for very long. I just emailed the author about the error. 😉

      Kat

      1. Scotty you are fired
        You know, it has been so amazing that all systems are down, the shields won’t hold, engines are ruined and/or out of fuel on the Enterprise or another space ship. But the artificial gravity is still working.

        —-
        It is not how fast you go
        it is when you get there.

  2. Recovered Technology
    Come’on, everyone here knows we’ve had artificial gravity since the UFO crash recoveries of the 1960’s. Gene Roddenberry was on the inside track on that one. You think he just ‘Imagined’ teleporting transporters, warp engines, energy shields, and gravity generators? Good gracious, I thought we were all educated around here!

    😉

    ASM

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