Very interesting that in Feb 2009 two satelites Iridium 33 adn Cosmos 2251 collided at a closing speed of well over 15,000 mph at approximately 490 miles above the face of the Earth. The following video shows the statistical model of how the newly formed yard sale 500 miles up created a mess.
Yard Sale!!! Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collison
January 12, 2010
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Pic – International Space Station & Sun
August 4, 2008Germain photographer Martin Wagner, an amateur astronomer, snapped the image in June of the International Space Station transiting the sun .
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Take me to Mothership “Eve”
July 29, 2008
History is ready to be written. This is going to be one of space travel industries greatest events in so many strategic ways. Whether we look at technology, design, engineering etc…. this is going to be big. The first flight is in September so keep reading.
Reference: WK2 Rollout PRESS RELEASE FINALMASTER
“Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today pulled back the hangar doors on the new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will ferry SpaceShipTwo and thousands of private astronauts, science packages and payload on the first stage of the Virgin Galactic sub-orbital space experience.
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2008 Power Beaming (Climber) Competition
July 20, 2008This has been around for sometime but always interesting. So go out and create a space concept that can climb the product over a vertical distance: 1 km at a speed of 2 m/s, 5 m/s and win a prize purse: $900k, $2 million. Check it out here
Well here’s a video of why
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WorldWide Telescope announced at TED2008
February 27, 2008While listening at ASPEN@TED Microsoft announced the Worldwide Telescope. It is awesome.
Go to TED and watch the presentation.
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