Browsing the archives for the space tag

Paper Planes Dropped From Space To Advertise Toughness Of Memory Cards

in Coolest Shit Ever, fnord, wisdom

This is pretty cool, but the waxing old codger in me says fix the roads. Then I saw that it wasn’t a government experiment, but rather a promotional stunt, by Samsung, touting the toughness of their memory cards. Isn’t this Meta-littering. Literally littering the planet with your shitty airplanes? I guess not. It’s pretty cool, [...]

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Nothing Like The Sun. My Favorite Picture From The Cassini Probe.

in Coolest Shit Ever, Doodles, fnord

Gorgeous, no? The view from Cassini is of Enceladus, with it’s water geysers, in the foreground. The horizontal line is a Saturnian ring, and then Titan in the back. You can see the halo of Titan’s atmosphere. I think there is life there.

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I’m Thankful For Images Like This. Crescent Saturn And Rings a la Cassini

in Coolest Shit Ever, Doodles, fnord

I love NASA’s image of the day. It makes me happy that there are little robots flying around the solar system, sending us information. Cassini sends gorgeous images of Saturn all the time, and I have posted them more than once. These little cosmic doodles will zing throughout the cosmos forever, even if we crash [...]

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Stunning Image Of Saturn and Rings From Cassini Probe. Coolest Shit Ever.

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I think I’m in love with a gas giant, Youdopia. I know I keep posting pics of space, and Enceladus, but I’m constantly amazed at the beauty. The Cassini probe just keeps taking amazing images. It’s so cool that we have little robots out there, sending information about our celestial neighbors. I think it’s the [...]

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New, Raw Images Of Saturns Moon Enceladus From The Cassini Probe. Amazing.

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Those of you who read Youdopia regularly (PBUY) will remember that I have a special place in my heart for Enceladus, the watery moon of Saturn.  I can’t get over the fact that the plumes, seen in the image above (taken on 8/13) are water vapor and organic compounds. I sincerely hope I live long [...]

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