Posts Tagged NASA
NASA to Retire Orbiter Vehicles
on August 29, 2009 by Adam in Uncategorized, Comments (0)
Next year NASA is planning on retiring its line of Orbiter vehicles. The plan is to use private company launch vehicles to continue space missions and the crucial supply runs […]
What is Frozen Smoke?
on November 20, 2008 by Adam in Science, Comments (1)
Aerogel is made from Silicon Dioxide, the same material as ordinary Glass, only 1,000 times less dense. It has incredible insulating properties, and was used by NASA for thermal insulation […]
40 Years Since Moon Landing
on by Adam in Random Thoughts, Uncategorized, Comments (1)
It has been almost forty years since NASA sent the first man to the moon. In 1969 the integrated circuit had only recently been introduced, as is obvious by checking […]