Video: Tour of the International Space Station

For those interested in a tour of the International Space Station there is now a video online explaining some of the details of the project and the station modules in a fly around…

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Gadgets: Einstein Hollow Face Illusion

UK shop Grand Illusions that provides all sorts of illusion gadgets has an object called “The Einstein Hollow Face Illusion.”
This is one of the most amazing optical illusions we have seen. Watch the video on their web site to see it how it works. The image follows you as you move around the room.

Put your message into orbit! Buy ad space on MIT satellite

A group of students at MIT and Georgia Tech are trying to raise money for their space mission by selling advertising on the spacecraft to companies and individuals. To allow sponsor to bid for advertising space on the satellite they have last week opened the YourNameIntoSpace.org web site.
The program is an initiative of the Massachusetts [...]

Clean Energy: HiPER a future energy source?

After two years intensive work involving over 1000 top-level scientists, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has published on Thursday 19 October the roadmap outlining 35 opportunities for major science facilities over the next 20 years.
The HiPER laser project has been included in the list as a key opportunity to demonstrate a [...]

How NASA imagined space colonies in the 1970s

During the 1970s NASA Ames has conducted a series of space colony summer studies. Colonies housing for about 10,000 people were designed and a number of really amazing artistic renderings of the concepts created.
The Library with the full size images is accessible here
Thumbnails of some of the images are shown below.

images courtesy NASA Ames [...]