3D... IN SPACE!

If I keep this up I might start posting again.

This is just neat: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/index.html The models appear to be all in .3DS, but I haven't tried looking very hard. I should learn to convert meshes. Official NASA 3D!

The last time we left...

It's my brother's birthday, so I have to write something. And I'll usually rant a bit about, and always remember this.

But 30 years after that (and 36 years ago today) we did this:



More here.

Beep beep beep beep beep...

Fifty years ago today the U.S.S.R. started the space race. Excellent try, guys. On October 4th, 1957 it looked like we had already lost.









Of course, on December 24th, 1968 that was clearly not the case.

But this is where it began.

Now I need to go watch The Iron Giant and October Sky.

Down to 2

Sad news.

Carpenter is going to outlive them all. Watch.

But was his nose ever stuffy in space?

Not Addis Ababa?

C'mon, tell me you weren't thinking kryptonite.

The Outer Pla- er, Thingies

Boy, these guys must be bummed. I mean, they launch a zillion dollar probe that's going to take YEARS to get there. And they launch it at a PLANET. By the time it gets there it could be a stellar anomoly or something.

Why I Hate 'The Right Stuff'

Not much today. But there's this.

Yes, I've heard they're redoing the FX on Star Trek. And maybe the music. I'll rant when it becomes necessary.