It’s not quite moog, but it’s right up my alley..
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For all twick or tweeters, a photo of Nicole, who also tweets @Astro_Nicole. She will return from ISS on STS129 - (via @Astro_Bones http://twitpic.com/ns1bw )
In 1957, Denis Cox - then 12 years of age - sent a letter to Australian scientists outlining his designs for a rocket to rival that of the Soviets.
Now, some 52 years later, he’s going to get a reply. Click through for a story that will charm your inner nerd child.
SPACE RULES
Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout (via nasa hq photo)
The sun rises behind the Soyuz launch pad shortly before the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight participant on Sept. 30, 2009. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Water Detected at High Latitudes on the Moon (via NASA)
NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an instrument on the Indian Space Research Organization’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, took this image of Earth’s moon. It is a three-color composite of reflected near-infrared radiation from the sun, and illustrates the extent to which different materials are mapped across the side of the moon that faces Earth.
Small amounts of water were detected on the surface of the moon at various locations. This image illustrates their distribution at high latitudes toward the poles.
Blue shows the signature of water, green shows the brightness of the surface as measured by reflected infrared radiation from the sun and red shows an iron-bearing mineral called pyroxene.
Image Credit: ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Brown Univ./USGS
Space Shuttle Columbia. via spaceflight.nasa.gov
Although seven souls perished, exploring space is worth the risk.
