Monthly Archives: April 2013

Antares and tiny satellites

Posted on 23 April 2013 by josephshoer

This weekend was full of excitement for commercial space fans. Orbital Sciences Corporation launched the Antares rocket, making them only the second private company to put a vehicle into orbit. Like the SpaceX Falcon 9, Antares is intended to carry … Continue reading →

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Where does the public see innovation?

Posted on 17 April 2013 by josephshoer

The Lockheed Martin corporation recently conducted a poll in which they asked members of the public to choose the company’s “ultimate innovation.” There were a lot of fancy gizmos in the poll, including some very recent ones that definitely qualify … Continue reading →

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A spacecraft engineer’s review of Flotilla

Posted on 12 April 2013 by josephshoer

I just picked up the latest Humble Bundle sale entirely because of the gameplay video of Flotilla. Flotilla is a terrific little gem of a game that puts players in tactical command of a small squadron of combat spacecraft, with … Continue reading →

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On the World Zarmina

Posted on 7 April 2013 by josephshoer

2014 update! You can now buy prints of this map! …Preliminary report on image data from the LongShot-2 mission… The planet Gliese 581g – also known as Zarmina – is a circular world. It is not circular in the literal … Continue reading →

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