This collection of more than 9000 NASA press release photos spans the American manned space program, from the Mercury program to the STS-79 Shuttle mission.
Additional press release images are available on NASA’s Human Spaceflight Web site.
Can you imagine riding in the space shuttle?
After seeing how small they really were, can you imagine riding into space in a Mercury capsule?
If written the wrong way, a resignation letter can cause all kinds of problems. Think of it this way, your letter to your boss is your written legal agreement that announces your intention to quit that will probably be filed in his/her file cabinet for future reference. And let’s face it, in today’s world of business, a corporate lawyer can really screw up your future plans.
Historical Documents – Resignation Speeches and Letters Throughout History.
Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles.
Strangelets – sometimes also called strange-quark nuggets – are predicted to have many unusual properties, including a density about ten million million times greater than lead. Just a single pollen-size fragment is believed to weigh several tons.
Seismometers in Turkey and Bolivia recorded a violent event in Antarctica that packed the punch of several thousand tons of TNT. The disturbance then ripped through Earth on a route that ended with it exiting through the floor of the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka just 26 seconds later – implying a speed of 900,000 mph.
The second event took place on November 24, when sensors in Australia and Bolivia picked up an explosion starting in the Pacific south of the Pitcairn Islands and travelling through Earth to appear in Antarctica 19 seconds later.
If you get hit with one of these, you are definitely not charmed.
~ a density about ten million million times greater than lead.
I always hate it when I see something like “ten million million”.
Why not just say ten trillion, instead of ten million million? They both mean 10,000,000,000,000.
The answer is that in the United States and in the scientific community it’s called ten trillion, and in other countries, it’s called ten billion.
If you call it ten million million, as cumbersome as that is, it means the same thing to everyone.
Having seen an advertisement for a small turbine jet engine, we were intrigued and had to have a look. The engine was on a test bed so we had the chance to see it run. As soon as we heard the characteristic roar, knew we had to have it!
I need one.
The door is segmented into multiple strips and opens minimally according to the shape of the individual, animal or object that has to pass through. It also incorporates a security function that identifies people.
I want one.
See the video.
What would Albert Einstein’s Annual Performance Review look like?
This is a patent office, Albert. Your job is to transform written patent applications into clear and precise language ~. Where does it say that your priorities are rewriting the rules of the Universe, unifying space and time, [etc.]?
Childhood Pictures.
More good stuff from Peter Norvig.
A few days ago, I started an experiment that deals with link findability. I asked bloggers to link to a particular item at this blog. My job was to identify all of those links. I came up with 114 links that pointed to that particular blog entry..
Wow, 114. That’s a lot of links.
Within a couple of days, everyone on the planet will have seen this video.
Yet another link that I found at J-Walk Blog.
Some critics are saying that Roque Batty’s advanced level of sculpturing skills combined with the experience of an accomplished “Bass Player”, are what separate the artist apart from other luthiers. These skills combined with the instantly obvious visual balance evident in each and every piece that the artist creates are what many believe will ensure value in the artist’s work
Note: I found this picture in the comments section of J-Walk Blog.
One thing that nearly all bloggers have in common is that they like to know when another blog links to them. Using a variety of sources, I think I have a pretty good handle on finding other blogs that link to J-Walk Blog. In fact, I think I find about 90% of them — but I may be wrong.
The tagline for this blog is “Things that may or may not interest you”. Generally, they do interest me.