Space art and science 2010-10-28T16:51:41Z WordPress http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2spacenow Go2SpaceNowhttp://feedburner.google.com Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=169 2010-10-28T16:51:41Z 2010-10-28T16:51:41Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sex-space.jpg" alt="sex space" title="sex space" width="600" height="453" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-170" />What about sex in space? NASA commander Alan Poindexter during his visit to Tokyo was asked about &#8220;the consequences if astronauts boldly went where probably no others have been&#8221;. The question about sexual relations in space came after an April mission that put a record four women in orbit&#8211;the most women in space ever. Three women aboard the Discovery joined other women and four men aboard the International Space Station<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/sex-space/">Continue reading: Sex in space</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/6bB38dMi3V8" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/sex-space/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=166 2010-10-12T21:10:59Z 2010-10-12T21:10:59Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/virigin-galactic-spaceship2.jpg" alt="virigin galactic spaceship2" title="virigin galactic spaceship2" width="600" height="423" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-167" /><a href="http://www.virgingalactic.com/">Virgin Galactic</a> is one step closer to make space tourism a reality. SpaceShip2 (VSS Enterprise) achieved manned suborbital flight at over 45,000 feet and then glided successfully to the Mojave Air and Spaceport on October 10th. SpaceShip2 was flown up by its mother ship (WhiteKnight2) to 45,000 feet, when it was released. The craft was piloted by engineer and test pilot Pete Siebold from Scaled Composites.<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/virgin-galactic-space-tours/">Continue reading: Virgin Galactic space tours next year?</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/mSrnTV4aMiE" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/virgin-galactic-space-tours/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=164 2010-10-12T21:03:02Z 2010-10-11T21:00:10Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/earth-ambassador-aliens.jpg" alt="earth ambassador aliens" title="earth ambassador aliens" width="600" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-165" />Who would be the Earth contact person for aliens if they visit us? UN officials said they could not answer &#8220;hypothetical&#8221; questions about what would happen if aliens wanted to contact humans<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/earth-ambassador-for-aliens/">Continue reading: Earth ambassador for aliens</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/4OK0zzgze6Y" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/earth-ambassador-for-aliens/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=161 2010-10-08T21:24:36Z 2010-10-08T21:24:36Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/commercial-space-station.jpg" alt="commercial space station" title="commercial space station" width="600" height="476" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-162" /><a href="http://orbitaltechnologies.ru/">Orbital Technologies</a> from Russia is planning to build Commercial Space Station by 2016. It will serve as space hotel for wealthy tourists and workspace for private companies wanting to do research in space. Unlike International Space Station, the new Space Station will be more comfortable without all the scientific equipment and astronauts which are currently present at ISS. Commercial Space Station will certainly have a stellar view at the Earth through large portholes.<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/commercial-space-station-orbital-technologies/">Continue reading: Commercial Space Station by Orbital Technologies</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/TLhwm6MVkYk" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/commercial-space-station-orbital-technologies/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=159 2010-10-07T19:34:52Z 2010-10-07T19:34:52Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/space-balloon.jpg" alt="space balloon" title="space balloon" width="600" height="335" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-160" />This video shows how DIY enthusiasts have sent an HD camera into space. The goal of the project was to attach camera to weather balloon, send it into upper stratosphere and capture the space blackness beyond the Earth. Because of the weak atmosphere pressure, balloon will eventually burst and begin to fall.<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/diy-space-balloon/">Continue reading: DIY space balloon flight video</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/52eseT1qvq0" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/diy-space-balloon/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=157 2010-10-05T20:23:41Z 2010-10-05T20:23:41Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/space-rock-music.jpg" alt="space rock music" title="space rock music" width="600" height="450" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-158" /><br /> Some time ago NASA asked the public to <a href="https://songcontest.nasa.gov/top40.aspx">submit and vote</a> on rock songs which will be played as the wakeup music on the last shuttle missions around Earth. It has been a long-time tradition to pick music for space missions but previously only family and friends could participate in this selection. The two songs with the most votes will be played for the STS 133 mission, which is expected to launch in November.<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/space-rock-music/">Continue reading: Space Rock Music Top 40</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/pm_y4vMG9ec" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/space-rock-music/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=155 2010-09-07T21:46:10Z 2010-09-07T21:46:10Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/asteroid-discovery.jpg" alt="asteroid discovery" title="asteroid discovery" width="600" height="438" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156" />This fascinating time lapse video shows asteroid discovery within last 30 years in just 3 minutes. The solar system view contains locations of all the asteroids as they are discovered. New asteroids are highlighted with white color<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/asteroid-discovery-video/">Continue reading: Asteroid discovery time lapse video</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/4qmRxxSHgvw" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/asteroid-discovery-video/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=151 2010-09-06T22:08:57Z 2010-09-06T22:08:57Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/nasa-sun.jpg" alt="nasa sun" title="nasa sun" width="600" height="340" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-152" />NASA plans to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere before 2018. It will be the first human spacecraft to visit a star. The idea of the mission goes back to 1958 when the National Academy of Science&#8217;s &#8220;Simpson Committee&#8221; in 1958 recommended a probe to investigate. After half of the century is gone and dozens of theoretical studies to prove the feasibility of the project, the dream of many astronomers is finally close to become the reality<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/nasa-sun-mission/">Continue reading: NASA mission to Sun</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/EgWHpx1DPVQ" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/nasa-sun-mission/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=153 2010-09-06T22:20:34Z 2010-08-30T22:19:51Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/earth-size-planets.jpg" alt="earth size planets" title="earth size planets" width="600" height="406" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154" />Astronomers with Kepler project have confirmed that two Saturn-size planets, and a possible third, Earth-size planet orbit a sun-like star situated roughly 2200 light years away. Kepler-9b orbits the parent star, named Kepler-9, every 19.2 days, and Kepler-9c makes the trip in 38.9 days. Both planets are about 0.8 times the radius of Jupiter, or slightly smaller than Saturn, and their masses are about 0.25 and 0.17 times the mass of Jupiter. Theoretical models suggest that both are gas giants with rocky cores<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/earth-size-planets-discovered/">Continue reading: More Earth size planets discovered</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/Lj7AXU9IQzk" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/earth-size-planets-discovered/ Go2SpaceNow http://go2spacenow.com/?p=149 2010-08-25T19:06:11Z 2010-08-25T19:06:11Z

<p><img src="http://go2spacenow.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/ray-bradbury.jpg" alt="ray bradbury" title="ray bradbury" width="490" height="314" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-150" />Ray Bradbury one of the greatest modern SF writers turned 90 on August 22. The author of the Martian Chronicles made some curious remarks in a recent interview with <a href="http://www.aif.ru/culture/article/36959">Russian newspaper</a>. Here&#8217;s why according to Ray Bradbury there&#8217;s still no Earth like settlements on Mars which he predicted in 1950<p><a href="http://go2spacenow.com/bradbury-colonize-space/">Continue reading: Ray Bradbury: Humans are idiots to not colonize space</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Go2SpaceNow/~4/4EppUljuniY" height="1" width="1"/> 0 http://go2spacenow.com/bradbury-colonize-space/