Growing drugs in space. If the rainforest runs out of undiscovered medicines, just grow new drugs in space:
Wired reports that "a swaggering Texas investor" wants to turn the
International Space Station into a kind of orbiting drug lab: "If people knew what I already know," he says, "the International Space Station would be considered one of the most valuable resources our world possesses." Think of it as
New Jack City in zero-G – full of weird, crystallized proteins (and billion dollar cures).
posted by BLDGBLOG
on Oct 7, 2007 -
19 comments
Live coverage of NASA attempting to retract the ISS solar panels NASA is attempting to retract up the huge solar panels that spread out either side of the ISS. They fold up concertina-like, like venetian blinds; and like venetian blinds they're getting snagged and hung up. Live tv feeds of the ISS, and you can hear NASA problem-solving on the fly. Absolutely fascinating stuff.
posted by carter
on Dec 13, 2006 -
22 comments
Build your own space station (requires printer, paper, scissors, glue and a
lot of patience).
posted by Pendragon
on Aug 5, 2005 -
5 comments
ISS-Jupiter Transit tonight. Notable space station flyover tonight for you skywatching East Coasters: the ISS will pass quite close to Jupiter, and some of you lucky ones [
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map] will even see the station briefly eclipse the planet. (Side note: Remember those days when everyone was using its radio call sign
"Alpha?" Now the media just say "space station." Sigh.) East Coast, 9:30pm, I'll be outside, looking up.
posted by brownpau
on May 13, 2004 -
9 comments
NASA Tentatively OKs Second Space Tourist "NASA and its partners in the International Space Station have agreed in principle to let a 28-year-old South African become the second paying tourist on the orbiting outpost, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday."
Mark Shuttleworth you lucky bastard!
posted by dgeiser13
on Dec 11, 2001 -
8 comments
The International Space Station is becoming one of the brightest, fastest moving objects in the night sky. This
photo is a 5 minute time exposure taken from the ground which shows the station clearly as an arc across the sky. If you look
closer you can actually see two arcs, the other being that of the space shuttle Endeavour which had just undocked and was pulling away. If you would like to know when you can see it for yourself, try using this handy
calculator. via
APOD
posted by lagado
on Dec 15, 2000 -
3 comments
Momentus occasion ignored. Well, mostly, or at least buried in the inner pages of most major U.S. pages. Isn't this sort of more important than the Knicks and Nets loosing their opening games? You wouldn't think so, since those stories were carried on the front pages on newspapers in the Northeast while this one was back on page 14 between two full page ads.
posted by rich
on Nov 2, 2000 -
12 comments
