The Time a Pickup Truck Pulled the Space Shuttle
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Frank
- October 21, 2022
- 3D point cloud
- Barcelona Summer Olympics
- California Science Center
- clash detection
- Crenshaw Drive
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Exposition Park
- Hubble Telescope
- Inglewood
- Inglewood City Hall
- International space station
- LAX
- Leimert Park
- Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
- NASA
- Overland Transporter
- Randy’s Donuts
- Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center
- Self-Propelled Modular Transporters
- Space Shuttle Endeavour
- SPMT
All the engineering behind the Endeavour Shuttle’s 26th and final mission. Endeavour’s 26th mission was a lot slower and a lot shorter than the previous 25, but it was still full of fascinating engineering challenges. This October marks the 10-year anniversary of the nearly 3-day trip, so let’s reminisce on this incredible feat and dive […]
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Using a Commodore 64 to Talk to the International Space Station
Retro Recipes wires up a Commodore 64, a ham radio, and a modem to reach out to the stars. (or at least near Earth orbit).
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The Risky Venture of Spaceport America
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Frank
- December 31, 2019
- astronaut
- astronauts
- citizen travel
- dangerous
- delays
- Education
- Elon Musk
- experiment
- gateway
- International space station
- iss
- loren grush
- NASA
- nasa news
- New Mexico
- Risk
- risky
- rocket
- science
- science experiments
- setbacks
- Space
- space craft
- space news
- space port
- space startup
- space station
- space tourist
- space travel
- space traveling
- spaceport
- spaceport america
- SpaceX
- Startup
- THe Verge
- tourists
- truth or consequences
- Universe
- venture
- verge science
- Virgin Galactic
In the middle of the New Mexico desert lies Spaceport America, a glittering, alien structure advertised as the very first purpose-built commercial spaceport. It’s home to Virgin Galactic, a space startup that promises to send tourists into orbit as early as next year. But even if that milestone happens, it will follow years of delays, […]
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