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The US Army’s Plan to Conquer the Moon

“Project Horizon” was the US Army’s secret attempt in the 1960s to come up with a viable plan for long-term American colonization of the Moon. But with the Soviet Union already ahead in the space race, the hundreds of pages of classified reports also had to consider what would happen if a lunar base was […]

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Developer Interesting

How a simple bug in software ended 6 lives

I’ve been told the worst thing that can happen to a developer is their code crashes in production? Well…. what happens if that production environment is in a hospital? This video tells the story of one of the Therac-25 incidents, and how Ray Cox ultimately died because of a programming error in a safety critical […]

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Space

How We Lost & Found Voyager 2!

Marion Kerr discusses how we briefly lost and re-established contact with Voyager 2, the incredible space probe that’s been traveling…for 46 years!

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Space

Aeolus Crashes Back to Earth!

Marion Kerr  discusses the “assisted crash” of the Aeolus satellite back to Earth and why this crash was never designed to happen.

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Developer Space

How Does NASA writes space-proof code?

Safety critical systems require strict coding standards. In this video, Low Level Learning discusses how NASA’s power of ten helps them write space-proof code.

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Future Science Space

What’s NASA’s Plan to Colonize the Moon?

NASA wants to put people on the moon by 2024 and villages of people on the moon by 2030. The question is, what will it take to reach such a lofty goal? This video is from The Unthinkable. As part of NASA’s Artemis plan, the goal is to have permanent communities on the surface of […]

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Space

The Time a Pickup Truck Pulled the Space Shuttle

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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Science Space

New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin

A new NASA and Durham University simulation puts forth a different theory of the Moon’s origin – the Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact. The simulations used in this research are some of the most […]

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Space

Space for all: Not your father’s astronauts!

So far, only around 600 people have been to space, which is shocking given that there are around 7 or 8 billion of people in existence. Is that about to change? What changes will it bring to humanity? Beltalowda!

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