NASAtelevision: The Next Best Thing to Being an Astronaut

Posted by Michael Pinto on Mar 18, 2009 in Science

In my humble opinion one of the best ways of following the space shuttle this week is to watch the NASAtelevision channel on YouTube (or you can watch it live here) — sadly this is the sort of thing that the SyFy channel should be doing, but maybe this yet another sign that mass media is in decline. Shown above is the crew of the space shuttle being welcomed to the International Space Station, I just love the nautical touch of them ringing the bells. Below are the highlights from the 2nd day: Read more…

Tags: International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle

It’s Criminal that the Space Shuttle Discovery Should Be Allowed to Take Off

Posted by Michael Pinto on Feb 21, 2009 in Science

When the space shuttle Discovery first launched MTV and the Macintosh were new.

The planned February launch of the Discovery has been delayed for the forth time due to potential faulty fuel valves. But that’s not the real story here: The fact of the matter is that the Discovery first flight was in August of 1984. Think about that for a minute — that’s just a few months shy of 25 years ago! In that time we’ve had five Presidents in office spanning three generations — and when Discovery first launched geeks were first discovering dial up bulletin boards. Read more…

Tags: NASA, Space Shuttle