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The Dawn of Commercial Space Flight?

Marco Villa — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:27:08 +0000

Long the realm of sci-fi fiction and dreamers, commercial space flight may soon be a reality. A series of private American and one British firm have been working for years on establishing precisely such an industry. It all started, or...

WTF Happened In Norway?

Marco Villa — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:15:32 +0000

WTF went down in Norway. A blue spiral in the sky giving way to a spinning white circle was seen over the skies of Norway. It immediately caught the attention of several Norwegians. The light display has been ruled out as a natural phenomenon...

Try ‘Space Beer’ this season for a change

Nandini — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:48:12 +0000

The search for water in space involves billions and billions of dollars, but discovering beer came easy to Sapporo Breweries, which has just begun selling six-packs of the world’s first “Space Beer” brewed with barley descended from seeds...

Toshiba’s Space Chair ad is the best approach to sell TVs

Bharat — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:55 +0000

The best way to create an environment to sell a new range of TVs is to shoot a £2,500 piece of furniture into space and then see it falling down. This is exactly what Toshiba did with their Space Chair ad campaign to promote its REGZA SV LCD TVs,...

The Galactic Suite Space Resort is scheduled to open in 2012

Nandini — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:29:41 +0000

A trip to space will always hold its fascination to every sci-fi lover, and it will be a dream come true for those well-heeled folks who are resilient to the crisis. Apparently, a trip to space is still big on the list of the uber-rich, and...

Free NASA iPhone app brings space to your hand

Bharat — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:13 +0000

Apple’s got just everything to the iPhone in form of applications. All have something to strike a conversation and that’s what we, and they love. Now, this latest application done by NASA is truly out of the world. Dubbed the NASA iPhone app,...

Star Navigator

Anita Techviva — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:30:12 +0000

The Star Navigator will automatically find and identify stars, constellations, and planets. Just place a blanket on the ground and enjoy all the stars in the sky. The navigator will help you find specific items or identify the items you find in the...

First clown astronaut is now unfunny in space too

Asylum Staff — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: News, Weird, Science Guy Laliberte, the billionaire founder of Canada’s Cirque du Soleil, became the first clown in space on Wednesday when he blasted off into orbit in a Russian rocket. The milestone is being called a major...

Wearable Augmented Reality system breadths comfort for an astronaut

Bharat — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:38:38 +0000

Being in the ranks of an astronaut doesn’t come easy. And sorting those endless instructions and gear knobs on the space shuttle mustn’t be easy too – ask someone whose been in there, he will tell you better. To simplify things in...

Utah chemists devise nontoxic system for water purification in space

Bharat — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:36:41 +0000

To address the problems of providing safe and disinfected drinking water both in space and here on the ground, chemists from the University of Utah have developed a two-minute water quality monitoring device, which for now is on test aboard...