‘Overall geekery’ Archives
Geeky Space Picture Of The Day: Farewell Atlantis
If you're not following @Astro_Soichi, you're really missing out. Soichi Noguchi is a JAXA astronaut who has been tweeting from the International Space Station since his arrival up there a couple of months ago. In this particular picture we're looking at an aurora on the left-hand side, the bright light is the Moon and obviously the Space Shuttle [...]
Friday Night X Minus One
X Minus One: Skulking Permit - 02/15/1956 Skulking Permit - 02/15/1956 This is the tale of inhabitants of a planet that change their way of life to impress Earth, with how Earth like they can be. Ernest Kinoy adapted the script and the players were Dick Hamilton, Wendell Holmes, Joe De Santis, Joseph Bolland, Alan Hewitt, Bill Quinn, Mandel [...]
Trailer Park: The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. It's based on a short story called Adjustment Team, from one of my favorite writers Philip K. Dick. It's kind of like The Matrix, except significantly less dorky.
Friday Night X Minus One
X Minus One: C Chute - 02/08/1956 C Chute - 02/08/1956 A ship from Earth is captured by chlorine breathing aliens and a group of the passengers debate if they should stay captives or fight to escape. The script is by George Lefferts. The cast includes John Gibson, Lyle Sudrow, Stan Early, Bob Hastings, Mercer McLeod and Danny Auchal. Bill [...]
STS-132 Launch
One last go-around for the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Just two more launches left, STS-133 currently scheduled in September and STS-134 currently scheduled for November. Then that's it, the United States will be out of the business of flying people in space while China and Russia pour money into their space programs. If you want a bit of a rude [...]
How Big Is The International Space Station?
Later this afternoon Atlantis will blast off for it's final flight. The space shuttle will be delivering parts to the International Space Station. Now that the ISS is nearly complete, it's worth thinking about just how big it is. (Plus, remember that it's whipping around the Earth at 17,500 MPH!) Lifeslittlemysteries.com provides us with this [...]
