Friday, December 30, 2011
Actually, There Is One New Year's Resolution for 2012...
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Reflections Upon 2011...
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
End of 2011: Top Space Happenings of the Year
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Give Space Books for Christmas, Such as The Astronaut's Cookbook!
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Titusville, Florida: Where the Road Led
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Caption Tha Photo: Who Wants My Crappy Space Cartoon? You Might!
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Non-Space Post: Professional Women, Beware
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Video of MSL Launch - November 26, 2011
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MSL/Mars Curiosity Atlas V Launch Liveblog - November 26, 2011
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Friday, November 25, 2011
MSL/Mars Curiosity Liveblogging Starts Here in the A.M. - Don't Miss It!
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
How to Perfect Frank Borman-esque Facial Expressions, Part 1
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MSL Delayed by One Day Next Week...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Soyuz TMA-22/Expedition 29 Launch and Mission Updates
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Russian Mars' Moon Probe Drama - UPDATED 11/14/2011
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Monday, October 24, 2011
You, Too, Can Visit the Vehicle Assembly Building
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Monday, October 17, 2011
More ESCANDALO in Space: In Which a Certain Astronaut Racks Up 28 Parking Tickets at JSC for the Lolz
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Carrying the Ire: The Most WTF Spaceflight Books
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
RIP Steve Jobs, A True Innovator
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Space Movie Review Korner - Apollo 18 Edition
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
FINAL UARS Update - September 27 Edition
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Happy Birthday, John Young!
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Friday, September 23, 2011
UARS Reentry Update: 9/23/2011
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Why There Are Bigger Things To Worry About Other Than That Satellite Falling To Earth
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Lots of Updates: This Last Week in September Edition
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Some Updatin' Updates - 9/10/11 Edition
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GRAIL Launch Coverage - September 10, 2011
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Jack Swigert of the Week: It's Tax Season, Oh No!
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
From The Earth To The Earth: The Missions Which Never Left The Ground, Part One - 2TV-1, 1968
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Workin' Hard Like A Boss In FL
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
Apollo 18, Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Want Mah Money Back From The Theater
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Stuff To Watch: 40390576's YouTube Channel
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Monday, August 29, 2011
ISS Update: August 29, 2011
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Update About The Progress Cargo Vehicle Failure: August 27, 2011
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Some General Facts About Russia's Space Program
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My Thoughts On Russia's Space Program
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Greatest NASA Photo Ever?: Pete Conrad Being Pete Conrad, 1965
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
NASA Publications Which SHOULD Somehow Exist, But Don't
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
My First 10,000 Hits Call For A Skylab Party
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Juno Where I'm At?: Juno's Location, August 18th, 2011 Edition
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Interruption In Programming Until Later This Week...
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This Space Available's Newest Feature - Mission Reviews, Part 1: Gemini 6A - 7 (1965)
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Friday, August 12, 2011
My Account Of Juno's NASA Tweetup On Kittysneezes!
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
So Yeah, I Make Videos. Videos Are Cool Now.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
My First YouTube Video: My Tribute To The Juno/Atlas V Tweetup
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
More Fun With Eyes On The Solar System, Or How My Family Learned To Start Worrying And Stage An Intervention
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
It's After 10:00 PM On A Saturday Night. Do You Know Where Your Space Probes Are?
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Recovering From A Trip To Space Heaven: Some Thoughts About Juno's NASA Tweetup
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
At The Juno NASA Tweetup - 8/4/2011
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Made It To T-Ville!
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
How Much Time Until Juno Launches? Tuesday Night Edition
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Monday, August 1, 2011
NASA Juno Update: Juno Now Has Its Own Channel
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
ESCANDALO in Space, Part VI: The Untimely Death of Space Bat
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
NASA's Latest Mission To Jupiter: The Juno Spacecraft (And Also...A Tweetup!)
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This Space Available Presents...Astronaut Muppet Babies
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Friday, July 29, 2011
ESCANDALO in Space, Part V: When Bumping Uglies On Moon Rocks Was A Thing
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Awkward Crew Portraits: Gemini 6, 1965
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
STS-1 Clone High: The Best Of NASA Conspiracy Theories, Part 1
NASA photo from 1981. I'm assuming this was taken after NASA made clones out of the remaining DNA samples of Young and Crippen. Engle and Truly were not aware of the switch yet...but wait, were STS-2 clones too? The mind boggles!
Part of the never-ending fun of being a spaceflight enthusiast is hearing endless conspiracies about various NASA missions. I won't even get into the dozens of crazies um, curious people who think the moon landings were faked. A friend sent me a link to what may be the very best NASA conspiracy theory ever, though. This one involves the space shuttle Columbia and cloning. And not just ordinary cloning - NASA somehow managed to clone John Young and Bob Crippen. I wish I made this whole thing up in my mind, but here's a link to prove that someone dreamed up this hot mess scenario and posted it on an Internet message board.
I'm just going to do a capsule summary of this interesting theory, since I've already posted the link above, and plus if I read the entire poorly written post again I'm afraid I'll legitimately have some kind of grand mal seizure from the awful grammar and writing. Basically, the poster claims that the "real" space shuttle Columbia exploded or was somehow destroyed. As if this conceit wasn't tasteless enough (seriously, anyone writing a fanfic-esque story about a fictitious space disaster which kills real people has some kind of mental issue...), the poster claims "synthetics" a.k.a clones were made of STS-1 astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen in order to carry out the "fake" first Columbia mission. Or something like that. Around this point I thought someone had given me some of the "bad shit" (a.k.a brown acid) from Woodstock, and I had to stop reading.
So there you go. This is the greatest space conspiracy theory I've probably ever read, although I am sure there are some even more amazing stories out there. I can assure all readers that STS-1 was, in fact, a real space shuttle mission which began and ended successfully with its non-cloned astronauts on board. Also, how difficult would it be to clone Young and Crippen? Seriously...? I doubt cloning technology was fantastic in 1981; remember, 1981 still boasted cathode ray televisions and rotary phones. NASA would have messed up the clones. Clone John Young would have been from Rhode Island, and he would have hated corned beef sandwiches. Clone Bob Crippen would have hated tanning. People would have caught onto the deceit pretty quickly. YOU CAN'T CLONE PERFECTION, PEOPLE!
"Aw shucks. Ah am a clone now." The real John Young in a real space shuttle simulator, 1981 NASA photo.