Trousers to Grow Into

When I was a youngster my parents bought me a pair of braces to hold up my new trousers. Of course these were 'Trousers to grow into' and without such support I would have been running around bare arsed. The braces were blue and had pictures of planets and rockets and, in the box, was a genuine ticket to the Moon.
I know, because it said so.
Somewhere in a landfill site, many many years ago...

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

More cameras see light on Mars

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With the mast now upright Curiosity's main cameras are waking up to greet the day. The navigational cameras were first to the bathroom. ...
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A birds eye view of Curiosity

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After it captured Curiosity (MSL) parachuting down, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had another look at the landing site. MRO was a lot f...
Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Shadows of Martian Curiosity

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OH WOW! Curiosity stands in Gale crater, looking forwards to the east-southeast, in the late afternoon. The long shadow of Curiosity rea...
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Another view of Curiosity's heatshield

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As MRO was passing overhead Curiosity took it's own pictures with a camera on it's belly. With the parachute deployed the camera be...

Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture!

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has done it again!* As it passed overhead the mighty HIRISE camera had one chance to capture the scene; h...
Monday, 6 August 2012

If Curiosity meets a cat on Mars

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...will it be obliged to kill it? This and other deep philosophical problems may be answered over the coming months following the successfu...
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Dust That Sings

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Following on from my post by Neil DeGrasse Tyson , YouTuber philhellenes gives his take on the subject. Ramp up the quality, make it full s...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

A thought for a Sunday

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Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. Sun Tzu - ...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012

The Most Astounding Fact

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I realise that I've not been active round here for a while. Sorry to the world and thanks to NobblySan for the nudge. What is the most ...
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Sunday, 12 February 2012

A thought for a Sunday - only moments late

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"It may not be said that there is no god. It may be said that there is no reason to think that there is one." Christopher Eric Hit...
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