Category Archives: Space

Science and Technology: The Dragon has landed

Following up on yesterday’s successful launch by SpaceX, they also successfully recovered the Dragon capsule put into orbit by the Falcon 9 rocket. I know a lot of people shrug their shoulders at this kind of news, especially because the government has been doing space launches just like this for decades. Yet, if a private […] Continue reading

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Science and Technology: To space and back again

The fantastic company SpaceX successfully launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets carrying its Dragon reusable capsule today. If all goes well, they will recover the capsule this afternoon in the Pacific, making SpaceX the first private company to launch and recover a capsule capable of carrying cargo or humans into space. This event marks another […] Continue reading

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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100621

A bunch of rich people are going to commit half their fortunes to charity. You may not be rich, but what are you going to do? Breakup of the Hayabusa asteroid probe as it reenters the atmosphere and delivers its … Continue reading

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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100616

Want to capture your handwriting as a font? Here’s a step in that direction. One domestication too far? Modern dogs are dumb and we made them that way, according to researchers. On why NASA is an agency from an earlier, dead age … Continue reading

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Worldview Web Roundup for 20100610

Via Jungle Trader, archeologists find a really old shoe. Lost Soviet moon rover found forty years later, and it wants to know what happened. Chinese farmer holds off imminent domain with homemade cannon. Good rules for commenting on any blog, but especially a Christian one. … Continue reading

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