Posts tagged ‘earth’

Space Shuttle

April 13th, 2011

In 1969, President Richard Nixon decided to proceed with Space Shuttle development. In August 1973, the X-24B proved that an unpowered spaceplane could re-enter Earth's atmosphere for a horizontal landing. Space Shuttle Live Video: NASA Announces Space Shuttle Destinations | NYCAviation Watch live video of NASA administrator Charles Bolden announcing which institutions are to receive [...]

Haarp

March 15th, 2011

The profile of the ionosphere, however, is highly variable, showing minute-to-minute changes, daily changes, seasonal changes, and year-to-year changes. This becomes particularly complicated near the Earth's poles, where a host of physical processes (like auroral lights) are unlocked by the fact that the alignment of the Earth's magnetic field is nearly vertical. Haarp Eastlund seems [...]

T. S. Eliot Was Wrong

February 22nd, 2010

T. S. Eliot once said that “good writers borrow, great writers steal.” Apparently taking this advice to heart, Helene Hegemann, a seventeen-year-old German writer, has “mixed” (her word) together a best-selling novel titled “Axolotl Roadkill.”…Read the whole article at The Newyorker

Color is a powerful element of design that can make or break product character. Read the whole article at The Dexigner