Tag: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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The view from the space station
This one you need to crank up large as possible and watch…it’s amazing NASA footage from the International Space Station showing the world at night, massive electrical storms, aurora borealis, and the lights of the world whizzing by set to music from Sunshine. The beauty of this small blue dot moved me to tears –…
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Riding the booster
I’m a sucker for space footage, as anyone whose seen the Videotones mashup videos I did will attest! And this is amazing, it’s footage of what happened to the boosters used to propel the Shuttle up to orbit, including launch and splashdown – I didn’t know they re-used the rockets. And for once you’ll want…
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More amazing nature – make an IMAX movie in your basement
There is no 3D in that clip at all – that’s just manipulated images taken by Cassini probe in After Effects in a eye watering 5600 pixel resolution! Stephen van Vuuren is making an IMAX resolution film called ‘Outside In‘ using these photographs at home – and as someone who uses AE CS5 which on…
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UK democracy with a copyright symbol
Crazy world where a Brighton and Hove local councillor can get sanctioned because of copying a council’s public web stream to YouTube without editing them. Yes this is the silliness of UK’s crown copyright and other laws – public money or public office does not automatically mean public domain, sadly. Hence why rx could happily…
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doing the rounds / technology and infostress
This funny text is doing the rounds atm: “This morning I woke to my alarm clock, powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the local water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to…
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RC 135: Space Disco I – DiscoStar Galactica
Yup put on your disco silver moon boots, your silver wig and fake NASA crash helmet. cos it’s the first Space Disco special – straight from 1977 with a rocket in it’s pocket! Liszt in Space: (67 mins, 54Mb) https://www.radioclash.com/show-archive/rc_135.mp3 Tracklizst: To Boldly Go Where No Disco Has Gone Before Space – Magic Fly Meco…