Oh, you’re going to see this video linked all over the place, if you haven’t already, but it’s just goddamn awesome. It’s a bunch of time-lapse sequences shot from the International Space Station as it flies over the planet, all edited together into one movie. Do yourself a favor and watch it in fullscreen mode if at all possible.
In 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong slowly made his way down the ladder of his lunar landing craft then took a breathtaking leap to place the very first human footprint on the surface of another world. Billions of people sat transfixed in front of television sets all over the world waiting for him to speak. His words, so very carefully chosen in advance, instantly became a fixture of human history forever:
“That was one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
Yesterday, the communications software aboard the International Space Station was upgraded to provide direct access to the Internet. Astronaut T. J. Creamer took advantage of the technological advance to secure his own place in human history by posting the first unaided Tweet from outer space:
Centuries from now, the future slaps its collective forehead.
You might remember the news reports earlier this year about chronic problems with the toilet aboard the International Space Station.
Well, Engadget says that included among the items being delivered to the ISS aboard the shuttle Endeavor, which is scheduled to launch tonight around 8:00 p.m. EST, is a brand-new biffy.
But this is no ordinary terlet…it’s a hi-tech environmentally friendly toilet that will recycle all of the urine it collects and turn it into drinking water for the astronauts on board the station.
And you don’t even wanna know about the “solids”.
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