<![CDATA[io9: Moscow]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Moscow]]> http://io9.com/tag/moscow http://io9.com/tag/moscow <![CDATA[If Tesla built an Arctic citadel, it might look something like this]]> Photographer Dmitry Mordolff took these astounding shots of a snow-covered electromagnetic field testing station, or "Tesla's bench," in Istra outside of Moscow. All it takes is a dab of blizzard to transform electrical equipment into a hyper-futuristic snow fortress. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5752727&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Amazing aerospace porn from the Soviet space program]]> Straight from the halls of the Moscow Aviation Institute, these images of looming machines and intricate wiring are sure to stir up a longing for retro Russian rocketry. [victorprofessor via English Russia] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5573167&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Moscow Mayor's Climate-Hacking Plot: a Winter Without Snow]]> It sounds like a supervillainous plot, but Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov has vowed that Moscow will see no snow this winter. Luzkhov is pushing through a plan to ensure that the city's trademark blizzards land in someone else's backyard. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5384604&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Moscow That Never Was]]> As America descends into anarchy and destruction, the Russian president has declared the era of the U.S. over. So what are we in for? Soviet architecture in the 1930s and 1940s was cloud-touching stuff, as this exhibit of unrealized Soviet architectural fantasies proves. With the tables turning, can we expect to see the result of the big Soviet style? Click to see what exactly we might be up against...architecturally. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5059056&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Screw Beijing - Visit The Space Olympics]]> Sure, the opening ceremony for Beijing's Summer Olympics may have been visually stunning (and that was just the athletes' outfits) and benefited from the latest in space technology, but even that wasn't enough to get us interested in anything with the word "olympic" attached to it (Blame it on unfortunate PE experiences while in high school). And then we discovered the Space Olympics. More »
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