SAN FRANCISCO, 4:18 PM, WED MAY 21 | 30 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@io9.com | SUBMIT A TIP | RSS
Posts Tagged “

orion

”
rant

Dear NASA, Either Shut Your Pie Hole or Shove Some Cash In It

NASA officials are whining that the Russian space program is unsafe. True, the last two Soyuz capsules have had rough re-entries, but none of the crew got a scratch on them. In fact, last we checked the Russian space program hasn't had a death on their watch since 1971 (1967 Soyuz I crash pictured). NASA can't exactly say the same, (cough ::Columbia:: cough) so where do they get off pointing fingers? More »

2:05 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Michael Reilly
481 views, 24 comments

rant

NASA Mission to a NEO: Bad Idea

Ever since the Columbia disaster, NASA's been hurting for some good press in the crewed spaceflight program. Agency scientists think they have the answer — sending a crewed mission to a Near Earth Object (NEO) once the new Orion spacecraft begins missions in 2015. What are they thinking?! It's hard to imagine a worse approach to fixing a a wing of the agency that has given the public little reason to be interested or confident in its capabilities since the Columbia disaster in 2003. More »

1:50 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Michael Reilly
1,986 views, 37 comments

Latest by cariann: On a different note, we need to get off of this planet. We have a super volcano in Yellowstone park and numerous other problems. We need to go to Mars as soon as possible. Maybe once we more »

concept art

A Spaceship On Fire Off The Shoulder Of Orion

Actually, we aren't sure if this is Orion, but we just couldn't pass up a nice Blade Runner reference. This spaceship or space station looks like it's been attacked and is about to fall victim to the gravity of the planet below, and it couldn't be more beautiful. More »

11:54 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kevin Kelly
4,424 views, 63 comments

Latest by PreDefined: I first saw it in here: [www.amazon.com] A great art book if you can find it. more »