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    phoenix: I'm so bummed I didn't make it downtown to see this when it was available! more »
    bonniegrrl: I get first dibs on the bathroom! more »
    DeSota: Is that some kind of fucking joke? An enlarged Apollo capsule is going to take people to Mars. Oh how far we have come...... more »
    NefariousNewt: "What a piece of junk!" I couldn't resist. more »
    EBone: Seems odd to be designing a ship now for use over twenty years from now. I'd like to think that we'll make some technological advances in the next 15 ... more »
    Marcelo: Fun fact - the orion logo was designed by Mike Okuda of Star Trek: TNG fame! I can't wait. I just hope they keep up the ambition and don't get sidetra... more »
    Grey_Area: Will the Orion capsule have green chicks on board? Hey, it's Space Porn, we have to get the hard facts. more »
    snowcrash: looks pretty naff to me. It's all held together by rivets? Do they even read sci-fi or view sci-fi art? more »
    Daveinva: Reading the comments on this over at Gizmodo, it's a little sad how little people know about this program. While in part I blame NASA, I also think th... more »
    Andrew Freedman: They should call it "Colbert." more »
    Krashblind: Such a shame when outside companies have been coming up with more efficient ways of getting to orbit using reusable craft (ie; SpaceShip One). When I... more »
    TaintedBlood: if we want to go to mars, why are we going to the moon? as always post-apollo nasa is setting itself up for inevitable failure. more »
    that charlie sedarka: They couldn't wash it first? more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Three years in an Apollo capsule. Three years in an Apollo capsule. Three years in an Apollo capsule. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All w... more »
    cash907: Oh, gee... the Honda Civic of spacecraft. This is way better then a reusable orbital shuttle with actual cargo capacity. more »
    ManchuCandidate: What is going to put Orion up there? Better be an upgraded Saturn V or has NASA decided to use the one sitting on it's side for the 30 years as a disp... more »
    Purple Dave: I dunno if it's the fact that I stayed home sick all day, or if maybe there's something to this, but I had this sudden image of Fulcrum actually being... more »
    shaunmcilroy: NBC need to confirm this is coming back for a full season next year. Chuck has been the only truly consistent program on the air this year. Heroes has... more »
    theDreamer: "which he hid inside an issue of Ex Machina... a comic about a guy who accidentally becomes part-machine" I thought those were delivered with the DVD,... more »
    KVFinn: Why does the government want the intersect to stay in his head? Wasn't the point of the whole arc in the first season that they wanted it out of his ... more »
  • #spaceporn

    First Look at the Spacecraft That Will Take Humans to Mars

    Yesterday NASA gave the world a first look at the Orion, a space vessel that will take humans back to the Moon in 2020, and then onward to Mars in the 2030s. More »
  • #chuckreview

    Chuck Meets His Maker... Almost

    Last night's Chuck started the ramp-up to the season's "gamechanging" finale with a gamechanger of its own: Beckmann was revealed to be a midget. Oh, and we met the creator of the intersect... kind of. More »
  • #chuckrecap

    Chuck Vs. The Questionable Plot Development

    Oh, Chuck. After last night's episode, now I know that you're definitely heading somewhere. It's just that I'm not sure I like where that somewhere might be. Why must you torment me so? Spoilers! More »
  • #megaengineering

    World's Fastest Wind Tunnel Goes Hypersonic

  • #bookdeal

    Are You 24 Pages Away From a Multi-Book Contract?

  • #spacemadness

    Three Ways To Keep Astronauts from Going Crazy In Space

  • #finalcrisis

    Meet The New Gods, Not Exactly The Same As The Old Gods

    They're the core characters behind DC's summer extravaganza Final Crisis, but that doesn't mean that you necessarily know who Darkseid, Orion, Metron or any of the rest of the New Gods actually are. Before "evil wins" in the DC Universe, here's a quick primer to let you know just what a Fourth World actually is, anyway. More »
  • #rant

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

  • #rant

    NASA Mission to a NEO: Bad Idea

  • #conceptart

    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 »