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    Roklimber: "Will People On Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?" I hope so. What's the fun in being on a long space mission otherwise? more »
    Mark 2000: Have these idiots at NASA ever heard of the age of sailing ships? Crews have already survived isolation in cramped quarters together successfully. Thi... more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: FOX has optioned this for a series so they have something to air next 4th of July, then cancel. more »
    32ndnote: This is such a great idea! I don't know why we didn't think of using Russians and Europeans for our experiments, instead of lab rats, earlier! more »
    nutmeag: How long to astronauts currently stay on the space station? I was thinking around 6 months, but if that were the case, this test wouldn't be necessary... more »
    smirkette: was this the same experiment that excluded female test subjects with the reasoning that they would inspire more tension and conflict? more »
    Bill-Lee: Why'd you pick the picture from 2001? The astronauts in that movie were killed by the computer. more »
    adamczar: I can't help but feel that in 2009, we should have gotten to "the future" already. Instead this looks like stuff from the 70s. Where's the flying ca... more »
    Grey_Area: The Soyuz rocket design has been around since '67. Still the most used and reliable way of getting Up There. more »
    limber: It's gorgeous, but does it land again? Or does all of that punkery break up and whizz around in orbit, forever threatening our satellites and space p... more »
    phoenix: Baikonur is really a fabulous place for space launches - it's still so old school but so high tech at the same time; it's kind of a gleaming steampunk... more »
    BeowulfRex: It's got that "I built this out in my barn out of a '58 Plymouth" look to it. more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Welcome to Cosmodrome! One rocket in, One rocket out! Hopefully. more »
    Zack Stentz: There's a weird, functional beauty to these pictures that it's difficult to put one's finger on-- Sovietpunk? more »
  • #weirdexperiments

    Will People On Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?

    For 105 days, 4 Russians and 2 Europeans holed up in isolation in Moscow, to see if they could survive a mission to Mars without killing one another in frustration, while American scientists watched. Tomorrow, they'll be freed. More »
  • #beyondcosmodrome

    Kazakhstan's Cosmodrome Prepares for the Conquest of Space

    It's amazing how sleek and old-school the Soyuz rocket looks, preparing to blast off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. Especially surrounded by Soviet-looking guards. More Cosmodrome porn is below. More »
  • #foundfootage

    Final Proof That Communism Breaks Your Brain

  • #conceptart

    The Tomorrow War Looks Good Today

    One of the best parts of video-game classic Mass Effect was the ability to take your ship to different planets throughout the galaxy, and actually touch down, get out and explore the places. A new game, The Tomorrow War, takes that concept and expands on it exponentially, giving you a virtual sandbox of systems and worlds to explore. Of course, if you have to dole out some Soviet-style ass-kicking in the process, then so be it. At least you'll be tooling around in this cruiser that looks a lot like the U.S.S. Sulaco from Aliens. Check out a full gallery of new images from this game below. More »
  • #reinterpretations

    Your Favorite Scifi Films As Russian Woodcuts

    As Chancellor Gorkon from Star Trek VI would say, "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon." We'd reply by telling him that unless he'd seen Star Wars in the original Russian folk art version, he was a pansy. Russian artist Andrey Kuznetsov has created some pretty impressive versions of films like The Matrix, The Terminator (or maybe that's T2: Judgement Day), Star Wars, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, and others using the traditional style of Russian folk art. We've been able to decipher most of them from the original page, but we can't figure out for the life of us what this piece is supposed to represent with the guy using a computer and sticking a knife (or is that a USB drive?) in his butt. War Games: The Porno? Let us know what you think it is in the comments, after you check out the gallery below. More »
  • #spacerockopera

    Russian Space Pirates Melt Your Synapses With Rock

  • #rockets

    Russian Space Rocket Looks Totally Old-School

    The Soyuz-FG launcher sticks to a 1950s snub-nosed aesthetic, even though it was built in 2001. The Soyuz is preparing to launch Dec. 14 from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome. Image by STR/AFP/Getty Images.