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more about #spacejunk Liz Weinbloom: Does that picture look like a Dalek to anyone else? Or has the Doctor Who hiatus finally twisted my brain? more » twophrasebark: The slow approach is really cool. I was also thinking - Did the X Prize say anything about size? Why not just send a little tiny rocket and a little t... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Is anyone else surprised that MSNBC has a "Satellite Desk" in their news division? more » BullfightsOnAcid: This is how 'War of the Worlds' started... and 'Men in Black'... and 'The Blob'... and 'The Thing' and the Stephen King chapter of 'Creepshow'... and ... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I know what it is!!! [io9.com] more » twophrasebark: "If a chunk of a satellite or rocket crushes your car or injures you, who is responsible?" Dennis Haysbert. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: That first one, I remember watching it go boom on live hi-def TV. HDNet covers a lot of launches/landings. It was pretty obvious what was going to hap... more » Skunky: I saw an article somewhere that had like a photographic history of crap that came down from above. Parts of rocket stages in the middle east, Columbia... more » Mount_Prion: I definitely read misread this title as "The Cabbage that Smashed into Earth from Space." That would have been cool. I bet space-cabbage tastes like s... more » corpore-metal: It's getting very crowded and dangerous up there: [www.eetimes.com] It's a hazard to astronauts, satellites, people on the ground and any space elevat... more » CowboyRob: We should probably all start walking around with helmets on, to be safe. more » tetracycloide: imagine the late night television commercials of the future that will replace the asbestoes and heprin commercials of today. 'injured by falling space... more » diverguy: "Somebody has to pay those damages." I'd have to think that falls under the whole 'act of god' thing. Which means, anyone is responsible except for an... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: The traceable stuff is bad enough. But when you get unnatural unidentified "I dunno where da fuck this came from" magic rocks smashing into houses, I ... more » -
#conceptart
The Electric Rocket That May Put A Robotic Inchworm On The Moon
Here's the "underdog" electric-powered rocket that just may conquer the Moon and win Google's $30 million Lunar X Prize. The Lunatrex rocket uses a slow-but-steady approach, taking months instead of days to reach the Moon. More » -
#meteor
Giant Fireball Blazes to Earth in Texas
Experts have been scratching their heads over a huge, bright fireball that zoomed out of the sky over Texas yesterday. Reporters and the FAA claimed it was satellite debris, but astronomers say they're wrong. More » -
#spacejunk
The Garbage that Smashed to Earth from Space
Here lies the wreckage of the Genesis spacecraft in the Utah desert. It's just one of many space vehicles that have returned planetside in speeding balls of screaming fire. More »
