Tag: Space
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FAA opens way for companies to stake claims to lunar rights
Photo via YouTube/Moon trailer Do we have the right to reserve rights to the moon? Apparently so. At least that’s the message the U.S. government appears to be sending. In an exclusive report by Reuters, “U.S. companies can stake claims to lunar territory through an existing licensing process for space launches.” The Federal Aviation Administration, in a “previously…
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Watch NASA’s awesome video from space of that nasty Nor’easter that’s hitting New York and Boston
Photo via NASA Goddard We hope you didn’t have plans to fly anywhere near the Northeast this week, as a massive Nor’easter is shutting down New York and Boston today and tomorrow. But this look at the storm from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is pretty cool. The video captures what happens when the low-pressure…
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Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative
Google CEO Larry Page Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s new Seattle-based satellite Internet initiative, according to a report by The Information this morning, citing people familiar with the talks. The deal, if it happens, would create a powerful alliance between two companies…
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Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault
Storage shelves inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. “Futuristic Shades” from Waterworld That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close with eyewear from the 1995, post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner film Waterworld in EMP Museum’s collection. Though merely two decades old (from a film then said…
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GeekWire goes to the movies: Here’s what we thought of Christopher Nolan’s epic space drama Interstellar
Matthew McConaughey is superb as Cooper in Interstellar. Images via IMDb. GeekWire was transported to other galaxies yesterday — wandering through worm holes on a quest to save the human race. Yes, we played hooky Wednesday afternoon and took in Christopher Nolan’s two hour and 49 minute epic space drama Interstellar, watching the action unfold…
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Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw
Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too hard. As a one-time writer of the form, I use a straightforward definition of “science fiction:” Fiction that extrapolates from current scientific knowledge to ask what-if, projected onto human beings and societies. Equally important, the…
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Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain
#477358915 / gettyimages.com Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and the host of StarTalk Radio and the television series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.” He’s also a frequent guest on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and he’s appearing this week at Tableau Software’s annual conference in…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is in great shape, may be in ‘astronaut training,’ says author
Jeff Bezos Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking so fit these days that he may be prepping to go to space. That was one of the observations from veteran journalist Brad Stone, author of the “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.” Stone spoke Tuesday night at Seattle’s Town Hall, covering everything from…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about his space venture Blue Origin at the grand opening of the Bezos Center of Innovation at The Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13 years on development and testing of…
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Jeff Bezos: Yes, it’s Apollo 11! Serial numbers confirm historic engine find
The serial number on engine #5 from the Apollo 11 mission. This is a pretty big piece of American history. Jerrad Alexander, SpaceWorks Technician, uses a fine brush to clean an Apollo F-1 Thrust Chamber. In the background, you can see mist from one of the fine sprays that continually treats the artifacts with freshwater…