Right now there’s a giant sun spot crossing the sun. How big? Eight times the size of the Earth!
I’ve still got the eclipse glasses I bought in 2012 so I thought I’d check it out – we were able to see it without any magnification!
Right now there’s a giant sun spot crossing the sun. How big? Eight times the size of the Earth!
I’ve still got the eclipse glasses I bought in 2012 so I thought I’d check it out – we were able to see it without any magnification!
The trailer for Season 4 of For All Mankind has dropped, looks pretty exciting.
That’s mind-blowing. It’s hard to comprehend something so big; it would swallow our solar system with little effort.
That’s insane!
Another great podcast on Apollo 11 – slightly late for the 50th anniversary but a different look at the program and the background of the astronauts. It looks at the full 9 days of the mission.
Grab it here.
Imagine if the Russians had beaten the Americans to land on the Moon.
Imagine if the Space Race never ended.
For All Mankind is one of the lead new shows on Apple TV+ and explores this idea. It starts in June 1969 with the Russians landing a cosmonaut first on the Moon, and then proceeds with how things might have player out from there. The pilot episode was great, captured the period well and has a bit of a “Mad Men” feel to it. The ending had me on the edge of my seat and guessing how far they would change the timeline.
It blends historic figures with new characters and they’ve done their homework. Episode 3 will see the Mercury 13 getting the attention they deserve. Can’t wait!
More good stuff here.
So Australia finally has a space agency (one of the last western countries to do so) and we’re also partnering with NASA. I’ve seen a lot of people posting stuff on Facebook like
“Give money to [insert pet project here] before wasting it on space”
so a few points of clarification
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