Forget astronaut ice cream – Mike Massimino breaks down eating dinner in space for Sci-Friday #177. Turns out, you can get almost everything you want to eat in space. Note that I said *almost* everything – take a look and see what I mean: I picked up on this video because I was doing some…
Every time you hear something like ‘US Air Force built a real flying saucer,’ your first move is usually to say “Thanks, Uncle Charlie.” However in this case, it’s actually true! The Avrocar was the USAF’s attempt to build a field-ready transit vehicle that could travel on land and by air. Take a look below…
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Any fan of NASA, space, or scifi has inevitably asked: What *Is* the Saturn 5 Rocket? We’ve all seen the videos, watched Apollo 13, but at the end of the day: How did it all happen? Smarter Every Day asks and answers this question, which we’ll get into for this Sci-Friday. Take a look: It’s…
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Yay, celebrate surviving to Friday with this look at the wacky world of THX. THX began in 1982, when George Lucas and his company, Lucasfilm, were preparing to release Return of the Jedi, the third film in the Star Wars trilogy. To fix the problem, Lucas established a quality standard for commercial theaters that would…
Today, Sci-Friday is honoring Bill Moon – NASA’s first Asian-American flight controller. Moon started at NASA when he was just 23 and at 27 was a flight controller for Apollo 11. He is the son of two Chinese immigrants and grew up in rural Mississippi. Bill Moon would go on to be the lead the…
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What would it look like if we could travel at warp speed, or in hyperspace? Watch this video for Sci-Friday and understand what it would look like in real life if we could travel at incredibly fast speeds. Buckle up, Bucko and hit that lightspeed button! I love the hopefulness of this video. Limitless Space…
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For this Sci-Friday, enjoy some throwback Star Wars fun with ‘Andor 1975,’ courtesy the Auralnauts. I don’t like everything they do, but this was pretty cool and worth sharing for Sci-Friday. Take a look: I haven’t said much up to this point about Andor but I’ve watched it (Yay, free Disney+ trials) and it’s…
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If all you know about Star Trek: The Next Generation is the episodes, do yourself a favor and watch the gag reel for season two. Making a serious show about space can be pure comedy: Season Two is where Whoopie “Guinan” Goldberg joined the show as a 23rd-century bar tender. Season Two was also our…
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This is so cool – a watershed science and scifi-based TV series from the Eighties – COSMOS is now on YouTube! If you want to experience some deep 80’s-nerd nostalgia, binge-watch this series while sitting on your grandma’s Montgomery Ward couch and drinking a JOLT! cola. Take a look: Here’s more info on Cosmos: A…
For this Sci-Friday, enjoy a remastered 70mm version of the Original Star Tours ride. Take a look: According to Wikipedia, the Star Tours ride was originally considered to be for The Black Hole but the expense and lack of popularity caused the project to be shelved. Meanwhile, Lucas and his team of special effects technicians…
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