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more about #exploration more comments → Michai: :Salutes: To the greatest article heading ever. Every word in that sentence ignites my inner geekdom. more » defrost: "This means said hovercraft could cruise over 4-inch ice without cracking it" This is false. Hovercrafts are used as ice BREAKERS in some parts of th... more » Barry99705: Good luck finding four inches of ice in the arctic. more » Slyd3z: Jackie Chan + Samurai sword bests most hovercrafts, apparently. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: So do you also recover moon rocks so you can fake the upcoming staged missions? more » Trond Aasland: This sounds like a lego set come to life. Awesome. more » Geisrud: No reason they couldn't put a stereo in there. Although for a trip like that, I would upgrade to satelite. more » ripfire: Dream job? In the Arctic? Well... I guess if you like the cold. Also, I'm not sure I see the "woo" factor of cruising over 4 inch of ice when I've se... more » not_a_virus.exe.vbs: .9999 = 1 more » jerrymedina: Great Scotts! 2.2 Gigawatts!?!? If Doc had a Boner with 1.21 Gigawatts, I simply can't imagine how he will foresee 2.2 Gigawatts D: more » Nick: will someone ask Leroy about aliens. i don't wanna do it myself. more » DustyButt™: All Imma say is... 2012 more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: That being said, in the case of the "WOW" signal, could it have been like that other space movie, The Arrival, where the signal bounced off a radio s... more » Technologic: "The filament was discovered only recently, on October 20, 3003" so we havent even discovered this yet?? more » zenpoet: Judging by the fact that I am continuously amazed and freaked out by new things happening on this very planet, I take it as no surprise that the rest ... more » -
#hovercrafts
Dream Job: Scientists Search for Arctic Asteroids on Hovercraft
Ever since hovercraft popularity peaked in early 90s R/C toys, I'd mentally buried the sheer awesomeness of the technology. Luckily, Wired reminded me with a piece depicting researchers searching for asteroids in the Arctic while floating on air and rubber. More » -
#space
Get Ready Humanity, Because Space Is a Freak Show
In October, NASA discovered the universe was sliding inexplicably toward, well, something massive. They called the phenomenon "dark flow," and it's but one example of the creepy, unexplained awesomeness that awaits humanity in space. More » -
#lasers
Mega Laser Set to Explore Jupiter's Mysterious Gas
Whats that smell? Why, it's a 500 trillion watt mega laser deciphering the mysteries of space's gas giants, that's what that smell is. Get a good whiff, because you're about the learn something. More » -
#nasa
NASA Spirit Rover Celebrates Five Productive, Dusty Years On Mars
Happy anniversary, Spirit! That's right—against all odds, NASA's plucky Spirit rover has officially been on the Red Planet for five years. Its twin, Opportunity, will celebrate the same five-year milestone on January 24.
