Gizmodo 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #names more comments → Purple Dave: Other than being from the same period of time, I have a hard time seeing how Sputnik is supposed to relate to googies. more » huginn: fallout before everything turned brown and radioactive? A fallout prequel.. before the bomb would be this, and wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. more » strider_mt2k: Obsolete futurism FTW! Look, it's a future where you could still get into fistfights and smoke, what's not to like? more » korneel: I don't want to spoil anything, but we, in Belgium, have that organisation we all *love* called SABAM (like ARS in the USA). They're part of "the copy... more » Mark 2000: Steampunk and cyber punk make sense as terms because both are sort of dirty and makeshift worlds where a safety pin might just come in handy to hold t... more » spider2544: can any one explain to my why the "punk" gets added on to stuff like steampunk, cyberpunk, and now atompunk more » solOptimus: So, what happens in 5 years when actual punk-music becomes a new cultural trend for people to write/paint/dress/design things about? Would people wit... more » -
#atompunk
Space Age Fetishism Getting Silly New Moniker: Atompunk
Are you obsessed with Sputnik, the Space Race, Googie architecture and radioactive powers for superheroes? Look out, it seems like your fetish is about to get a name: "Atompunk." More » -
#papernauts
NASA to Fly You to the Moon for Free, Sinatra Style
NASA is opening the door to anyone wanting to go to the moon as part of their next lunar mission—all without requiring years of tests, training, or smoking astroturf. Sadly, only your name will go, which is actually good because the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter—set to select landing and outpost sites for the Constellation program—is not returning. Ever. Just submit your name to the mission site, and it will be added to a chip that will orbit for eternity around the biggest cheese in the Universe, and you will get a certificate from NASA. More »
