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more about #sputnik Kayonesoft: More like free light to someone else's yard after they steal these from your yard. My grandmother has multi-color lights for the flowers and stuff aro... more » Nick: Sputnik Solar Lamp Brings Free Light to Your Yard and actually -- my milkshake, my milkshake brings free light to my yard. more » Nick: this looks pretty handy for camping. let it sit out during the day and stick it in your tent when the sun goes down. i wonder if those legs are flexib... more » Kaiser-Machead: Now I can't get the reverberating sound of someone with a saw making that UFO noise out of my head. more » strider_mt2k: DA! That is to say, I like it. more » Curves: My neighbors would call about a UFO if they saw this. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: And some liquid and a rubber brain, and I'll stick this in my living room. Love the color. more » suckerpin: Honestly, who tries to launch a rocket on kerosene and salmon?! more » Richard Human: You would think that someone writing a book would do their research, since this isn't the worst rocket launch in history. On February 15, 1996, during... more » DangerousDac: The Nedelin May have carried a high death toll - But the biggest Rocket Disaster was the Russian Moon Rocket - The N-1. [en.wikipedia.org] Plagued wi... more » matthorn: Did you mean: 'corrosive'?Did you mean: 'missile'?Did you mean: 'fueled'?Did you mean: to spell check before posting ? Oh No's! the corroseive fuled m... more » Kaiser-Machead: Oh c'mon, it can't be that hard Russia... more » -
#lights
Sputnik Solar Lamp Brings Free Light to Your Yard
This solar lamp from IDEA is inspired by Sputnik, requires 2-5 hours of sunlight for 8 hours of operation and costs a mere $16. [IDEA via Engadget] -
#space
How Not To Launch a Rocket: The Nedelin Disaster
History's worst rocket tragedy actually occurred on the ground, in 1960, when the Soviets were experimenting with a dangerous new fuel. Piers Bizony chronicles it in his upcoming book, How To Build Your Own Spaceship:
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#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 »
