Science & Fiction

Albert Einstein and Arthur Eddington, Cambridge, 1930

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:50:20 -0400

Albert Einstein and Arthur Eddington, Cambridge, 1930

mostly10: David Tennant in Einstein and Eddington

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:53:56 -0400

mostly10:

David Tennant in Einstein and Eddington

Einstein and Eddington (2008) A tv movie about the lives of...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:49:00 -0400

Einstein and Eddington (2008)

A tv movie about the lives of these two men against the background of WW1 and the beginning of the theory of relativity.

I have seen it recently. A very good film ! A fine performance by David Tennant as Arthur Eddington and Andy Serkis (Gollum, King Kong) plays a lively Einstein.

mudwerks: “The Runaway Robot” by Lester Del Rey, Illustrated...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:14:36 -0400

mudwerks:

“The Runaway Robot” by Lester Del Rey, Illustrated by Wayne Blickenstaff

Scholastic (July 1985)

he looks happy…

colchrishadfield: With deference to the genius of David Bowie,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:29 -0400

colchrishadfield:

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here’s Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World.

Huge thanks in the making of the video to the talented trio of Emm Gryner, Joe Corcoran and Andrew Tidby, plus Evan Hadfield and all at the CSA.

And I’m floating in a most peculiar way.

Update #2 on Chris Hadfield's condition

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:03 -0400

canadian-space-agency:

May 16, 2013

An update on Chris Hadfield’s condition
by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon

Chris is already showing noticeable improvement in his walk and equilibrium since yesterday, but it usually takes about 3 weeks until we are confident a returning astronaut can return to driving. He will be driven to where he needs to be until then.

Today is a bit of a lighter day for Chris to help him recover from effects of gravity, as well as the jet-lag and the 24-hour flight to Houston from the landing site. He has a medical check, a 2-hour reconditioning session and short debrief meetings in addition to this morning’s press conference. He needs the rest as tomorrow is a full day of science data collection, medical checks and reconditioning.

Chris Hadfield: “How does the body control blood pressure? Scarecrow on a tilt table to measure how.”

Photo credit: Chris Hadfield

You can also see this article about his return. Not easy to feel gravity again !

orcses: Causes of death include but are not limited to: pushed...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:41:53 -0400

orcses:

Causes of death include but are not limited to: pushed down a cliff, suffocated, vaporized by weapons, killed by various aliens, poisoned by exotic plant thorns, struck by lightning, stepped on an exploding rock, beaten by sticks, loss of erythrocytes, turned into a cuboctehedron and then crushed, beamed into open space, and rapid cellular decay.

I saw Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked it, for the most part, with some reservations. There are...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:00 -0400

I saw Star Trek Into Darkness. I liked it, for the most part, with some reservations. There are some great action scenes. I found the characters interactions generally good, but sometimes there is a little something lacking. Good performances of Karl Urban as McCoy and Benedict Cumberbatch. And Scotty is very sympathetic.

more comment after the break, with moderate SPOILERS.

I didn’t notice any lens flare, but, for a big scale sci-fi film, too many close-up on the faces of the actors. I hope that Star Wars VII will not be filmed this way.
I was not entirely convinced by the relationship Spock - Uhura. We don’t see her enough. And I didn’t always like the way Spock is written in this film, I liked him more in the first film. I have some difficulty to find what bothered me exactly. This is just a personal impression, a lot of people like Spock in this film.
SOME SPOILERS HERE:
I was expecting an entirely new storyline for the reboot, so, some surprises of the film, that bring back old elements, disappointed me a little. Even if these elements are well handled.
This was fun to see the Enterprise crew again, but I’m not sure I want to see a third film. For now, I’d like to see an entirely new space opera. (Maybe I will change my mind later).

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Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:28 -0400

Are you going to see Star Trek Into Darkness ?

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:02:36 -0400

My first memory of Star Trek: when I was a young kid, I watched partially some episodes in English on tv, even if I didn’t understand (I spoke only French). Spock was my favorite character and later, i was disappointed to learn that he was not the captain. I still have my toy Enterprise. I liked the first series and I watched all the films. For diverse reasons, I didn’t see Next Generation and the other series.

The trailer of the new movie didn’t impress me so much, but the score on rottentomatoes is good. I appreciated the first film of the reboot and Cumberbatch could be an interesting villain. I’m going to see it tonight, probably.

And you ? Are you going to see it ? Have you seen it ?

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman across time and space.

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:49:17 -0400

Star Trek Into Darkness

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman across time and space.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 19:31:20 -0400

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Thu, 16 May 2013 09:04:13 -0400

truckstop-troughman: WILLIAM SHATNER… SPACE ODDITY REMIX

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:34:20 -0400

truckstop-troughman:

WILLIAM SHATNER… SPACE ODDITY REMIX

orcses: how to fight by Captain Kirk (ft. his best pupil)

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:03:00 -0400

orcses:

how to fight by Captain Kirk (ft. his best pupil)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 08:58:52 -0400

From a webcast by the Canadian Space Agency.

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:12:05 -0400

From a webcast by the Canadian Space Agency.

intentandoseringeniero: Esquema de la Soyuz por dentro… Parece...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:56 -0400

intentandoseringeniero:

Esquema de la Soyuz por dentro… Parece mentira que ahí quepan 3 personas!

The Soyuz series of spacecrafts : First unmanned launch in 1966 and still in service. (wikipedia)

Expedition 35, May 13, Landing of Chris Hadfield, Roman...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:22:47 -0400

Expedition 35, May 13, Landing of Chris Hadfield, Roman Romanenko and Tom Marshburn,

How to open a Soyuz capsule.