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That's one small roll for gamers...

Ok NASA, you've sent people into space, landed on the Moon, launched science redefining telescopes, so what's next on your agenda? As Wobbuffet's post points out, creating a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) system is the agency's latest accomplishment.

Stargate

Let's check in on humanity's solar system exploration before 2024 kicks in: doctornemo has made a fantastic post about the current state of developments in space, including asteroid bits, fast spaceships, JuMBOs, a space battle, and a space cat video .

12/23/23
by taz

Live demo of skipping a spacecraft on the atmosphere

Apollo 8 ReentryApollo 8 Reentry by NASA Goddard Photo and Video (cc by)

Community member 'automatronic' made a great comment about Artemis 1's fiery re-entry to Earth. It's an amazing recounting of a fantastic engineering feat by NASA!

Launches, landings and other elements

Hubble Marks 30 Years in Space With Tapestry of Blazing StarbirthHubble Marks 30 Years in Space With Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth by NASA Goddard Photo and Video (cc by)

Doctornemo has a fantastic post about what's been going on in the past month of humanity's exploration of space!

Give yourself grace

GoneGone by M.P.N.texan (cc by-nc)

I'm a Certified Professional Organizer ... Mefi member The Wrong Kind of Cheese again comes to our aid with great, specific advice, this time in a question about dealing with the unneeded, unused, yet still emotionally meaningful items that sometimes overwhelm our storage areas ... and our feelings.

09/03/23
by taz

Flapjax for Launch

Pancake Crescent Moon with Earthshine by Dawn SunrisePancake Crescent Moon with Earthshine by Dawn Sunrise (cc by-nc-nd)

What would be the logistics of making pancakes on the moon? freethefeet needs to know.

08/29/23
by taz

Space Trek

With a partial image of Jupiter huge in the top foreground, we see two two small moons in black space below itNASA photo of Jupiter moons

doctornemo boldly goes where ... well, it turns out almost everyone has gone before, with an impressive roundup of current space busyness and business in orbit, moon news, ambling among the astroids, snack time with a black hole, and what's stirring re Mars and Jupiter. 🌏🚀🌝🛰💫

01/31/23
by taz

In the dark blue sky you keep

First full-color James Webb image

As someone who's spent the better part of the last decade working on the camera, NIRCam, that took the picture...tomorrow's images are going to be even more gorgeous, let me tell you.RubixsQube, speaking in the James Webb Space Telescope first images thread. (!!)

07/13/22
by taz

The signs in the stars

Hands in the skyHands in the sky by ohhhbetty (cc by)

In Ask Metafilter, I'm writing a short story where the main character uses a signed language that developed on a space station: A very interesting question and some great answers on signal's request for cultural and linguistic introduction to signed languages for background.

03/21/22
by taz

Disk World?

DiscworldDiscworld by CarbonNYC [in SF!] (cc by)

Black hole time! PhysicsMatt answers why the accretion disk is a disk rather than a sphere, and RedOrGreen explains a bit about interferometry (and other stuff) in the Mefi thread on the reveal of the first black hole image.

04/12/19
by taz

Grab bag

Anableps anablepsAnableps anableps by rubund (cc by-sa)

zamboni with the facts about giant diamonds, the Venus lander, and what this has to do with export taxes.

Can a fish see out of water? Wolfster introduces us to the amazing anablep, the fish whose eyes are bifocals.

Pogo_Fuzzybutt reflects on "one of the better" pizzas he's had -- the day began with a hiker falling off a cliff (Spoiler: don't worry, the hiker lives).

Space post, with the space most

First NBL training run - Getting a feel for the suit.First NBL training run - Getting a feel for the suit. by AstroSamantha (cc by)

Did you enjoy last night's live thread watching the Jupiter mission?

Check out the big auction of space items like navigational globes -- alongside this video from (Mefi's own) engineerguy Bill Hammack on how some of that equipment worked. (Also don't miss his video series recreating Faraday's historical lectures on how a candle works.)

Flight history detectives: Who was the first child to fly in an airplane?

From backseatpilot and Eleven, some expert answers to that age-old question: Which has better aerodynamics, an X-Wing or a TIE fighter?

Women's Work

Nathalia Holt book coverNathalia Holt's "Rise of the Rocket Girls"

Amaaaaazing post from filthy light thief on the women behind the Jet Propulsion Lab and NASA, and the book by Nathalia Holt that celebrates them. 🚀

06/18/16
by taz

"Who runs satellites? I run satellites!"

Fermi satelliteFermi satellite

I’ve flown 7 satellites and supported two launches.

Rob Rockets with a great answer to krautland's question about the ins-and-outs of satellite operations.

03/09/16
by taz

"someone deserves the Spell of Forlorn Encystment"

Dragon ScreamDragon Scream by Brandon James Scott (cc by-nc-nd)

Want to hear Mefites hiss and spit over sins of omission (and inclusion!) in another "best books" thread, and pick up some great member reading recommendations along the way? Check out the thread on The 51 Best Fantasy Series Ever Written. (tip of the wizard hat to y2karl for the title)

In other news, Space Journey Walrus makes an entrance in a thread about some Very Serious Developments Indeed in the aftermath of "this year's kerpupple surrounding the Hugo awards," soon acquiring form (and fashion) and narrative arc. What strange new realms await our hero?

09/04/15
by taz

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