Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

[von Boom]

I didn't think of it like that. It's like the photo is bookending the entire shuttle program. Sad.

[TordelBack]

Endeavour's final journey is a sad business, but more because the shuttle was a beautiful, lethal, white elephant from start to finish, and because there's still no decent replacement programme.  However, the glorious photos above it in this thread show that human exploration of space marches on an at ever-increasing pace, even as manned spaceflight (in Baxter's phrase 'the plumbing problem') struggles for direction. 

A recent trip to Armagh's fabulous planetarium with the son was a revelation of just how much we've learnt since I was there as a boy: 67 moons for Jupiter, as opposed to the 20 in my day!  800 exo-planets over precisely zero! 

Thanks for all that, Pops.

[Ancient Otter]

I didn't think of it like that. It's like the photo is bookending the entire shuttle program. Sad.

At least they had a run, unlike Buran - one remote controlled orbit around Earth a few times and then mothballed. What a waste!

[O Lucky Stevie!]

It reminds me of the Buran floating down the Rhine to become a amusement ride in Gorky Park.



JG Balllard was an optimist.

FTFY

[Mikey]

Oh yeah.

Rocks is good

M.

[TordelBack]

Oh yeah.

Rocks is good

Now that is Drokkin' Fantastic.  Someone give that little droid a lube-job.

[Zarjazzer]

New comet on the way.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/newly-discovered-comet-may-outshine-moon-112511688.html

[TordelBack]

New comet on the way.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/newly-discovered-comet-may-outshine-moon-112511688.html

It's a sign from Mene Tekel.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

This isn't real, it's some sort of artistic interpretation, but I like it:

[JOE SOAP]

Is the universe telling me no ?

[Gonk]

Maybe.

Or it has a tic.

[Spikes]

Perhaps it answers Yes or No, depending on what question you ask it. Ill start the ball rolling then..

Is Jimmy Savile innocent?

Will Dredd get a sequel?

[Frank]

This is Science, apparently.

SPACE JUMP

[Spikes]

Just been watching this on the live feed. Exciting stuff!

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

I dunno, I thought the helmet was too big