The new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, comes out in December, and excitement around this, the first Star Wars movie in a decade, has reached a fever pitch. We got to thinking about what kind of modern vehicle each Star Wars character would drive if they lived on Earth today. We had several great ideas to choose from but ...
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Thermoforming and it’s Uses
Thermoforming is a type of sophisticated manufacturing procedure that entails the heating of plastic which is then formed into a specific shape and then trimmed to become a usable product. This process is considered to be one of the most important ways of reforming plastic waste into more functional and useful products. This process usually entails the use of varying ...
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Pope Francis, speaking at the Vatican, announce his belief in the Big Bang (I could hear the capitol letters in his voice) and evolution.
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The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 238,555 miles. Enough to theoretically fit every planet in our solar system in end to end, with about 4,990 miles to spare.
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The TRV's specific purpose is speedy shipping back and forth between Terra Firma and Terra Sky-a.
Read More »It’s Been Ten Years Since We Landed The Mars Spirit Rover!
It was January 4, 2004 when NASA's Spirit set down on Mars and took some incredible images of it's surroundings, including the image featured in this post.
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Once in a while an article will catch our attention and force us to think, this article from Gizmodo is such an article, how would gravity be different if the world were a cube?
Read More »Kepler-78b AKA Earth’s Evil Twin
Say hello to Kepler-78b AKA Earth's evil twin. Kepler-78b is the first Earth-sized planet discovered outside our solar system with a rocky type composition...but it's quite different from our planet.
Read More »Virgin Galactic Wants To Offer Moon Cruises!
When it comes to terrestrial travel, Virgin Galactic wants in on the action and this time they're not just talking about sending billionaires in to space.
Read More »8 Years Is The Lifespan Of NASA’s Deep Impact Mission
After 8 years NASA's Deep Impact comet-hunting mission has been terminated. The mission to hunt comets was concluded when NASA determined that the probe had reached the end of its lifeline.
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