The greatest risk is not taking one

Chris' sent me this TV spot in a response to the ISS montage below.

Sure, it's AIG, which would make the tagline comical - if it weren't tragic.  But it's a great spot.  The copy is taken from TS Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".

View from ISS

This doesn't suck.  Photography taken from the ISS, set to a cue from John Murphy's epic Sunshine soundtrack.  Best played loud and full screen.

How Prometheus Got its Atmosphere

So cool.  (the answer is JPL)

Reminds me of this Neil deGrasse Tyson / Titanic story.

there's a little black spot on the sun today

UPDATE: closer, bolder from Art:

$.005 to move forward

I hope you didn't forget to give your 0.5% to NASA and your 28% to the military yesterday.

Moon-Walking Bloopers

One of those hilarious Bob Saget preambles belongs in front of this reel.

How many people are in space right now?

Good to check in from time to time

thank you,

Discovery.

To infinity and beyond

This is amazing. I was slack jawed the whole time I watched it.

A father and son devise a way to send an HD video camera into space.

Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.