Nasa

Launch Your Face Into Space —

Launch Your Face Into Space is a post from Chris Pirillo

If you ever dreamed of exploring space when you were a kid, now is your chance. While you won’t be able to just climb aboard a space shuttle, you can send your face along with the crew. NASA just announced their “Face in Space”program. Upload a photograph and your name (or just your name) and it will wing its way onto the shuttle faster than the speed of light.

Be sure to save your mission information once you have uploaded your picture. After the shuttle lands on Earth, you’ll be able to return to the site and print out a commemorative certificate signed by the Mission Commander. You can also check on mission status, view mission photographs, link to various NASA educational resources and follow the commander and crew on Twitter or Facebook.

I wanted to be an astronaut at one point in my life. Heck, I don’t know too many people who haven’t thought about what it would be like to fly around defying gravity, weaving in and out of stars and checking out what’s really out there. This is the only chance I’m going to get, and you can bet my photo will be aboard that space shuttle. My face will be launching into space on September 16, 2010 on the STS-133 mission.

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Social Media Updates for 2010-06-06 —

Social Media Updates for 2010-06-06 is a post from Chris Pirillo

• What is a "blog?" An Internet destination that can be set up in a minute and largely ignored for years at a time. #
• Seeking input for a vintage computer site: http://lgno.me/9uH4P3 #
• Should texting or talking on a cell phone and driving be legal? http://lgno.me/bJmt6c #
• How many USB Devices do you own? http://lgno.me/9nCav3 #
• Would you buy a Chrome OS Tablet? http://lgno.me/dsG5M8 #
• Normal Computing vs. Cloud Computing: http://lgno.me/aihpFI #
• People who can solve Rubik's Cubes are ________? http://lgno.me/cbcDsk #
• Echo… http://youtu.be/mHmbdZby_qY #mutethestream #
• Will you upgrade to USB 3.0? http://j.mp/bNMBuS #
• The Greek pita food – is it pronounced hee-roh, jy-roh, or gee-roh? #
• I was denied membership into Club Soda. #
• How to Win an Optimus Maximus keyboard: http://youtu.be/-mv1mZgEs-s #
• Geek met Chic: http://twitpic.com/1toukx #
• Should Microsoft make its own line of PCs? http://j.mp/dzANob #
• Tasting French wine today with @bin41wine in West #Seattle. Wish I had some bleu cheese with me! #
• Is Speed of Thought Faster than the Speed of Light http://lgno.me/benwx2 #
• Sprint HTC EVO vs. iPhone 3GS? http://lgno.me/bFws9T #
• UFO News: Strange, glowing object found in #Seattle eastern sky, moving slowly westward. Vitamin D overdose reports on the rise. #
• Have you attended (or plan to attend) Star Wars in Concert? http://lgno.me/btgkb8 #
• Are you going green? http://j.mp/be5PUj #
• Scramble Your Email Address to Avoid Spam – http://lgno.me/aBWOUw #
• About to board VX748 (track me). Should I pay for Internet or a movie on-demand? #
• Does NASA make space seem boring? http://j.mp/cRmQnf #
• How do you protect yourself from being clickjacked? http://lgno.me/chBBOw #
• How long have you been online? http://j.mp/b06UPR #
• I decided law was the exact opposite of sex; even when it was good, it was lousy. [Mort Zuckerman] #
• Facebook: The Movie coming to a theater near you! http://lgno.me/bHySqz #
• As always, a huge demand for product causes the quality of the product to thin out. [Wendy Pini] #
• Did you know that you can try Google Docs now without an account? http://lgno.me/afqY5C #
• But for the silly chaps, we would still be living in the Stone Age. [Christopher Cockerell] #
• Is tinypay.me some sort of Hobbit mafia loan shark operation? http://lgno.me/aVA5m7 #
• When food contains no food, that is certainly time for action. [Gaylord Nelson] #
• Is it the end of the LAN party for DFI? http://lgno.me/9RCViV #
• If you could choose to work for any company (or person) in the tech/social media sector, where would you go? http://lgno.me/91aAG1 #
• Should Mark Zuckerberg Throw in the Towel? – http://lgno.me/arRbMh #
• A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me. [George III] #
• Shel Israel is calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to resign. Do you agree with his reasoning? http://lgno.me/9wOsHh #
• Will HP be in the smartphone business, after all? http://lgno.me/bP4Eok #
• TGIF! The weekend is going to be gorgeous across much of the nation. What are your plans? http://lgno.me/8XYrYW #
• Congratulations to community member @goretsky for this fantastic interview with @lenovosocial – well done, Aryeh! http://lgno.me/bIozRd #
• Death to PST files! http://lgno.me/9r5F22 #
• Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun. [Ruth Westheimer] #
• What one piece of technology could you give up for a week if you had to? http://lgno.me/afIoRz #
• Since we're told there's already a fix for the storage glitch on Evo 4G's launch day, would you buy one? http://lgno.me/aCFnyI #
• Loudness or Quality? http://bit.ly/9mKYbZ #
• If we don't get exactly what we want, we assume someone must be violating our rights. [Susan Jacoby] #
• iPad portrait of my eyes painted at @chicmeetsgeek: http://bit.ly/bUhLtt – Thank you, @dnsf. Thank you, @caroltran. #
• Is Mac OS X becoming a viable gaming platform? http://bit.ly/9mUuqE #
• When would you consider buying a hybrid or full-electric car? http://bit.ly/aaTYzV #
• Desktop or Laptop? http://bit.ly/d2iOTi #
• Just came from a spectacular @chicmeetsgeek event in SF (Pier 38). Everyone there is a star! Will you squeeze in, too? #
• If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons… [Lawrence Lessig] #
• Chocolate moo juice is good for post-exercise recovery? Who'd've thunk it? http://lgno.me/ag8voj #
• Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. [Jefferson Davis] #
• Could we see the iPad being used on Verizon soon? http://lgno.me/bid6O8 #
• I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators. [Ian Hunter] #
• Do you believe in the Post-PC era? http://bit.ly/cFnkoW #
• Would you resist a cease and desist request? http://lgno.me/cxRnJy #
• All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives. [Raoul Dufy] #
• Have you used Google's results today for mobile applications? http://lgno.me/dmAo67 #
• Nothing says "Welcome back to San Francisco" like a fresh cup of Peet's coffee with heavy cream. #
• The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction. [Allen Ginsberg] #
• Is there something fishy about the death of Gary Coleman? http://lgno.me/a4dfVD #
• I'm a fanboi of any device that only loses 10% battery life after 2 hours of heavy Internet usage. #
• Maybe the words that I say is just another way to pray. [Curtis Mayfield] #
• The biggest problem with the iPad is that most geeks can't let go of last century's idea of what personal computing is. *ahem* #
• Damn. The iPad is a better computer than most computers. #
• Time for Apple to open up the iPhone: http://bit.ly/9aWh3y #
• Having Internet at 30,000 feet is better than being in First Class. On my way to SF for an AMD event at the Russian Consulate. #
• I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on. [Josephine Baker] #
• If you were to tell the story of your life, which actor (or actress) would play you in the movie? http://lgno.me/dh7tX8 #
• Data Center Physical Infrastructure – Optimizing Business Value: http://lgno.me/dc72BD #
• "The guy in that Operation game gets free health care, but all of his doctors are six-year-olds." [@JerryThomas] #
• That which is hard to do is best done bitterly. [John Hodgman @hodgman] #
• iRadeo, uRadeo, we all scream for… well, you know. http://lgno.me/dB0t8l #
• "Sarah Palin blaming environmentalists for the BP oil spill is like me blaming PETA for the bacon I just ate." [@RexHuppke] #
• Hudson is doing a #DecaSports2 giveaway: http://spn.tw/teO2J #ad [20 random people will win.] #
• Science fiction encourages us to explore… all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision. [Marion Zimmer Bradley] #
• How aware is Delaware? http://lgno.me/9IjoJG #
• Cocoa Pebbles vs Fruity Pebbles – http://lgno.me/bo1d0G #
• If you could move to any city in the world right now, where would you settle down? http://lgno.me/a7×4bv #
• Customize Your Google Home Page with Pictures – http://lgno.me/9TYBZM #
• Apparently, I need to find a Windows PC. Suggestions? #
• Giving away an "Optimus Maximus" keyboard for the first user who reaches 100,000 Karma points on http://lockergnome.net/ #
• Share Your Gravatar Public Profile – http://lgno.me/akN1CK #
• Recording videos for YouTube at http://live.pirillo.com/ [and taking live calls via 1-888-PIRILLO] #
• How to Gain Weight Fast – http://lgno.me/9NbTFi #
• Okay, everyone – start building your Q&A Karma: http://lockergnome.net/ has officially relaunched! #
• New Twitter Feature to Reveal Relationships – http://lgno.me/a0ZBps #
• When Do You Power Down Your Laptop? – http://lgno.me/bb7FJL #
• Photo proof that I need to lose more weight: http://lgno.me/bRAozx #
• Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken. [Charlie Watts] #
• If you got an email from your future self, what would you do? http://lgno.me/bROwpN #
• Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch? [@WayneBrady] #
• Fear is the mother of foresight. [Thomas Hardy] #
• 10 cool upcoming features in OpenOffice: http://bit.ly/aCuddm [via @jasonhiner] #
• What would you do for a Klondike bar? http://lgno.me/cvgaGD #
• Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink. [Barbara Pym] #
• I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything. [Lydia Lunch] #
• Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants: http://lgno.me/cezlT1 [via @skepchicks] #
• I'm (fifty-five) years old, but I read at the (fifty-nine)-year-old level. [Dana Carvey] #
• George W. Bush Has Joined Facebook: http://bit.ly/9QXeXD #endtimes [via @marshallk] #
• True Thin Provisioning: http://lgno.me/aFfjgt #
• Do you think AT&T will reduce data consumption by raising their rates? http://lgno.me/a4uPqI #
• Contest Pits Nerds against Bras: http://lgno.me/aAKFvD #
• It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. [Marquis de Sade] #
• How do you know more about who you know? http://lgno.me/ahF64I #
• Why would ANYBODY buy this? http://lgno.me/cT58pT #aff #
• LEGO printer that uses felt-tip markers: http://bit.ly/bWb740 [via @laughingsquid] #
• 500 days in a simulated spacecraft to reach Mars: http://bit.ly/9SgWUo [via @Stammy] #
• I am not Spock. But I am Spock. All at the same time. [@ZacharyQuinto] #
• Buy Your Toy Story 3 Tickets on Facebook – http://lgno.me/cAq4jw #
• Berry Sweet Taste – http://lgno.me/9aDVKZ #
• Morning vs Afternoon – http://test.lockergnome.net/questions/3751/mornings-vs-afternoons #
• 2012: Truth or Conspiracy? http://lgno.me/cVt2Ah #
• How the Facebook Likejacking Worm Tricks People: http://j.mp/buQrcB [via @Twitter_Tips, @zaibatsu] #
• Seattle Lunch 2.0 is now TechCafe! http://www.npost.com/techcafe/ #
• "How is education supposed to make me feel smarter?" [Homer Simpson] #
• What is Your Favorite Video Game? – http://lgno.me/bquqP2 #
• There must be a word for when you send an instant message (or text) to the wrong person. #
• I'm a mashup between these two sources: http://lgno.me/a3eG3i [@kk] #
• Has Memorial Day regained its meaning? http://lgno.me/bYNqTS #
• #Seattle Flasher Captured: http://lgno.me/bnV0WW #
• The Ultimate GeekDad Giveaway: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geekdad2010/ #
• I Like LEGO – http://lgno.me/9UkBn6 #
• Why this geek isn't buying an iPad: http://lgno.me/9clUnK #
• Tips for building a new computer: http://lgno.me/c98oAL #
• Is Facebook dying? http://lgno.me/aLfYRA #
• There aren't a lot of scripts for a man my age… it's just unusual to get a script where I don't die in the end. [Andy Griffith] #
• Is tap water better than bottled water? http://lgno.me/ay2yiX #
• The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction. [Christopher Lasch] #
• Dogs never bite me. Just humans. [Marilyn Monroe] #
• What movie clips can you mix and match to make your own mashup? http://lgno.me/d7jB5x #
• Good patriots carry on a lover's quarrel with their country. [William Sloane Coffin, Jr.] #
• Touch Windows and Linux: http://youtu.be/_LsoOkrXN4w #
• What five breakfast cereals made for kids creep you out the most? http://lgno.me/c5vL3J [I've never been a fan of Charles Manson Berries.] #
• I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. [Alanis Morissette] #
• USB displays – who needs 'em? http://lgno.me/9wHFKC #
• How many BPs does it take to ruin the environment? http://lgno.me/bynIoS #
• HELP @montanamonica: "Our daughter is missing & in the #Seattle Metro area." http://bit.ly/cpisX0 #
• Amazon now has a Wireless Store Beta: http://go.tagjag.com/amazonwireless #aff #
• Success is the brand on the brow of a man who has aimed too low. [John Masefield] #
• Even with their changes, @ning remains completely INEFFECTIVE for combatting spam. #fail #
• Looking for other bits of "Everyday Tech" here: http://chris.pirillo.com/everyday-tech/ #sponsor #
• If you had an iPad, would you still read books, magazines, and newspapers? http://lgno.me/bQmPcz #
• Five Ways to Lower SAN Administration to Three Hours a Week: http://lgno.me/bnejEU #
• Flip Video Slide HD recommendations? http://lgno.me/9Vrox2 #
• Yes, @briansolis has been confirmed as the keynote for @gnomedex. ;) #
• Every Jobs needs a Wozniak: http://lgno.me/a6Y6kI #
• You don't make solo albums to have hits. [Ron Wood] #
• How much RAM is "too much?" http://lgno.me/dD6nvw #
• As an exception to the rule, is Soluto anti-frustration software actually the real deal? http://lgno.me/cDJ46i #
• If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it. [Morgan Freeman] #
• Did you take part in "Quit Facebook Day?" http://lgno.me/cOlptd [If you see this on Facebook, I guess you've already answered the question!] #
• iPad Death Star Announcement – http://lgno.me/cM07ND #
• Pixel Qi Screens Work Outdoors – http://lgno.me/crGdjE #
• Should We Use YouTube Moderation? – http://lgno.me/9MrwWo #
• Xbox Fail – http://lgno.me/aalXeB #
• This is Better Than That – http://lgno.me/951IAB #
• Everyday Tech – http://lgno.me/99vM91 #
• Wanna tickle your tech-sickles tonight? Totally: http://live.pirillo.com/ with your calls through 1-888-PIRILLO. #
• My mustache finally has a sponsor. Thanks, Gillette! #
• OH: "I have a Harry Potter in my pants." #
• ! @Trent_Reznor's new band's debut EP comes out tomorrow – get it #FREE: http://howtodestroyangels.com [via @zaibatsu, @Jason_Pollock] #
• Do computers help or hurt education for kids in lower grade levels? http://lgno.me/aj67Ok #
• Google is phasing out Windows PCs internally. I didn't realize they had phasers! #stunned #
• This tweet was plagiarized. #
• http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html #
• Lamborghini or Ferrari? http://lgno.me/bmUA4x #
• What could we see at Apple's WWDC? http://lgno.me/cPAfu9 #
• Plagiarism Online – http://lgno.me/cRI2UX #
• Could The Tesla Electric Car Be The Next DeLorean? http://bit.ly/bPauvi #
• I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. [Clint Eastwood] #
• Damn paper delivery kids keep tossing my copy of the @IssaquahPress into a saturated puddle of a driveway. #
• Is the iPhone getting… boring? http://lgno.me/czX7SU #
• You're wasting your time with @widgetbox; their customer service and relationship management is beyond horrendous. #
• Is it better to leave your computer on all the time? http://lgno.me/bnSykZ #
• It was an eight-hour profanity demon hellride without music. [Wesley Willis] #
• I'm a fibervore. #
• Apple TV, Google TV, Or Boxee? http://lgno.me/9yp1gK #
• What happened to personal responsibility?! I nominate this idiot for a Darwin Award: http://lgno.me/cI928f [via @JakeWarner] #
• Are you backing up your precious memories in easily transferable formats? http://lgno.me/999bhn [Like floppy disks and Edison cylinders?] #
• Do you still buy CDs? http://lgno.me/dfwPZb #
• @JonnyPaula – What I'd like most from YouTube is a site-wide reputation system to minimize the number of idiots I have to deal with daily. in reply to JonnyPaula #
• Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. [Walt Whitman] #
• Truth? @KillerBreadMan bakes killer bread, man: http://youtu.be/8y4QfPZFK7g [HT @HipsForHire] #
• I'm not so sure about the new YouTube Moderation feature: http://youtu.be/-_Ycdvp512M #
• Who are the doctors who'll do your diagnosis via webcam? http://lgno.me/couMnB #
• The next generation Amiga needs a real-time JPEG converter and 24-bit graphics to stay ahead. [Jay Miner] #
• How could a security system provider go about not keeping a customer? http://lgno.me/d68aOH #
• I'm not particularly happy with my bust size, but I'm extremely proud of my childbearing hips. [Chris Elliott] #
• How much would you pay for a 3D PC? http://lgno.me/bECvd6 [Yeah, the PCs themselves are already 3D, but you know what I mean, smart alecs!] #
• What you missed at the Northwest Folklife festival the other night: http://youtu.be/wxL4YQz5UUY #
• What is it about the iPhone, anyway? http://lgno.me/aGJDCn #
• BBQ Tech: http://seanalexander.com/2010/05/31/AddictedToBBQAndGrillingTech.aspx #
• http://compute-ability.com/chris-pirillo-interview #
• You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented. [Brooke Shields] #
• Just discovered http://www.impsandmonsters.com/ today – wow. WOW! #
• Introduction to Web Applications Development: http://lgno.me/bN4CCg [Hi! I don't think you've met!] #
• The closest thing I have to a nutritionist is the Carlsberg Beer Company. [Colin Farrell] #
• Are kids mean? http://lgno.me/bqFWhl #
• What methods, if any, can be economically used to store and employ the sun's energy for power or heating? [Charles Greeley Abbot] #
• The IRS has its hand out again. http://lgno.me/cq2IC7 [Is it reaching out for taxes from your eBay and Craigslist sales?] #
• Zagg Coupons – http://lgno.me/cIgqBA #
• Good places to visit in #Seattle? Your answers: http://lgno.me/cTouhF #
• Do hogs give "snout outs" to their friends? #
• The Northwest Folklife Festival here at Seattle Center is a #WIN. AT&T coverage here is nothing but a #FAIL. #
• Social Media Updates for 2010-05-30 – http://lgno.me/aGhkAs #

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'World's largest' airship inflated in colossal Alabama cowshed —

New NASA ship features hover-slats, water harvesting

The "world's largest airship" - according to its makers - was inflated for the first time yesterday and is undergoing ground tests inside a mighty roofed exhibition hall in Alabama which in normal times offers "the space for 1500 cattle".…

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Voyager 2 stops making sense —

Voyager 2, which has been traveling through the solar system since the late '70s, has suffered a data formatting glitch that is preventing NASA from interpreting the content of its scientific data transmissions. Control and diagnostic transmissions are unaffected, which should enable the engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to troubleshoot the problem, provided they're patient—it currently takes nearly 13 hours for transmissions from Earth to catch up with the probe.

According to a statement released by the JPL, the problem first became apparent on April 22nd. Data from the scientific transmission, which currently reports on the conditions at the very edge of the solar system, began coming through with improper formatting, making it impossible to interpret the contents. Engineering data is still intelligible, so the JPL staff is expecting that it will be possible to figure out what's going wrong and introduce a fix. Serious attempts at repair were delayed by a planned roll maneuver, and only started on Friday. With a round-trip time of over a day, however, progress will undoubtedly be slow.

According to an Associated Press report, engineers think that there's been a fault in the memory that stores the formatted data prior to transmission. This either corrupted its current contents, or has introduced some bad bits into the onboard memory. It should be possible to either reset the bad memory, or program the system to stop using the errant hardware entirely.

Voyager 2 is currently the second-most distant human-made object, trailing its twin, Voyager 1, by about 3 billion kilometers (Voyager 1 is now 16.9 billion kilometers—about 10.5 billion miles—from Earth). Right now, the probes are near the turbulent sector of space where the solar wind pushes up against interstellar space. Both probes are expected to cross into interstellar space within the next few years, providing our first in-place observational data from outside the solar system. They'll also record what happens at the boundary itself—they may cross it several times, given that its precise location fluctuates with changes in solar activity.

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