Comments on: Science Friday: ‘Space, The Final Frontier’ Edition

By: Irmgard Frescas

Irmgard Frescas — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:20:03 +0000

Hm, So i’m happy with this nevertheless not absolutely convinced, therefore i am gonna research even more.

By: KalofXeno

KalofXeno — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:55:22 +0000

Great article this week.

The Universal Remote Concept looks cool except the Internet Explorer icon.

eeww.

By: Professor Fate

Professor Fate — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:55:19 +0000

So the latest theory is that Mercury’s magnetospheres result from some sort of mystical “iron snow” swirling around the planet’s interior?

That sounds almost as ridiculous as the belief that vast, watery lava lakes formed the lunar Maria, or that Mars’ original ocean sprang from the Valles Marineris in one absurdly humongous gout.

By: demon barber of starfleet

demon barber of starfleet — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:57:16 +0000

I wanna join NASA now xD

By: hubertis bigend

hubertis bigend — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:25:03 +0000

#13
Depends if you’re from the land of chekov or not….

Russian official denies astronaut drank

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency denied Saturday that an astronaut could have flown drunk aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from its Baikonur cosmodrome, reacting to allegations reported by the chairman of an independent U.S. panel on astronaut health.

The panel chairman, Air Force Col. Richard Bachmann Jr., said Friday it was told about multiple instances involving alcohol. One of the two most detailed cases involved an astronaut drinking heavily before flying on a Soyuz spacecraft headed to the International Space Station, he said. He cited unverified interviews, saying it was not the panel’s mission to investigate the allegations.

Despite official denials of drinking before Russian flights to the space station, cosmonauts aboard the Mir space station, which has since been abandoned, were permitted to imbibe moderately. Cosmonaut Alexander Poleshchuk, who flew aboard the Mir space station in 1993, told newspapers of removing panels to hunt for bottles of cognac squirreled away by previous tenants.

Alcohol consumption is forbidden aboard the International Space Station, which has caused some mild grumbling. Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov returned from an ISS mission in April 2005, and caused a stir when he said the crew should be allowed a shot of wine or brandy daily.

“This should be done only to do one’s work better and relieve the psychological stress,” he said, according to the Russian wire service RIA Novosti.

By: steve-o

steve-o — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:47:56 +0000

“Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development Portable Test System ”

ok.. locad is the worst name for a gadget ever! do these guys/gals design the name so that it only sounds cool as an abbreviation?

By: CmdrR

CmdrR — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:37:47 +0000

I just wanna find out what the big red button does. Can I go? Can I go?

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:19:52 +0000

Can you have pubs on shuttles? If so, I’m in!

By: Janice BS

Janice BS — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:10:35 +0000

Cayse – I hate to tell you this, but an astronaut should be able to spell his/her name correctly the FIRST time. Next. ;-)

Excellent stories Kayla. Please keep up the good reporting.

By: DJT

DJT — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:03:52 +0000

I always dreamed of being an astronaut as a kid. I remember the 80’s and how the space program was a central part of Americana. There was hope about the future at the time. Even with the Challenger disaster in 86, the future still was bright. What the hell happened?

But I digress….. with the shuttles shutting down in 2010, that gives me what? a year get in top shape and earn a PhD in bio/chem/ physics, and know how to complete a road-runner thrust move.

Yo hablo espanol. Does that count?

On another note….

you’d figure that since this is a Trek board, there would be more people posting in the science column. But NOPE. A column about Kirk gets people all stirred up to 500 posts, yet something reality based gets nada.

Go figure.