Tag: Space
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Preserving the future: A rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault
Storage shelves inside the EMP Museum vault I have seen the future. And it looks a bit ratty. “Futuristic Shades” from Waterworld That was my not-so-charitable reaction when I got up-close with eyewear from the 1995, post-apocalyptic Kevin Costner film Waterworld in EMP Museum’s collection. Though merely two decades old (from a film then said…
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GeekWire goes to the movies: Here’s what we thought of Christopher Nolan’s epic space drama Interstellar
Matthew McConaughey is superb as Cooper in Interstellar. Images via IMDb. GeekWire was transported to other galaxies yesterday — wandering through worm holes on a quest to save the human race. Yes, we played hooky Wednesday afternoon and took in Christopher Nolan’s two hour and 49 minute epic space drama Interstellar, watching the action unfold…
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Interstellar: Dramatic awe, with a science-fiction flaw
Sure, Interstellar is smart spectacle. But is it good science fiction? In short: Interstellar tries hard. Maybe a little too hard. As a one-time writer of the form, I use a straightforward definition of “science fiction:” Fiction that extrapolates from current scientific knowledge to ask what-if, projected onto human beings and societies. Equally important, the…
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Q&A: Neil deGrasse Tyson on commercial space, technology and the best Star Trek captain
#477358915 / gettyimages.com Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, and the host of StarTalk Radio and the television series “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.” He’s also a frequent guest on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and he’s appearing this week at Tableau Software’s annual conference in…
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is in great shape, may be in ‘astronaut training,’ says author
Jeff Bezos Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking so fit these days that he may be prepping to go to space. That was one of the observations from veteran journalist Brad Stone, author of the “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.” Stone spoke Tuesday night at Seattle’s Town Hall, covering everything from…
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Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks about his space venture Blue Origin at the grand opening of the Bezos Center of Innovation at The Museum of History & Industry in Seattle. Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13 years on development and testing of…
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Jeff Bezos: Yes, it’s Apollo 11! Serial numbers confirm historic engine find
The serial number on engine #5 from the Apollo 11 mission. This is a pretty big piece of American history. Jerrad Alexander, SpaceWorks Technician, uses a fine brush to clean an Apollo F-1 Thrust Chamber. In the background, you can see mist from one of the fine sprays that continually treats the artifacts with freshwater…
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Podcast: How to get famous on YouTube, implant RFID chips, and travel to space
Matt Harding in the KIRO-FM studios. (Erynn Rose photo) This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we’re revisiting a few of our favorite guest segments with highlights from some of our most interesting interviews over the past several months. The common thread: Each of these guests inspired us to think differently or bigger…
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SpaceJump sets new bar for daredevils, brand managers
Apparently, Red Bull really does give you wings. At least it certainly seemed that way Sunday when Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner inched out of his capsule from 128,100 feet high in the sky and began a record-setting 24-mile fall back to Earth. Felix starts his historic jump. Credit: Red Bull Stratos It was a historic…
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Angry Birds join Curiosity on Mars, with help from NASA
Turns out there is life on Mars, at least in the world of Angry Birds. Rovio Entertainment, those masters of marketing and publicity stunts, launched an update for Angry Birds Space today that adds new levels based on Mars, plus access to content related to the Curiosity Rover. NASA and Rovio announced the updates for iOS…