New Horizons - Pluto

Episode 043 – Little Planet with a Big Heart

David Rainsberger II Podcast, Science, Space Leave a Comment

The Dweebs talk about the historic New Horizons Mission to the Pluto system and beyond. New Horizons spacecraft took 9 years to get to the Pluto system and is sending back high resolution photos of the planet for the first time in history as well as doing some great science. …

Episode 043 – Little Planet with a Big Heart was last modified: July 16th, 2015 by David Rainsberger II

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Episode 038 – The Future of Humanity

David Rainsberger II Ideas, Podcast, Science, Space, Technology Leave a Comment

The Dweebs contemplate the next 85 years of humanity. Space exploration and biological manipulation are on the horizon. Will we take advantage of our exponential growth of technology in a positive way? Or will it inevitably be our demise? Suggested Media: Mining Legislation EmDrive and Cannae Alcubierre Drive Tsiolkovsky rocket …

Episode 038 – The Future of Humanity was last modified: May 26th, 2015 by David Rainsberger II

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Event Horizon Time Capsule

David Rainsberger II Ideas, Science, Space, Technology Leave a Comment

A popular idea of newly found cities or high schools is to place a time capsule of an important or noteworthy time to be later dug up and examined as a source of nostalgia. Let’s take this a couple of steps further. Imagine a time when we could find super …

Event Horizon Time Capsule was last modified: March 24th, 2015 by David Rainsberger II

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Pluto Close Up: Mark Your Calendars!

Riley Sproul Science, Space, Technology 2 Comments

Save the date: July 14th 2015. That’s when the probe launched in January, 9 years ago, will fly by Pluto and its five moons capturing some no doubt profound pictures and data for us to mine for years. This will be the closest and highest resolution look we’ve gotten at Pluto …

Pluto Close Up: Mark Your Calendars! was last modified: January 20th, 2015 by Riley Sproul