Race to Mars!

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Monday, August 27th, 2007

On your marks… get set… GO!

Almost like a real race, it is the race to mars!

In a speech by the President George W. Bush in 2004, the U.S. government set an ambitious new course for NASA, with an explicit objective to further explore the solar system, and ultimately send humans to Mars. Although NASA’s near-term objectives for exploring Mars focus on further robotic exploration of the Red Planet, the robotic missions are designed to set the foundation for human expeditions. The European Space Agency also intends to send a human crew to Mars.

Yet because of the steep costs and risks involved in a human expedition to Mars, many argue that humans should not be sent, instead favoring robot-only missions that would attempt to accomplish the same goals. Some of the key arguments for robot and for human exploration of Mars are outlined below. The question of whether the benefits of human exploration of Mars would outweigh the risks and costs is subjective and highly complex.

This TV series sounds really promising, I can’t wait to watch it!

Posted in: News, Tech News.

Total Eclipse of my Heart

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Monday, August 27th, 2007

Wow, I’ve been looking forward to this for quite some days now! That’s right, it’s the Total Eclipse of the Moon, August 28th at 5:52am-7:22am!

I have set up my telescope and camera, and like usual, my iPod will wake me at 6:00. The weather right now is perfect, not a cloud in the sky! And what timing too, right in the morning. I can forsee that I will have pictures to share tomorrow! This is probably going to be the second-ish total eclipse, I’ve seen, but this time I have my camera!

Check out this page for an awesome animation of the moon’s process! And for good reference, here’s NASA’s page.

And just for good measure, here’s a cool MIDI soundtrack.

Posted in: News, Other News.

Summer Xtravaganza Day 2

Posted by Erin, the RobotGrrl on Monday, August 27th, 2007

Another day of fun Habbo stuff yesterday.

^ Video “summary” of the events.

Posted in: Animation, Projects.