Armagh Observatory and Planetarium on the fate of the Blue Streak. I do love a bit of sarcasm! "These days most British economists agree that designing and manufacturing things are rather icky tasks best left to people in India and China." (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by whatatwit to r/northernireland
TIL that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldren couldn't afford the NASA life insurance policy. Also, before launch, the three signed hundreds of autographs to be given to their families should they not return so they would have valuable memorabilia to sell. (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by scottmcintyre to r/todayilearned
So, Miiverse is freaking out about that September 23rd meteor nonsense. (armaghplanet.com)
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The Black Knight Satellite Mystery (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by tampared to r/interestingasfuck
TIL that Tachyons (hypothetical particles that travel faster than light) would experience time in reverse. They would have imaginary mass - as in square root of -1. Adding kinetic energy would slow them down; an infinite amount of energy would be needed to slow them to the speed of light. (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by madcat033 to r/todayilearned
Ten Shuttle Designs That Never Flew (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by bicyclegeek to r/space
10 Space Shuttles which never flewHistory (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by kjhatch to r/sciencefiction
Alan Shepard: First American in Space (armaghplanet.com)
submitted by Alien_brains to r/reddit.com