THE TESLA CYBERTRUCK LUNAR ROVER IS DUMB AS HELL
Basically, any dumbass with CAD software can throw together a concept of whatever deranged idea, and then I feel compelled to ruin it.
Category: Space
CHINA WANTS TO PUT A SOLAR FARM IN SPACE BECAUSE NONE OF THEM READ MY BLOG
Remember four years ago when I wrote a blog about how space-based solar power is a terrible idea and won’t work? Now, Engadget is reporting that China wants to do exactly what I was talking about in that post, which will still not be possible for the same reasons and because of science.
THREE REASONS THIS ROCKET WON’T SEND US TO MARS
Ever been to the website Elite Daily? If you haven’t, don’t bother. Home of such journalistic masterpieces as “Zayn Malik Isn’t Worried About Leaving One Direction Because His Fiance Is…
SIX REASONS WE’RE NOT GETTING A MOON ELEVATOR
A while ago, several news outlets of varying degrees of reputability reported on the intentions of a company called Liftport to build a space elevator, but not on the Earth…
THE MOST AWESOME THING IN SPACE (IF YOU HAVE THE MATURITY OF A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD)
There’s a lot of science that’s kind of boring if you don’t understand it or its implications. I get that. But there’s also a lot of stuff that’s awesome in…
DEATH FROM THE SKIES! OR SOMETHING.
First of all, the first sentence of this post’s title is taken from Phil Plait’s book of the same name, which is awesome. It looks like this. You should buy…
18 COMMENTS ON SCIENCE THAT MAKE ME SAD
You’ve all heard of Richard Branson, right? He started Virgin Records from the crypt of a church when he was a teenager and now he’s a multi-billionaire. He also owns…
HOW ABOUT YOU LEARN HOW THE GODDAMN CAMERA WORKS FIRST?
Recently, I found yet another article with a title in the form of a question. Here’s a hint for all you people that read things on the internet: if someone…
THIS ISN’T ROCKET SURGERY
First things first. This story came from Inhabitat. Based on the vast majority of my previous experience with Inhabitat, we can immediately assume that they don’t know what the fuck…
OMG ALEIN LIFE HAS DEFINATELY PROBLY BEEN FOUND!!!1!
This seems to be the tone of most of the articles covering a recent discovery by Richard Hoover of what appear to be bacterial fossils in the Orgueil meteorite. And…
A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO SCIENTISTS
Picture the scene. Two scientists are sitting in a room together, excited about the finalization of plans to explore previously uncharted territory in the solar system. This mission will be…
THE SUN DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU
Angeles Duran is a woman in Spain who claims to own the Sun. Not in the sense that she regularly kicks the Sun’s ass at sports, in the sense that…
IN WHICH I EXPLAIN THIS NEW HOROSCOPE CRAP FOR THE PEANUT GALLERY
I’m sure most of you have heard that your star sign has changed. I’m equally sure that most of you don’t know why it’s changed, because the media made this sound…
CHINA ATTACKS ITSELF. KIND OF. ACCIDENTALLY.
So China, since they have tons of money (and all of our money too), has decided that they want to go to the moon. With people. In order to do…
Unreasonably Dangerous Onion Rings 