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SXSW: 100 Year Starship Panel Explains How Interstellar Travel Can Affect Life On Earth

By on March 11, 2013 in Culture, Future Tech, Odds And Ends, Science
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Raucous applause greeted guests of the 100 Year Starship panel at SXSW as they took the stage. It seems little introduction was necessary for this crowd to heap praise upon the panel, but the moderator Benjamin Palmer (of the interactive marketing firm The Barbarian Group) introduced the panelists anyway as: Dr. Mae Jemison (astronaut, first […]

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Social Media Reaches New Heights As Astronaut Updates Tumblr And Twitter

By on January 23, 2013 in Culture, Internet, Odds And Ends, Science, Social Media
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  Never has liking a post on Tumblr or retweeting someone felt so profound. Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, presently floating through space on the ISS as the flight engineer, has taken it upon himself to take jaw-dropping pictures of the Earth from space and then post those pictures on Tumblr. There is an astronaut currently in […]

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