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Get Frozen In Carbonite Like Han Solo At Disney’s Hollywood Studios

By Jeremy Goldstone on May 15, 2012 in Culture, Entertainment, Odds And Ends, Other Gadgets, TV/Film/Video

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be frozen in carbonite, just like Han Solo did in The Empire Strikes Back. What can I say, when you are six and a Star Wars fan, being imprisoned and kept as a keepsake by intergalactic gangsters seems like an awesome idea. Now, you don’t have […]

Odds Of Getting Hit By Falling Satellite Pretty Good

By Jeremy Goldstone on September 19, 2011 in Culture, Science

According to C-3P0, the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are approximately 3,720 to 1. According to NASA, the odds of someone getting hit by a piece of falling satellite this week are slightly better, at 3,200 to 1. On approximately September 23, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), a dead six-ton satellite decommissioned […]

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