Space elevator challenges Posted on October 17, 2006 by Robin Reply NASA has set up two annual competitions to spur development of space elevator technologies – one in which the robot climber has to go up the tether at a minimum speed of 1m per second and one to measure the strength of the tether itself.
When Galaxies Collide Posted on October 17, 2006 by Robin Reply And we get to watch it – aparently these are the best pictures we’ve had yet of the closest colliding galaxy to ours.
YouTube Tools Posted on October 17, 2006 by Robin Reply Ever wanted to save that YouTube video? This page lists some good YouTube tools.
US citizens claiming asylum in the UK Posted on October 17, 2006 by Robin Reply Last year 5 US nationals claimed asylum in the UK. There’s a lot of frustration about how failed applicants remain in the country.
Planespotting Posted on October 17, 2006 by Robin Reply This is the in depth story of how plane spotters found out about the secret CIA flights / torture taxis to detainee prisons based in Europe.
