
amazing science/nature images
Lockheed-Martin makes its largest part for spacecraft with 3D printer: 4-foot wide dome for fuel tanks for satellites:

Traditional methods for making such parts in titanium would have resulted in about 80% waste materials and have required 2 years to make. The 3D process took only 3 months.

Traditional methods for making such parts in titanium would have resulted in about 80% waste materials and have required 2 years to make. The 3D process took only 3 months.
The Bad Astronomer explains.
He also points out that this is the first phase in a current project which will involve coordination of radio telescopes not just in South Africa but in Australia which collectively will be called the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). While that name does reflect the total collection area that all of these radio telescopes will have, the more important aspect is that with the much longer baseline of about 12,000 km in a straight line between them, SKA should be able to resolve more details that even the above pic while that full collective gathering of radio should enable SKA to find fainter radio sources.
He also noted that full funding for SKA is still uncertain so parts may not be built.
Mars Express caught this pic of A Martian dust storm "front":

Mind you: this is NOT the current dust storm which has currently enveloped Mars (which began at the end of May), but "only" a smaller dust storm which happened this past April close to the edge of Mars' northern ice cap.

Mind you: this is NOT the current dust storm which has currently enveloped Mars (which began at the end of May), but "only" a smaller dust storm which happened this past April close to the edge of Mars' northern ice cap.

Kenai Fjords in Resurrection Bay, Alaska
Cameraman "befriends" Canadian lynx in north of Canada.
He thinks that the lynx may have used him to help catch a snowshoe rabbit.
He thinks that the lynx may have used him to help catch a snowshoe rabbit.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.
...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
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Awwww ...
Don'tcha just wanna scratch it between the ears ?
intellectual/hipster/nihilist
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts."
-Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
honestly the footage of what those divers did makes my throat close up from claustrophobia
i swear to god, those guys have balls the size of church bells
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Pariah wrote:TOS wrote: i think i read somewhere that some folks spotted possible bacterial growth on one of the wheels
Gross!![]()
Hey, after a couple years without a shower...
Anyway, sounds like we accidentally terraformed Mars. Way to go, everybody.