Category Archives: Space

Any blog whose subject matter reaches beyond the exosphere.

Lucasfilm releases details of new advanced CGI techniques

Well in those days computers were apparently 1-4Mhz on the server end of things. Doing wireframe perspective matrix transformations quick enough to rotate things in real time was a big deal. I mean… I wasn’t born yet – but the literature clearly indicates there were parties in the streets. LOL Is this kind-of like a …

April 21st, 2008 – 12:48 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Geeky Technical Stuff, Space, Video of the Day | Tagged | Comments (0)

Edward Lorenz dead at 90

Who is Edward Lorenz? Well he’s known in scientific circles as the father of chaos theory. Chaos theory explores the relatioships between tiny changes in a dynamic system and the vast impacts these changes can have. For me this is a somber day as I fondly remember reading about chaos theory in my school library …

April 17th, 2008 – 9:33 am | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Death, Geeky Technical Stuff, Notable Days, Space | Tagged | Comments (0)

Mars Has Lots of Water – Needs Total Recal Reactor

Well this is news to me, anyway. Mars seems to hold enough water to bury the planet in about 11 meters of water. That’s not a vastly deep ocean by any means but that’s if it covered the whole surface. One might assume that it’s depth would vary while it flooded around land masses. I …

March 18th, 2007 – 12:19 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Space | Comments (0)

A Black Spot on Jupiter and NASA

Now, this story comes from a site called, “Enterprise Mission.” Something about that name discredits it just about right away. I found it fascinating, however. Apparently by plunging Galileo into Jupiter to avoid causing damage, NASA managed to ignite the Plutonium 238 fuel and create a nuclear explosion. The article argues that this explosion atomized …

March 5th, 2007 – 2:55 pm | By Ean | Posted in Daily Musings, Space | Comments (3)