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Open the pod bay doors please, HAL Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 582 seconds The pivotal scene from Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's classic film, 2001: a Space Odyssey. Related: 2001, hal, odyssey, scifi, space |
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Armadillo Aerospace SA-07 Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 450 seconds Presentation given by Armadillo Aerospace at the Space Access '07 conference. Related: aerospace, armadillo, rocket, space |
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Comet McNaught Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 82 seconds Vidar Martinsen took successive photos of comet McNaught on January 9th, 2007, and animated it into this video. Comet McNaught is the brightest comet since 1975, and will reach perihelion on January 12th, 2007. http://vidar.gren se.no/ http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Comet_mc naught Related: astronomy, comet, mcnaught, space |
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obese? Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 290 seconds my first vlog entry, I look at the absurdity of using body mass index to determine obesity Related: body, index, mass, obesity |
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Victoria Crater on Mars Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 140 seconds The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just started sending back pictures of Mars. This zooms in on Victoria Crater; the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is visible. Related: crater, mars, opportunity, rover, victoria |
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ultralight helicopter Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 23 seconds The Gen H-4 ultralight one-man helicopter costs $30 thousand and requires about 40 to 60 hours of assembly. Kits are available from http://www.acecraftu sa.com/ Related: helicopter, ultralight |
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Armadillo Aerospace Hold-Down Test Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 65 seconds A vertical hold-down engine test by Armadillo Aerospace. The neighbors complained, as well they should; even though the test was conducted in the middle of a 100-acre field, at the property line the sound level was 102 deciBels. Related: aerospace, armadillo, engine, rocket, test |
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Space Law Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 313 seconds Who owns and regulates space, and why are space laws necessary? via the European Space Agency Related: esa, law, space |
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SpaceX Falcon maiden launch Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 53 seconds The last ten seconds of countdown followed by the 41 second flight, ending with impact in the Pacific. Note the thermal blanket flapping about 30-33 seconds into the video; it was supposed to come off at launch. Also, about 36 seconds in you can see a jet of flame shooting out of the side of the rocket just before it goes out of control Related: falcon, launch, rocket, space, spacex |
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Armadillo Aerospace Horizontal Test Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 37 seconds Horizontally-mounted test of a rocket engine at Armadillo Aerospace. Related: aerospace, armadillo, horizontal, rocket, test |
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Re: YouTube cofounder Steve Chen responds... Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 434 seconds I don't think Renetto takes YouTube too seriously, not at all. Instead, YouTube represents the democratization of communication. Related: chen, renetto, steve |
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Lunar Rover Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 92 seconds A 3D animation I put together in 2005. It shows a rocket landing on the moon and deploying a robot, which unfolds from 30cm across and 10cm high into something much bigger Related: animation, moon, robot, space |
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Re: Let's play some POKER... Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 181 seconds response to renetto Related: poker, renetto |
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Armadillo Aerospace: Pixel Hover Test Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 74 seconds Hover test of Armadillo's Pixel craft. The landing was slightly off to the side of where the bulk of the hover test was conducted; this is intentional, as the spot under the hover test had been exposed to a lot of heat over the course of the test Related: aerospace, armadillo, hover, pixel, rocket, test |
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SpaceX Falcon static test Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 17 seconds static fire test of the engines on the SpaceX Falcon rocket on the pad, in preparation for a launch that could happen as early as March 19, 2007 Related: falcon, rocket, spacex, test |
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STS 117 launch Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 88 seconds A series of still shots of the launch os the space shuttle Atlantis on mission STS 117. Taken from Eastern Orlando, about 30 miles from the launch site. The images are shown for two seconds each, but that's probably a little fast, as I don't think my camera was taking pictures every two seconds. Related: atlantis, launch, nasa, shuttle, space, sts117 |
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SpaceX Falcon rocket test close up Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 39 seconds close up view of the SpaceX Falcon rocket being tested, taken with a high-speed camera. The engine test went perfectly and the rocket could launch as early as March 19, 2007 Related: closeup, falcon, rocket, spacex, test |
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This Week In Space - November 3, 2007 Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 152 seconds Produced by Rockets Away! space blog http://www.rocket sawaymedia.com/blog/ hosted by Louise Riofrio http://riofriospa cetime.blogspot.com/ Related: space |
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asteroid itokawa Posted by: robotguy
Video duration: 30 seconds 3D video of asteroid Itokawa, assembled from data collected by the Japanese probe Hayabusa. Hayabusa has just started one of its four ion engines, and will return to earth in two years. It will not be known until the probe lands in the Australian desert whether the asteroid sampling was successful or not. http://spacefligh tnow.com/news/n0704/ 25hayabusa/ Related: 3d, asteroid, hayabusa, itokawa, space |




















