NNN Episode 92 – TURN IT OFF!!!

[NNN] 92 – TURN IT OFF!!!

Topics:  Discuss the latest trailers for Superman, Star Trek 2, Angry Birds movie coming in 2016, Video Game Awards results, Cool Nerdy Homes & inventions,  Gail Simone fired from Batgirl, Wreck-It Ralph, Rise of the Guardians, and The Walking Dead.

Nerdtastic News:

• Star Trek 2 Trailer
• Real Life Star Trek Tricorder
• Interactive maps on NASA Worldview
• Ada Lovelace: [ First Lady of computer programming | Ada Lovelace Day ]
• Spike TV Video Game Awards Results
• Next Assassins Creed Game May Be Set in Brazil
• Captain America Themed Xbox
• Man of Steel Official Trailer #2
• Is there going to be an Angry Birds Movie?
• Nerd Dream Homes
• Makey Makey
• Gail Simone Fired from Batgirl

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NNN Episode 83 – What’s Sci-Fi Exactly?

[NNN] 83 – What’s Sci-Fi Exactly?

Topics: Myspace Redesign, Jean Grae, X-Men Coloring Books, NBA 13 Live, Sir Patrick Stewart, NASA Warp Drive, Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae,  The Mindy Project, Scandal, Fringe, Revolution, 666 Park Avenue

Nerdtastic News:

• Minority Report is real
• Myspace redesign
• The 1983 X-Men Coloring Book is too surreal to believe
• Jean Grae’s Kill Screen Video
• NBA Live 13 cancelled
• Patrick Stewart hates cable as much as I do
• NASA working on warp drive
• Three Android smartphones to rival iPhone 5
• Someone created a My Little Pony: FIM fighting game
• Gardening just got a little nerdy
• Shonda Rhimes sells comedy from ABG creator
• Banned Books Week! It turns 30!

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SpaceX: The First Commercial Spacecraft Launch and an iPad

Viewing history on an iPad

For all of the talk about budget cuts to NASA and ending the shuttle program, it’s great to report on the future of space travel. I really believe that space (and the ocean) need to be explored to better understand what role we play in this vast universe. It’s not about finding aliens, but about doing the science that’s hard to do within the physical confines of Earth. But I won’t lie and say I wouldn’t be excited if we found a Mass Relay …

On its second try, SpaceX successfully completed the first launch of a commercial spacecraft on Tuesday morning at 3:44am. Right now, the Dragon spacecraft is in orbit, and the SpaceX team is doing checks and scans to prepare for its docking attempt with the International Space Station on May 25th. From the SpaceX updates website:

Mission Highlights: During the mission, Dragon must perform a series of complex tasks, each presenting significant technical challenges (dates subject to change):

• May 22/Launch Day: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon spacecraft into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
• May 23: Dragon orbits Earth as it travels toward the International Space Station.
• May 24: Dragon’s sensors and flight systems are subjected to a series of complicated tests to determine if the vehicle is ready to berth with the space station; these tests include maneuvers and systems checks in which the vehicle comes within 1.5 miles of the station.
• May 25: NASA decides if Dragon is allowed to attempt berthing with the station. If so, Dragon approaches. It is captured by station’s robotic arm and attached to the station, a feat that requires extreme precision.
• May 25 – 31: Astronauts open Dragon’s hatch, unload supplies and fill Dragon with return cargo.
• May 31: After approximately two weeks, Dragon is detached from the station and returns to Earth, landing in the Pacific, hundreds of miles west of Southern California.

I’ve included some high quality videos below from the Vimeo site – there are also photos. They speak for themselves.

 

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Space Networking: My Experience with NASA

Greetings from outer space, nerds!  Wait, how can I call you nerds if I’m a bigger alien nerd that found his way to Earth? Hmm …

I wrote an article for MediaTapper about my experiences with NASA’s social networking community, as well as my experience viewing the final shuttle launch of the space program.

Here’s a sample:

NASA continues its excellent leveraging of social networking platforms by recently launching a Google+ page. NASA’s Twitter account has proven very popular to space geeks such as myself and others. We are connected on various social networks such as Google+, Facebook and Twitter, and the information flows freely.  There are people that clearly know more than me, but not once have I felt talked down to. It’s truly an example of how technology can help to bring like-minded people together.

To read more, please click here.

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NNN Episode 30 – Secret Agent Man

[NNN] 30-Secret Agent Man

Discuss NASA Tweet-Up, Mad Men, SyFy Stupidity with Guest Host, Shareef Jackson from Character Select.