The Flying Crowbar: The Insane Doomsday Weapon America Almost Built

The Cold War had plenty of disadvantages for the world as a whole, true, but there was never a better time to be a mad scientist with crazy doomsday devices. No longer limited to freelance work delivering threats to the UN, the Cold War meant governments would actually hire you...

Apr 19, 2025

The Ten Most Expensive Vehicles To Operate

From supercars to supercarriers, when it comes to burning dollars faster than gasoline, these ten vehicles are the absolute worst. Bugatti ownership has , be that the latest Veyron Vitesse . Spending around 36 cents on gas with a light right foot doesn't sound terrible, but the costs rise higher...

Apr 19, 2025

Watch A SpaceX Rocket Fly 2,500 Feet And Land Straight Up

You know how rockets fly upward and then just land wherever? That's so 20th century, man. Elon Musk's SpaceX wants rockets that can land upright after being fired off, and that's exactly what the is. It's actually pretty amazing to watch. This video comes from a Grasshopper launch at SpaceX's...

Apr 19, 2025

The One Really Big Error In Gravity No One Seems To Be Talking About

First off, two things: the movie Gravity is likely the most realistic space travel-based movie ever made, and I'm about to spoil the crap out of it by revealing one huge flaw. So, if you don't like spoiled movie, you may want to leave. Okay, there's your fair warning. Everyone...

Apr 19, 2025

This Insane Rocket Is Why The Soviet Union Never Made It To The Moon

Americans tend to talk a lot about the Space Race and how we made it to the Moon and we were first and no one else was second because we are the best. It's put into context by the fact that the Soviet satellite Sputnik was the first in space,...

Apr 19, 2025

An Out-Of-Control Satellite Is Plummeting To Earth Right Now

Don't forget to look up, everyone. A European gravity-mapping satellite has its uncontrolled descent through the atmosphere, and there's a (incredibly minuscule) chance it could land on your head. Is anybody taking bets on where it hits yet? ...

Apr 19, 2025

China All Set To Launch Its First Lunar Rover Tomorrow

As China has grown in prosperity, it's felt the need to expand upon its space program, like all prosperous nations do. And like all prosperous nations, it's felt the need to send something to the moon. And now, it's sending its first lunar rover, which should send back some pretty...

Apr 19, 2025

The Ten Coolest Non-US Space Projects

NASA is the most trusted brand in the space business, but throughout the decades of space exploration, other nations also went where no man has gone before. And here are their ten most significant achievements. The Hayabusa 2 is the follow-up mission set to be launched next year. Using a...

Apr 19, 2025

Part Of China's Lunar Rocket Fell Through This Guy's Roof

What goes up, must come down. In this case, what went up was and what came down was a piece of said rocket, though this guy's roof. reports that villagers in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces were "rather alarmed" about pieces of the lunar rocket falling around (and into) their houses....

Apr 19, 2025

This Is What Happens When You Drive Through Three Miles Of Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover has been on Mars for over a year now, and in the time has traversed nearly three miles. While its wheels are made of high-grade aluminum, they're not strong enough to last forever. NASA this week it was taking an extra-long look at the wheels, and boy...

Apr 19, 2025

This Is How To Solve The Biggest Problem With America's New Spacecraft

We're going back to the moon. And we're going to the asteroids, and later, on to Mars. It's going to be exciting, and the new NASA spacecraft, Orion, seems like a very practical and efficient way to get there. But there's one problem — Orion is really cramped. Luckily, I...

Apr 19, 2025

Watch The First High-Definition Video Of Earth Available From Space

When I think of pictures of our planet from space, I tend to think of still images. The big blue marble, my city at night, that sort of thing. But it was curious as to why there there was no video, and especially so as to why there was none...

Apr 19, 2025

Chinese News Issues Bizarre Farewell From Sad, Dying Lunar Rover

Things aren't going so swell for China's lunar rover. About halfway into its three-month mission to explore the moon for science, the Yutu rover is suffering from a possibly fatal breakdown. And the way the Chinese state news agency broke this to the people is... well, different. that China's government-run...

Apr 19, 2025

Patrick Stewart Tells The Sad Tale Of China's Rover On The Daily Show

Things are going rapidly south for , which has encountered serious cold-related problems as it explores the moon and is now live-Tweeting its own death. The machines do that now. When you read from Chinese state news agency Xinhua in the voice of the rabbit, they seem silly and ridiculous...

Apr 19, 2025

China's Sad, Dying Lunar Rover Isn't Going Down Without A Fight

Death Watch, Day 17: It turns out the beleaguered Yutu, aka Jade Rabbit, may not be going gently into that good space-night. Hang in there, little dude! that "signs are emerging" that Yutu may in fact be up and running again. The last time we heard from it in late...

Apr 19, 2025