Thursday, December 31, 2015

Henry Moore

"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'."

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The Alps in Winter


European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake) photographed the Alps from orbit on Dec. 27, 2015 and later shared the image with his social media followers, writing, "There may not be much snow in the Alps this winter but they still look stunning from here! #Principia" via NASA http://ift.tt/1miLof5

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Henry David Thoreau

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I give up on coffee

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I bought a new coffee brand, I added new shit, I have completely changed the coffee game. Waiting for it to cool down to try my concoction

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Reading the Alphabet From Space


NASA's Earth Observatory has tracked down images resembling all 26 letters of the English alphabet using only NASA satellite imagery and astronaut photography. In this image, the letter 'Y' is for yardangs, elongated landforms sculpted by erosion and similar to sand dunes, but instead comprised of sandstone or siltstone. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ZzD7Bo

Monday, December 28, 2015

Horace Walpole

"The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: It's so hard for me to get my fingers on the correct frets on the ukulele, shits so small I feel like I'm trying to finger a smurf

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Boulders on a Martian Landslide


The striking feature in this image, acquired by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 19, 2014, is a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall. Landslides occur when steep slopes fail, sending a mass of soil and rock to flow downhill, leaving behind a scarp at the top of the slope. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ZxnSsx

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: CSGO Sunday https://t.co/Z0YkwMrD4B

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Saturday, December 26, 2015

A. C. Benson

"People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: Tried coffee again, added all the recommended accessories, still tasted like mulch

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Christmas Pluto


Pluto gets into the holiday spirit, decked out in red and green using a pair of Ralph/LEISA instrument scans. via NASA http://ift.tt/22quRWL

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Charles Dickens

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

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Zinnia Flowers Starting to Grow on the International Space Station


Zinnia flowers are starting to grow in the International Space Station's Veggie facility as part of the VEG-01 investigation. Veggie provides lighting and nutrient supply for plants in the form of a low-cost growth chamber and planting "pillows” to provide nutrients for the root system. via NASA http://ift.tt/1mApUtZ

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

@CharityCr1TiKaL: I enjoy reading strange news stories from around the world. My favorite from today's search the Library Foot Smeller https://t.co/isKC5Tv7Dg

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NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra on Dec. 21 Spacewalk


Expedition 46 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra on a Dec. 21, 2015 spacewalk, in which Kopra and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly successfully moved the International Space Station's mobile transporter rail car ahead of Wednesday's docking of a Russian cargo supply spacecraft. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S8leHF

Monday, December 21, 2015

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless."

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Chandra Finds Remarkable Galactic Ribbon Unfurled


An extraordinary ribbon of hot gas trailing behind a galaxy like a tail has been discovered using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. via NASA http://ift.tt/1OGFdI6

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Percy Bysshe Shelley

"The soul's joy lies in doing."

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Voltaire

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Horace Mann

"It is well to think well; it is divine to act well."

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NASA Releases New High-Resolution Earthrise Image


NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's vantage point in orbit around the moon. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ZfFEQZ

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Lewis Mumford

"A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind."

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NuSTAR's View of Galaxy 1068


Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QPF49G

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Anton Chekhov

"To advise is not to compel."

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Expedition 46 Soyuz Approaches Space Station for Docking


Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko manually docked the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft on Dec. 15, 2015 to the International Space Station's Rassvet module after an initial automated attempt was aborted. Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA flanked Malenchenko as he brought the Soyuz to the Rassvet port. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P8gjFL

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

@CharityCr1TiKaL: I've never watched a debate before, but decided to tune in for a sec and heard a man talk about "Rawns Pubis" Who the fuck is Rawns Pubis?

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: @CrikMaster @VinnyVinesauce A timeless classic for the whole family to enjoy this holiday season

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Expedition 46 Soyuz Launch to the International Space Station


The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket is launched with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. via NASA http://ift.tt/1jZR3nW

Monday, December 14, 2015

Lyndon B. Johnson

"I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I hate coffee, it tastes like I'm drinking dirt. I pour so much milk in it and it still tastes like a glass of oak tree cum.

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Expedition 46 Soyuz Rollout


In this one minute exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky as the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Qozyw6

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Socrates

"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Georg C. Lichtenberg

"Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle."

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Rose Kennedy

"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."

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Expedition 45 Crew Members Return Home


Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA captured this image from aboard the International Space Station, of the Dec. 11, 2015 undocking and departure of the Soyuz TMA-17M carrying home Expedition 45 crew members Kjell Lindgren of NASA, Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Kimiya Yui of JAXA. via NASA http://ift.tt/1OX6Pvb

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A pure hand needs no glove to cover it."

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Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic


On Sept. 23, 2015, the weather was adequate for the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite to acquire this view of a phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. The image was composed with data from the red, green, and blue bands from VIIRS, in addition to chlorophyll data. via NASA http://ift.tt/1jQCdAm

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Venus From the International Space Station


On Dec. 5, 2015, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this image from the International Space Station of the planet Venus. Part of the station's Kibo laboratory is visible at the top of the frame. At the time this photograph was taken, Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft, a Venus climate orbiter, was nearing the planet. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HV7i1m

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F-15D Eagle Follows OLYMPEX Science Mission


NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s F-15D Eagle #897, flown by pilot Troy Asher with videographer Lori Losey in the back seat, serves as a chase vehicle for NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory on the Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX) science mission, Nov. 10, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1m8xewH

Monday, December 7, 2015

Ezra Pound

"Either move or be moved."

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Earth in Full View


The Apollo 17 crew caught this breathtaking view of our home planet as they were traveling to the moon on Dec. 7, 1972. It's the first time astronauts were able to photograph the South polar ice cap. Nearly the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible, along with the Arabian Peninsula. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Qr9JtL

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Sara Teasdale

"Life is but thought."

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Launch of Orbital ATK Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station


Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft launches aboard United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4:44:56 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will deliver experiments, equipment and supplies to the orbiting laboratory and its six-person crew. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IyvA1g

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Nadia Boulanger

"The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion."

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Muriel Spark

"It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles."

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The Mountainous Shoreline of Sputnik Planum


In this highest-resolution image from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, great blocks of Pluto’s water-ice crust appear jammed together in the informally named al-Idrisi mountains. via NASA http://ift.tt/1lCvXgz

Thursday, December 3, 2015

@CharityCr1TiKaL: I want Psychonauts 2 bad as fuck. Hopefully Double Fine doesn't make the same mistakes they made with Broken Age

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ULA Atlas V Rocket With Cygnus Spacecraft at the Launch Pad


A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard stands at the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Dec. 3, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1O5HzzT

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

William Lloyd Garrison

"Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?"

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Space Station's Robotic Arm Set for Arrival of Cygnus Cargo Craft


The International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, is visible over Earth in this Nov. 27, 2015 photograph. On Dec. 6, Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren will operate the Canadarm2 from inside the station's cupola, using it for the rendezvous and grapple of Orbital ATK's Cygnus commercial cargo craft. via NASA http://ift.tt/1NHLZCC

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Henry Miller

"Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: Thirty-seventh charity donation + a chance to be an alien in Rick and Morty #BigMoistBigDreams https://t.co/v8yYMa09gG

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Celebrating 20 Years of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)


After 20 years in space, ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, is still going strong. Originally launched in 1995 to study the sun and its influence out to the very edges of the solar system, SOHO revolutionized this field of science, known as heliophysics, providing the basis for nearly 5,000 scientific papers. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Xvle9g

Monday, November 30, 2015

Walt Kelly

"Every burden is a blessing."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I'd go snorkeling in an ocean of urine for a chance to play a character in Rick and Morty

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Water World


Although Enceladus and Saturn's rings are largely made up of water ice, they show very different characteristics. via NASA http://ift.tt/1IvHEuX

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: Sunday CSGO Stream https://t.co/Z0YkwMrD4B

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Friday, November 27, 2015

@CharityCr1TiKaL: Add ?pr=GENGHIS to the end to any and all shirts that interest you for free shipping

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A Precocious Black Hole


In July 2015, researchers announced the discovery of a black hole that grew much more quickly than its host galaxy. The discovery calls into question previous assumptions on development of galaxies. The black hole was discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope, and detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra. via NASA http://ift.tt/1jnIyTy

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Willard Scott

"Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside."

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Hubble Captures a Galactic Waltz


This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 — has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger. The galaxy has merged with another galaxy leaving a fine mist, made of millions of stars, spewing from it in long trails. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P8Z0p1

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Elie Wiesel

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."

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Historic Formation Flight of NASA's WB-57s Over Houston


NASA's three WB-57s fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s. via NASA http://ift.tt/1ji4Q97

Monday, November 23, 2015

Aeschylus

"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: Yet another small shit that has me vigorously wiping my ass for 40 minutes. These tiny nuggets shouldn't demand this much effort to clean

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Springtime in the South Atlantic


The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the west and South Georgia Island to the east by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite on November 16, 2015. via NASA http://ift.tt/1QEaqkM

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Ginger Rogers

"The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first."

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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Martin Luther

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Paulo Coelho

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

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Northwest Australia From the Space Station's EarthKAM


This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S95YrK

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Pablo Picasso

"It takes a long time to become young."

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Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 Lunar Module Intrepid


The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on Nov. 19, 1969. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. via NASA http://ift.tt/1lwOF9L

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Cloud Patterns Over the Prince Edward Islands


Early November 2015 brought cloudy skies and intriguing patterns over the Prince Edward Islands in the South Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured this scene on November 5. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MV1RLD

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Pope Paul VI

"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."

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A Brighter Moon


Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same materials, Enceladus has a considerably higher reflectivity than Dione. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HVSs50

Monday, November 16, 2015

Fingerprints of Water on the Sand


NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren took this photograph on Nov. 11, 2015 from the International Space Station. Lindgren wrote, "The delicate fingerprints of water imprinted on the sand. The #StoryOfWater." via NASA http://ift.tt/1Mxtpaz

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Friday, November 13, 2015

Erich Fromm

"If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I?"

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Veiny 'Garden City' Site and Surroundings on Mount Sharp, Mars


This March 27, 2015, view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a site with a network of prominent mineral veins below a cap rock ridge on lower Mount Sharp. via NASA http://ift.tt/1H0kNMM

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Franz Schubert

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."

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Psychedelic Pluto


New Horizons scientists made this false color image of Pluto using a technique called principal component analysis to highlight the many subtle color differences between Pluto's distinct regions. via NASA http://ift.tt/1llORbL

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Sophocles

"Always desire to learn something useful."

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Seneca

"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."

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Scott Kelly on the Second Spacewalk of Expedition 45


On Nov. 6, 2015, NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren spent 7 hours and 48 minutes working outside the International Space Station on the 190th spacewalk in support of station assembly and maintenance. The astronauts restored the port truss (P6) ammonia cooling system to its original configuration, the main task for the spacewalk. via NASA http://ift.tt/1kK3Z2c

Monday, November 9, 2015

William Arthur Ward

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it."

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Layers and Fractures in Ophir Chasma, Mars


Ophir Chasma forms the northern portion of the vast Mars canyon system Valles Marineris, and this image, acquired on Aug. 10, 2015, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, features a small part of its wall and floor. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RIGilw

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Christopher Morley

"Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water."

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Friday, November 6, 2015

Norman Vincent Peale

"It's always too early to quit."

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Orion Service Module Stacking Assembly Secured For Flight


The Orion spacecraft service module stacking assembly interface ring and stack holding stand are secured on a special transportation platform and are being loaded into NASA's Super Guppy aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. On Nov. 3, the Guppy flew from Kennedy to Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station facility. via NASA http://ift.tt/1GOPEMa

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Buddha

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."

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Flight Testing NASA's Prandtl-D Research Aircraft


NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center engineers are working on an increasingly complex aircraft called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-D. The aircraft features a new method for determining the shape of the wing with a twist that could lead to an 11-percent reduction in fuel consumption. via NASA http://ift.tt/1KZyJBw

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Ronald Reagan

"Trust, but verify."

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I wouldn't know how to do it or where to start, but if it could be done I'd love to do that. Sorry for 8 tweets in a row

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: A charity that would generally strive to help anyone and everyone that needs it

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: Money for groups doing medical research or pursuing new treatment ideas. People struggling to survive that just need a break

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: "If I had a charity what would it do?" I just want charity that could benefit everyone. Second chances for people who genuinely need it

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: That way I know it goes where it should. This lead to a conversation about how I would go about doing this and throwing ideas around

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I've been talking to a few friends about what if I could donate it directly to the people that need it or groups that need it

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: If charity really is the most helpful way the money can be used I'll continue to donate it, but lately I've been thinking otherwise

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@CharityCr1TiKaL: I haven't donated in awhile because I've been researching charities and just don't really feel like the money gets put to good use often.

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Tropical Cyclone Chapala Over the Gulf of Aden


Tropical Cyclone Chapala made landfall on mainland Yemen early on November 3, 2015, dumping torrential rains across the arid landscape. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Ne2j85

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Wilson Mizner

"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down."

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Robotic Eyes to Assist Satellite Repairs in Orbit


NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. This photo looks closely at one of the tools that could be used for satellite servicing in the future: the Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot (VIPIR), a robotic, articulating borescope equipped with a second motorized, zoom-lens camera. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Hp7lwo

Monday, November 2, 2015

Maimonides

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

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Looking Back: International Space Station at the Start of Expedition 1


On Nov. 2, 2000, the Expedition 1 crew - Commander William M. (Bill) Shepherd of NASA and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev and Soyuz Commander Yuri Gidzenko of Roscosmos - arrived at the International Space Station, marking the start of an uninterrupted human presence on the orbiting laboratory. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RpwUTP

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Julius Caesar

"Experience is the teacher of all things."

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Friday, October 30, 2015

Douglas Coupland

"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween."

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Close View of Saturn's Moon Enceladus From Oct. 28 Flyby


This unprocessed "raw" image of Saturn's icy, geologically active moon Enceladus was acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its dramatic Oct. 28, 2015 flyby in which the probe passed about 30 miles (49 kilometers) above the moon's south polar region. via NASA http://ift.tt/1MxNoLy

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Rudyard Kipling

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

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Spacewalk Selfie


Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly took this photograph during a spacewalk on Oct. 28, 2015. Sharing the image on social media, Kelly wrote, "#SpaceWalkSelfie Back on the grid! Great first spacewalk yesterday. Now on to the next one next week. #YearInSpace" via NASA http://ift.tt/1kefVc5

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Don Marquis

"Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun."

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Colors After the Storms


Damaging heavy rains fell on South Carolina in the southeastern United States at the beginning of October 2015. Much of that water had, by mid-October, flowed into the Atlantic Ocean bringing with it heavy loads of sediment, nutrients, and dissolved organic material. The above VIIRS image shows the runoff as it interacts with ocean currents. via NASA http://ift.tt/1HbbVhG

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Persius

"He conquers who endures."

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Scott Kelly Prepares For a Spacewalk


Expedition 45 Commander Scott Kelly tries on his spacesuit for a fit check inside the U.S. Quest airlock of the International Space Station. Kelly and Flight Engineer Kjell Lindgren will venture outside the station for a pair of spacewalks on Wednesday, Oct. 28 and Friday, Nov. 6. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P2HJfa

Monday, October 26, 2015

Edwin Markham

"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."

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A Tale of Two Hemispheres


Enceladus is a world divided. To the north, the terrain is covered in impact craters, much like other icy moons. via NASA http://ift.tt/1P0XcfT

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Paul Valery

"At times I think and at times I am."

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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Walter Savage Landor

"We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier."

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Margaret Thatcher

"Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

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A Hubble View of Starburst Galaxy Messier 94


This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16 million light-years away. via NASA http://ift.tt/203ss2Y

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Jack Welch

"Change before you have to."

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Artist Concept: Space Launch System Takes Flight


Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. via NASA http://ift.tt/1C6ok6j

NASA's Space Launch System Design 'Right on Track' for Journey to Mars


For the first time in almost 40 years, a NASA human-rated rocket has completed all steps needed to clear a critical design review (CDR). The agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) is the first vehicle designed to meet the challenges of the journey to Mars and the first exploration class rocket since the Saturn V. via NASA http://ift.tt/1DOoofc

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

R. Buckminster Fuller

"I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself."

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New Perspective on a Galaxy Cluster


The galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 is home to one of the most powerful eruptions ever observed. X-rays detected by NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue) show the hot gas that comprises much of the mass of this enormous object. This image is part of a collection of new images released from the Chandra archive to celebrate American Archive Month. via NASA http://ift.tt/1RouPHp