This is mainly a space blog, but it may deviate to military or general science subjects on occasion.Tumblr (3.0; @spaceloev)http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m03k7gRqpF1r3aa46o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/18431879432http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/18431879432Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:40:28 -0500<a href="http://thebygone.tumblr.com/post/18411598429/ameliaelizabeth-petition-stop-spike-tv-from">The Bygone: ameliaelizabeth: Petition: Stop Spike TV from looting our collective...</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ameliaelizabeth.tumblr.com/post/18411106082/petition-stop-spike-tv-from-looting-our-collective">ameliaelizabeth</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-spike-tv-from-looting-our-collective-past?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=share_with_facebook_friends">Petition: Stop Spike TV from looting our collective past</a></p> <p>I’m serious guys, this is really fucking important.</p> <p>Archaeological sites can only be dug up once. They want to go in with metal detectors, locate ‘treasure’, bulldoze it, and sell it. If there’s an artefact there,…</p> </blockquote>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/18431427239http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/18431427239Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:12:51 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyy0pdEHtL1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A champion of engineering ethics, Roger Boisjoly, pictured here with a mockup of the Space Shuttle’s SRB o-rings, died this January 6th, 2012 , aged 73. </p> <p>Boisjoly famously attempted to warn his managers at Morton Thiokol (now ATK) and NASA of the impending Challenger disaster the day before launch. He correctly predicted that low temperatures would change the elasticity of the rubber o-rings, allowing superheated gas to escape. </p> <p>Challenger was launched the following day.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/17121040348http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/17121040348Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:17:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbv4W7Q91r3aa46o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>More followers. Words can’t describe the elation.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913625493http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913625493Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:35:00 -0500Bruce McCandlessMission ControlAwYeah<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbk2t1yA1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913521548http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913521548Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:28:50 -0500SpaceXDragonFalcon9SpaceSpaceflight<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbhsuaC21r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbhsuaC21r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbhsuaC21r3aa46o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The Dragon spacecraft will demonstrate both cargo capability and human-rated flight. </p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913501564http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913501564Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:27:28 -0500SpaceXDragonFalcon9SpaceSpacecraftSchematics<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbempPgt1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scorchmarks on the Dragon spacecraft. The vehicle was de-orbited remotely and landed within 800 meters of it’s target, demonstrating to NASA that SpaceX has the capability to send up cargo-only missions. </p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913467621http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913467621Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:25:34 -0500SpaceXDragonRecoverySpacecraftSpace<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbbePejk1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrbbePejk1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Dragon being recovered after the successful COTS 1 mission.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913437767http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913437767Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:23:38 -0500SpaceXRecoverySpaceDragon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrb91b8r21r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrb91b8r21r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The Dragon spacecraft being prepared for COTS 1.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913415977http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913415977Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:22:12 -0500SpaceXDragonSpaceflightReusableCOTS<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrb5gybtC1r3aa46o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>COTS 1 Mission Patch</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913379430http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913379430Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:20:04 -0500SpaceXFalcon9DragonCOTS<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrb3hJKtf1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SpaceX’s secret payload. A wheel of French “Le Brouère” cheese. </p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913360100http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913360100Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:18:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrb1xM2xa1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Falcon 9 carried a small number of nanosatellites to orbit as well. Included were the first U.S. Army nanosatellite, one for Space and Missile Defense Command, and one provided by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. </p> <p>Also, a secret payload was used as weight ballast. The payload was revealed a day after launch. </p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913342309http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913342309Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:17:00 -0500SpaceXFalcon9DragonLaunchCape CanaveralSpaceRocket<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrapfGcge1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrapfGcge1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913220214http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913220214Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:10:26 -0500SpaceXFalcon9DragonLaunchSpaceCOTScape canaveral<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyramggSfV1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyramggSfV1r3aa46o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyramggSfV1r3aa46o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>COTS 1 launching on December 10, 2010.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913191583http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913191583Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:08:40 -0500SpaceXDragonFalcon9cape canaveralCOTSSpaceLaunchRocket<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyracpsghk1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913090303http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913090303Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:02:49 -0500SpaceXDragonFalcon9COTScape canaveralrocketlaunchspace<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyraa2kOOd1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyraa2kOOd1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyraa2kOOd1r3aa46o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyraa2kOOd1r3aa46o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913062731http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913062731Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:01:14 -0500SpaceXCOTSDragonFalcon9cape canaveralrocketlaunchspace<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyra5nVxxx1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyra5nVxxx1r3aa46o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyra5nVxxx1r3aa46o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket being prepared for Commercial Orbital Transportation Service (COTS) flight demo 1. COTS 1 set out to prove SpaceX’s viability to NASA missions.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913010968http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16913010968Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:58:35 -0500DragonSpaceXFalcon9cape canaveralNASACOTSSpaceRocket<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9tveYh51r3aa46o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9tveYh51r3aa46o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9tveYh51r3aa46o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9tveYh51r3aa46o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9tveYh51r3aa46o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16912906705http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16912906705Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:51:30 -0500SpaceXDragonFalcon9SpaceSpaceflightCommercialISSRocket<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9kzpRGJ1r3aa46o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9kzpRGJ1r3aa46o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9kzpRGJ1r3aa46o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9kzpRGJ1r3aa46o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyr9kzpRGJ1r3aa46o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>SpaceX’s Falcon 9 promises to be one of the most reusable spacecraft ever made. Not only is the capsule recoverable, but both the first and second stages. This conceptual animation shows principles that SpaceX is currently making reality.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16912811563http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16912811563Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:46:00 -0500SpaceXSpaceCapsuleDragonFalcon9CommercialSpaceflightSpaceISS<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lync6hnZnL1r3aa46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lync6hnZnL1r3aa46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Concept art for Atlantis’ final resting place.</p>http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16805235131http://spaceloev.tumblr.com/post/16805235131Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:51:53 -0500AtlantisOrbiterSpace ShuttleKSCKennedy Space CenterMuseum