Longest flight delay ever. Elon Musk may have promised to make commercial space travel an everyday event with SpaceX, but those with infinite memories will recall the idea being floated many moons ago — while one would-be carrier even handed out IOUs. Pan Am — the airline considered to be among the best of the world during … Read more
Doritos is living up to its “for the bold” tagline. It’s one small step for snack-kind: PepsiCo is launching a special pack of “Zero Gravity” Doritos that are designed to be eaten in space, thereby allowing astronauts to snack amongst the stars. “The limitless possibilities of space inspired us to push the boundaries of what’s … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he welcomed his third child with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis earlier this year — making the tech mogul a father to at least 12 children. Half of the $210-billion-man’s kids were born in the past five years. His children include his three with Zillis, three with Canadian popstar … Read more
The truth is out there. People from the southwestern US to Scandinavia and the far reaches of Eastern Europe posted footage of an unidentified flying object they saw mysteriously coasting overhead in a spiral pattern Thursday evening. “Completely clear skies, and I see a super blurry white light (no flashes like a plane), coming straight … Read more
This redefined a long-distance call. Earth just received a laser transmission from a world- (and perhaps universe) record-breaking 140 million miles away — which could have major implications for the future of space travel. However, this correspondence wasn’t extraterrestrial in origin: It was actually sent by NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which is currently located approximately 1.5 … Read more
Who are the best stars for Mars? Computational social scientists at George Mason University have published a new paper that reveals the ideal types of Earthlings to inhabit Mars upon the red planet’s hopeful colonization some day. “Establishing a human settlement on Mars is an incredibly complex engineering problem,” the researchers wrote. “The inhospitable nature … Read more
In 2006, SpaceX’s first attempted rocket launch left from a former US military site on Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean. The craft’s $7 million price tag would have been impressively inexpensive, but 30 seconds after liftoff, its rocket engines faltered — and the hunk of metal plummeted back to Earth, smashing 200 yards offshore. … Read more