Astrosphere for May 23, 2007
Once again, it’s time to see what’s happening on other space-related blogs.
Ever wonder what goes into making up a meal for astronauts? Here’s a link to a cool video called “Food in Space”.
I know you enjoy Astronomy Cast, but did you know there are dozens of space-related podcasts now? There’s a great tool called the Astronomy Media Player, which lists them all, and lets you play recent episodes.
Colony Worlds has an interesting analysis of Ceres as a future target for human exploration.
Want to find your planets? Softpedia has an article pointing the way to finding 4 of them with the unaided eye this week.
Centauri Dreams discusses an interesting way to sail through space, propelled by a magnetic field.
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