 Archive for the 'history' TagPhantom hopesAugust 4th, 2009, 4:19 pm by Jayson PetersNot to beat a dead horse, but … Remember when this looked promising?
The looks of utter despair on the faces of Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman, and that grinning thing standing behind them, should have been our first indications that something had gone horribly wrong in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. Vanity Fair February 1999 cover image, via The Associated Press You’ve come a long way, Mega ManAugust 3rd, 2009, 10:01 pm by Jayson PetersConfused by the mega-ness of the Mega Man series? Who isn’t? This handy but ginormous visual aid produced by a Capcom community blogger should help:
Houston, we have a problem …July 17th, 2009, 12:02 am by Jayson Peters
In an embarrassing acknowledgment, NASA said Thursday it must have erased the footage of man’s first moonwalk years ago so that it could reuse the videotape. I could have spared them a few high-quality VHS tapes from my homemade collection of Babylon 5, if only they had asked. Moon madness Saturday in TucsonJuly 16th, 2009, 11:06 pm by Jayson Peters NASA If you want to celebrate the 40th anniversary of mankind’s giant leap to the moon, you don’t have to travel the more than 230,000 miles the Apollo 11 astronauts did in 1969. You could just drive to Tucson. That’s where the University of Arizona’s Lunar Planetary Laboratory will be hosting a public celebration packed with lectures, science activities for kids and interaction with UA scientists who worked on many Apollo missions for NASA. Hit the jump for details — and be sure to check EastValleyTribune.com this weekend for exclusive content marking man’s first journey to the moon.
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Do you remember those plastic tabs on videotapes that you broke off if you wanted to prevent yourself from accidentally taping over something important? If you mastered that technology, you can officially consider yourself smarter than a rocket scientist.
