View Japan's Space History From Your Computer

 

September 12th is Space Day in Japan, and Google has updated the Street View portion of  Google Maps with high resolution scans of Japan's space technology . A Google blog post explains that two of Japan’s top scientific institutions, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), are available for viewing online.  Check out the video below (or click here to view directly on YouTube).

 

RIP Neil Armstrong


I have a ton of friends that aren't really into science, space, or any of the geeky things that I delve into. But if there's one thing that most people agree on, it's that landing a man on the moon was AWESOME. Even though it was birthed from a nasty xenophobic space race with the Soviet Union, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin. Michael Collins, and the rest of the Apollo 11 team made history in July 1969.

Rest in peace Neil. I hope that we'll see footprints on another planet or moon in my lifetime.

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Programming Can Help You More Than You Know

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Nowadays there are more ways than ever to learn the basics behind programming, most of which I listed in a previous post. No matter what kind of work that you can do, learning the basics of programming can help you learn how to break a problem into logical, modular steps.  Programming is a language, and it's a good tool to have in your toolbelt.

I'll leave it up to one of the masters, Adria Richards of But You're A Girl, to explain the benefits.