]> http://www.jakob-persson.com/taxonomy/term/155/0 en http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/531 <p >In August 2007 NASA will launch the next Mars lander, called Phoenix. Its mission is to probe the soil in Mars's polar regions in an attempt to find the frozen water expected to exist there. Sent along with the Phoenix is a DVD designed to last for thousands of years. On the DVD, Mars SF literature and a list of names will be printed, including yours if you so choose!</p> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/531" dc:identifier="http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/531" dc:title="Eternal* fame on the red planet for free" trackback:ping="http://www.jakob-persson.com/trackback/531" /> </rdf:RDF> --> My Blog Astronomy Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:35:03 -0600 http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/466 <p >I was stumbling around with StumbleUpon, a Firefox extension that helps you discover some of the best websites and came upon this incredible long exposure of a shuttle launch.</p> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/466" dc:identifier="http://www.jakob-persson.com/node/466" dc:title="Reach for the stars" trackback:ping="http://www.jakob-persson.com/trackback/466" /> </rdf:RDF> --> My Blog Astronomy Science Science-Fiction Sun, 21 May 2006 06:20:31 -0500