A Real Astronaut Reflects on America’s Moon Landings, Past and Future [Space]
Our friend and astronaut blogger Leroy Chiao was an invited guest at the Apollo 11 40th Anniversary gala last night. Here he shares a few shots, his memories of the Eagle touchdown, and his thoughts on the next moon mission.
A Spam and peanut butter (chunky) sandwich: That was what I had for lunch, forty years [...]
"You Want Me to Walk On the Freakin’ Moon Wearing What?!" [Space]
These shots of gear from the first Apollo moon mission show just how far we have—and haven’t—come in the 40 years since man first walked on the moon.
The suits shown here are part of a collection of Apollo-era artifacts on display right now at the National Air and Space Museum.
The exhibit is part of a [...]
Louis Vuitton’s 40th Anniversary Apollo 11 Buttplug Trunk [Apollo 11]
This 40th anniversary buttplug from Louis Vuitton commemorates mankind’s first lunar landing by giving you a miniature trunk-shaped buttplug that actually opens up and holds stuff. Wait, what do you mean it’s not miniature. It’s for giants? [Ilvoelv via Hypebeast]
Review: Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid
Mario, Sonic, … Rolando?! Gaming purists: DON’T FREAK OUT. I’m not implying that HandCircus’s phenomenal Rolando series is equivalent to the gaming franchise behemoths, Mario or Sonic. But, I will say that Rolando 2 is as compelling a reason to buy an iPhone as Super Mario 64 once was to buy the N64. Rolando 2: [...]
