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 [...]

Should We Skip The Moon And Head For Mars? [Question Of The Day]

Speaking at a Washington lecture over the weekend, Apollo 11 crewmembers Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins expressed concern about NASA focusing too much on past accomplishments. That is to say, they believe we should focus our efforts on Mars. Critics believe that going back to the moon is, as Aldrin put it “a glorified rehash [...]

Images of the Apollo Landing Sites from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [Apollo 11]

At last! NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent photos of the Apollo lunar landing sites, the first images ever since the Apollo missions. I will say it once again, one last time: Moon landing conspiracy theorists, SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP. This is the first time that images of the lunar landing sites have [...]

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

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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: [...]