Robbie Gonzalez's discussions

LET THE LASER BLASTING COMMENCE! (In a few days, at least. Holy crap, I hope the laser is okay.) Read more

Could you try linking again? I'm interested, too. Read more

The fact that people are paying attention to anything other than NASA and Curiosity right now is absolutely astounding to me. Are you already in Pasadena? Read more

Great comparison, thanks for sharing that.

Edit: So I changed the the top image because it was a little ambiguous. The top image now features three coral trout with black patches indicative of melanoma. A healthy, patch-less coral trout, is now featured within the body of the post. (WindsweptHells also found a great comparison. Check it out below.) Read more

The rover itself will shoot footage of the landing at around four frames per second using an onboard camera called MARDI, but images and video of the descent likely wont be available until later, owing to the limited amount of data that NASA can collect from the rover at any one time. Read more about it here:… Read more

Really what I'm most concerned with is how he can claim that there are no cracks in the Universe. No cracks in the Universe, George? Clearly you know nothing of Pandoricas or Time Fields or exploding TARDISes. Read more

Are you telling me Ray Kurzeil is, in fact, Peter Weiland? Go on... Read more

I was just talking with somebody about the lack of research on inter-goatular aggression. It's absence from the scientific literature is truly appalling. Read more

Kathryn and Rob, who own the farm where this footage was shot, wrote that they'd donate $25 to Farm Sanctuary (a rescue, education, and advocacy group for farmed animals) if the video got 1,000 views. Looks like they're out 25 bucks. Read more

I definitely hear what you mean about Wheaton, but my issue with Shatner's voiceover is that it sounds a little *too* much like rambling. During the part where he's talking about the sky crane, for example — it almost sounds like he doesn't really know what he's talking about. Shatner's voice is perfect, his delivery… Read more

I agree. I could listen to Bender narrate a needlework competition and be totally captivated. Read more

So who do you think narrates the video better? I was leaning toward Shatner at first, but I think Wheaton ultimately won me over. Read more

Brilliant. I wish I could have been there the first time someone looked at temperature maps of its surface.

Don't forget about Mimas!

"Eversible" — it's cool, I'd never heard the term, either — that was until I read about this little beastie. Read more

Avalanches and landslides are classified as different types of geological flows. Read more

The paper that I linked to in the veeerrrry last sentence of the post might be of interest to you: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/EpleyWhitchurch.pdf Read more

I'm going to be completely honest here. I love space. I'd love to go to Mars. But I do NOT think I could handle living in the setup that Mars One is proposing. Read more

This is an absolutely fascinating study. Do you guys think that paleontological evidence will ever reach the point where it will be able to confirm the claims of geneticists like Lachance, Tishkoff and Akey, or is that just a pipe dream? Read more