A Commuter's Dream

A space vehicle must move at a rate of at least 17 miles per second to escape Earth’s gravitational pull. This is equivalent to going from New York to Philadelphia in about 20 seconds.

Origami House?

Science Now reports that a new technology based on Origami may lead to the ability to create boxes, cartons, and other containers that are made of rigid materials (like steel) but which flatten without removing the bottoms (unlike moving boxes, which have to have the bottoms removed or cut to fold flat). The ability to create these containers (loosely based on paper grocery bags) will assist in productivity on packing lines as well as with more mundane tasks like boxing personal items for moving and maybe even bagging groceries. Eventually, scientists hope that the technology will lead to re-organizable living spaces (cabinets that fold away, rooms that rearrange) and even a really, really flat (collapsible?) screen TV.

Check the original article here:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/03/paper-plastic-or-steel.html?ref=hp

Why Fly?

This may be a sign seen in the future... you know, when hovercrafts and flying cars are used by everyone. In the meantime, tree huggers get to go on a loooooong hike for spring break.
Happy Spring Break!

Space-Mail

Just in case you were wondering where yours went. See? It really isn't your fault.