Enter the Dragon!

From SpaceX:

Looks pretty roomy.  Seats seven with room to space.  SpaceX notes that the whole Soyuz descent module could fit into the pressurized cabin of the Dragon.  Note in the last image above that Musk and the other two guys are standing in the Dragon.

The first cargo mission (unmanned) is scheduled for April 30.  If all goes well (tests of the escape system are already underway), don't be surprised if SpaceX gets a manned Dragon mission going sooner than expected.  So cool.

***Update***

Here's the SpaceX segment from 60 Minutes that just aired:

Now's the Time on Phantom Menace When We Dance!

Via Neatorama.

Sulu Friday: Mr. Sulu, Captain of the Dance!

And more dancing on the Enterprise:

Animations via Holy Taco.

Riding Up--and Down--with a Shuttle Booster

Via io9 and very cool:

Word of the Day: Plausible Delegability

plau·si·ble del·e·ga·bil·i·ty [plaw-zuh-buhl del-i-guh-bil-uh-tee]

-noun

1.  having an appearance of designating someone to act for or represent another or others in order to have the ability to deny responsibility for something, as knowledge of or connection with an illegal activity: Congress had plausible delegability when it let the president bomb a country without permission.

2. associated with or characterized by elusiveness in regards to taking responsibility.

Origin:

1535–45;  [Latin plausibilis deserving applause, equivalent to plaus (us) (past participle of plaudere to applaud) + -ibilis -ible + Latin dēlēgāre to send on a mission, from lēgāre to send, depute; see legate + -ibilitāt-]

More Fakery!!

Image via Space.com

Here we see that NASA has gone to the trouble of landing something that looks like the Eagle on the Moon, along with other objects, doubtlessly distributed by CIA agents in NASA's employ.  Since we're just seeing this now, we should assume that NASA did all of this in the last year or so--not in 1969, as the liars would have us believe.  Nice try, NASA!

This image is a higher resolution version of Apollo images featured here in 2009.

Play "Empire the Brave"! Or "Amazing Force"!

***Update***

BoingBoing has video!  With pipes being played! 

Astronaut George Taylor Hosted Saturday Night Live

Totally missed this one, though it looks like it might've been broadcast several thousand years after the nuclear war.

The Gentlemen's Rant: The iPad

Not iPad 3!  Just "the new iPad."  I've been thinking about getting a tablet, but the idea of joining the Apple Cult offends me.