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Copenhagen Suborbital tests Tycho Deep Space Capsule/LES

Copenhagen Suborbitals, a DIY spaceflight program held tests of their "Beautiful Betty" (formerly named Tycho Deep Space) capsule and Launch Escape System(LES) this morning(4am EST). The purpose of a Launch Escape System is to propel the capsule away from Read More →

Open Science Summit 2011 Videos

The recordings of Open Science Summit 2011 are now available on Fora.tv. This year we had a wonderful  of speakers. and I highly recommend watching all the videos Read More →

NASA releases API for Open NASA Data

NASA as part of the Open Government Initiative has been opening up their servers, releasing petabytes of data to the public. This past week they made that data easier to Read More →

Michael Nielsen on Open Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnWocYKqvhw-A A brilliant talk by Michael Nielsen explaining some of reasoning behind Open Science. Why the open sharing of knowledge between scientists is necessary. Why the scientific culture of today is preventing those with a desire to be open from sharing. Read More →

Open Science Design Contest: Orbital Shaker

Open Source Orbital Shaker from jmil .

Jordan Miller brings us the above orbital shaker for his entry to the Open Science Design Idea Contest.  The orbital shaker is a wonderful example of a Read More →

Open Call for Open Science Equipment

[caption id="attachment_194" align="aligncenter" width="266" caption="Outdated Science Equipment (for PCR)"][/caption] Currently, most of the equipment in "garage" science labs come from auctions, craigslist and what ever people can scavenge.  While occasionally you Read More →
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