Intermittent Things - Soviet Space edition
posted in Links by Cargo Cult on Sunday November 17 2013
Why, hello. Remember this, where I'd post interesting links to interesting things on a regular basis? Perhaps restricting itself to posting in a purely arbitrary manner, it's back. And it has some things for us.
Galina Balashova, Space Architect - ever wonder how the curiously homely and retro-futuristic interiors of the Soyuz and other Soviet-era spacecraft came to be? Demonstrating that (despite countless other problems) the Soviet Union had the best visual designers, this curious archive of a near-forgotten architect's designs provides an intriguing glimpse into this cosmonautical age. Includes her watercolour paintings of Earthly scenes to comfort homesick cosmonauts...
Vyacheslav Mescherin Orchestra - the perfect backing tracks for viewing the above space-architecture, here's some authentic (and ridiculous) Soviet space music, via an entertainingly random BBC Radio 4 documentary. Cosmonaut and pioneer spacewalker Alexey Leonov, a personal friend of Mescherin, describes taking tapes of this stuff up into orbit. Awesome.
Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained - most importantly, includes footage from inside the Soyuz capsule during re-entry and landing. Fancy. See also: the European ATV-4 burning up in the Earth's atmosphere, as seen from the ISS...
Bonus RJP Biological Horror Corner:
- 13 Horrifying Ways to Die (If You’re an Arthropod) - you may find creepy-crawlies scary. They must find each other even more terrifying.
- I’ll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eel - forget the oft-linked rhizocephalan barnacles, here's a giant shark with parasitic eels living in its heart. Delightful.
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1. Humans > Aliens
Posted by phuzz at 8:22AM, Tuesday November 19 2013
On why humans are scarier than aliens:
http://cleolinda.tumblr.com/post/58936679950/astrakiseki-siderealsandman-friendlytroll