Now listen, Mars : I’m not saying you should fake a disability so you can compete against Pluto in the Special Olympics, but you should. You definitely should. Mars in the Olympics [lettherebeblogs] Thanks to Julie M., who deserves the gold in Geekologie Tipping (I’m just saying that to be nice, I think this is her first one).

This is 15-year old Sven Junga’s (awesome name!) Stargate diorama, including a LEGO Daedalus from Stargate Atlantis . It is most impressive, as are the other LEGO models in his Flickr gallery. And he’s only 15. I was still wearing Velcro shoes and licking the bus window! Hit the jump for several other shots of the ship, and be sure to check out Sven’s Flickr gallery for other LEGO mastery.

NASA, in a covert attempt to mine Martian cheese , wants to send scientists to the moon in the form of avatars, just like in the movie by the same! ( Avatar , not Martian cheese — although that shit has blockbuster written all over it too). NASA can put humanoids on the Moon in just 1000 days. They would be controlled by scientists on Earth using motion capture suits, giving them the feeling of being on the lunar surface. The 1000-day mark is quite plausible, since the mission would be a lot simpler than a human-based one. It will also be quite cheaper than the real thing. First, you don’t have to care about life support systems, which will make spacecraft manufacturing a lot less complex. The whole system would also weight a lot less, reducing the need for the development of a huge rocket, and again reducing the costs. Ha, I love how in the robot in the video stares at his fingers for a full minute like, “holy shit, what the f*** are these?!” Great programming, NASA. And, hypothetically, if my avatar decided to get drunk on moon juice and chase some alien snizz, would I single-handedly restore interest in outerspace and save NASA from the brink of funding collapse? Yes, I would. AND YOU BETTER RENAME A PLANET AFTER ME. NASA Project M Puts Scientists’ Avatars On the Moon [gizmodo]

NOTE: Best viewed at Youtube in 720p. This is a video of the recent Atlas V liftoff and subsequent sonic boom . The cool thing though is you can actually see the shockwaves when the rocket goes supersonic . The whole thing is worth a watch, but the money shot starts at 1:50 (and is replayed a couple times after). Also, who thought the bird at 0:53 was definitely getting hit? I did, and I have incredible depth perception. Reminded me of Space-Bat . Which, dammit, I told myself I wouldn’t cry. Stay strong, GW, stay strong. RWWWAAAAAAR!! *CRASH* Holy shit I just threw a bus. Of school children terrorists. Yeah, I’m a hero (give me a 10 minute head-start before notifying the school). Youtube Thanks to Metallisteve, half file-sharing hating rock band, half Steven.

This just in: the new viewing module added to the International Space Station is actually a refurbished TIE fighter cockpit. You heard it here first. Also, I’m the world’s greatest lover and have a body that could make Adonis cry tears of pure abs. What — you already heard that? Was it written in a bathroom stall? Yeah I did that. Picture [nasa] Thanks to Sister Angus McBastard, one hell of a holy sandwich. And Ryan, who took the time to make the mashup pic. Good lookin’, Ryan. Really, you are.

OMG Laser Guns Pew Pew Pew is a website featuring a space squirrel with a laser gun. When you click he shoots a laser beam and makes a noise. I can’t say it’s a genuine ” pew” , but I still give it a B for better than the sound of a car alarm. Also, you may be wondering if OMG Laser Guns Pew Pew Pew is even worthy of a Geekologie post. And, if you are, you belong in a f***ing insane asylum. Here, can you see this — can you see what I’m doing? I’m circling my ear with one finger and pointing at you with another while I roll my eyes. That means you’re crazy. OMG LASER GUNS PEW PEW PEW Thanks to Pepe-Le-PEW-PEW, who once fell in love with a flashlight thinking it was a laser blaster. You poor bastard.

Remember when Pluto was a planet? Me neither, I drink too much. And, I don’t know if we can really trust anything NASA tells us anymore, but these are allegedly the most detailed images of Pluto ever taken. As you can see, we still have a long ways to go. NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world that is undergoing seasonal changes in its surface color and brightness. Pluto has become significantly redder, while its illuminated northern hemisphere is getting brighter. These changes are most likely consequences of surface ices sublimating on the sunlit pole and then refreezing on the other pole as the dwarf planet heads into the next phase of its 248-year-long seasonal cycle. The dramatic change in color apparently took place in a two-year period, from 2000 to 2002. Jesus, a two-year period? Somebody rocket that dwarf planet some sanitary napkins! New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes [nasa] via Most Detailed View of Pluto to Date [gizmodo]

I hate to start wild speculation, and I’m by no means one of those foil-hat asshats (industrial-grade aluminum all the way, baby), but this is a picture of an alien spacecraft . Per NASA cover up : …what Hubble saw indicates that P/2010 A2 is unlike any object ever seen before. At first glance, the object appears to have the tail of a comet. Close inspection, however, shows a 140-meter nucleus offset from the tail center, very unusual structure near the nucleus, and no discernable gas in the tail. Knowing that the object orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, a preliminary hypothesis that appears to explain all of the known clues is that P/2010 A2 is the debris left over from a recent collision between two small asteroids. If true, the collision likely occurred at over 15,000 kilometers per hour — five times the speed of a rifle bullet — and liberated energy in excess of a nuclear bomb. I hate to tell you how to do your job, NASA, but you’re really stabbing yourself in the crotch here. Think about it: you’re losing funding and getting projects cut left and right. Because nobody gives a shit about space. But if this was, in fact, an alien spacecraft, then….see where I’m going with this? (Fake another moon landing) Hubble spies debris ‘unlike any object ever seen before’ [dvice] Thanks to wes g, Ste, emerica, Brad B, timotheus maximus and sammy, who all agree space technology is bitchin’.

That’s right, would-be astronauts , you can forget about NASA ever sending you to the moon strapped to a giant rocket, cause that shit ain’t happening. Your only chance now is lassoing a moonicorn and barebacking that bitch to outerspace. Obama wants to end NASA’s moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said on Monday. Obama’s budget ends work on the shuttle follow-on vehicle, known as Orion, as well as a pair of rockets developed to fly astronauts to the space station, the moon and other destinations in the solar system. Funds previously earmarked for the Constellation program, initially intended to return U.S. astronauts to the moon by 2020, instead would be used for research projects that include robotics and other technologies needed to prepare for an eventual human mission to Mars Privatizing space transportation? I don’t know how I feel about that besides GW’s ROCKET TOURS NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS!! Week long space trips start at $1million. Now I know what you’re thinking, “I bet the GW’s just gonna get me high and drop me off at Space Camp”. And that, my friend, is a safe bet. Obama axes NASA moon plan in new budget [msnbc] Thanks to FDSY, who will kick your ass into outerspace for a cool grand.

That’s right, would-be astronauts , you can forget about NASA ever sending you to the moon strapped to a giant rocket, cause that shit ain’t happening. Your only chance now is lassoing a moonicorn and barebacking that bitch to outerspace. Obama wants to end NASA’s moon program, turn over space transportation to commercial companies and jump-start technologies needed for future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, officials said on Monday. Obama’s budget ends work on the shuttle follow-on vehicle, known as Orion, as well as a pair of rockets developed to fly astronauts to the space station, the moon and other destinations in the solar system. Funds previously earmarked for the Constellation program, initially intended to return U.S. astronauts to the moon by 2020, instead would be used for research projects that include robotics and other technologies needed to prepare for an eventual human mission to Mars Privatizing space transportation? I don’t know how I feel about that besides GW’s ROCKET TOURS NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS!! Week long space trips start at $1million. Now I know what you’re thinking, “I bet the GW’s just gonna get me high and drop me off at Space Camp”. And that, my friend, is a safe bet. Obama axes NASA moon plan in new budget [msnbc] Thanks to FDSY, who will kick your ass into outerspace for a cool grand.