Tuesday, May 31, 2011

SideShow Links: June 01, 2011

Can your house do this?  The Very Large Telescope in a beautiful time lapse film.

I heard a piece on NPR recently about the Crawler, the vehicle that transports the space shuttle and its booster rockets from their work-a-day sites to the launchpad.  This is a massive, massive machine.  It will be making its last run shortly, as the space shuttle program is being phased out.

The Muppets Meet Firefly:  Yes.  There is nothing more that need be said.