Fine Structure

May 2008 Link Archives

Feynman and The Connection Machine

An essay about one of the last projects Feynman worked with. Curious project, too.

Phoenix Has a Twitter Account

Some informative tweets from (what I assume is) the people running the Phoenix Mars lander.

Phoenix Mars Lander Video

The Phoenix Mars Lander, a NASA / University of Arizona mission, is set to touch down on Mars on the 25th of May. The link goes to a short video of how they expect Phoenix to get down to the surface from 12,500m/h. There's some pretty amazing technology here, I can't wait to see how they do.