Otto, The Bulldog ~ Breaking Records And Hearts! 😍 "A Bulldog Named Otto Just Broke A World Record

He didn't finish strong but that slide was awesome #almost 😂 WASTED

#Pluto ~ #beautiful! "Zoom in on the new, extremely high-resolution, enhanced color view of Pluto. #NASA #PlutoFlyby Full image: www.nasa.gov/newhorizons"

Via #GlobalBC viewer, a jumping #orca near #BellaBella, #BC.

accept yourself (edit: Martin Matthews)

Running 13.1 miles as #DoctorWho #PeterCapaldi #GreatNorthRun #GNR2015 #TARDIS #timelord #Whovian

Lost raccoon on our neighbour's roof! No food up there, silly raccoon!

Weatherman nails the pronunciation of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch without breaking a sweat.

Exciting NASA news

… as if there’s not been some of that already this week.

(Image credit: NASA/JPL)

It seems that NASA’s slated to select two proposals for their Discovery program missions.

A “Discovery” mission at NASA is generally a smaller mission that happens very quickly. Something like the Curiosity rover or the Cassini-Huygens mission aren’t Discovery program missions, those are called “Flagship” missions.

NASA’s incredible Dawn mission is a Discovery mission.

Right now the five missions under consideration are:

- VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR Topography and Spectroscopy): Basically a mission that would orbit Venus (a planet deserving to be visited again) and map its surface with high resolution radar.

- Psyche: This mission would explore a huge, metal-rich asteroid in the asteroid belt. Important and potentially influential mission (there are lots of entrepreneurs looking for metal-rich asteroids to mine in the near future).

- Lucy: This mission would explore a series of “Trojan” asteroids, basically asteroids that trail behind Jupiter.

- NEOCam: This would search for dangerous near-Earth asteroids.

- DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging): As you might guess from its name, this spacecraft would descend through the Venusian atmosphere, studying it as it goes down.

If the rumors I’ve heard are true, it’s possible NASA might be able to select two missions from this excellent pile.

What are your picks?

Very cool!👍 "Magnetic levitation with a #superconductor! #science #AstroCamp #6secondscience http://bit.ly/1KAaaet for more!"

Lady Cassandra cookies! And in the back a Weeping Angel food cake and a TARDIS cake to the left!

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