Cool Site of the Week: NASA
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The last Star Trek TV series was kind of terrible, and they cancelled Firefly before the series had a chance to really come into its own. Sure, Battlestar Galactica was great but now that it’s long over, what’s left to scratch that geeky sci-fi itch of yours? No Ordinary Family? V? Please. No one needs that sort of pain in their lives. What to do? How about taking an in-depth look real adventures of America’s space-based endeavors. Sound good? We thought so too--and that’s why NASA’s impressive online presence has been selected as our Cool Site of the Week.
From news of robots exploring the insides of damaged nuclear power plants in Japan to the in-depth history of every American space mission, NASA’s official website offers a little something for everyone.
Broken down into easily navigable sections such as Universe, Solar System, Earth and Aeronautics, NASA makes it easy to find something fascinating. Within minutes of browsing the site, we managed to locate an HD video on the history of the Space Shuttle program narrated by William Shatner, an interactive 3D sandbox tour of the International Space Station and a gallery of images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. With hours of fascinating videos and reading to captivate site visitors of all ages and levels of education, NASA’s official website is sure to help any downtrodden science fiction fan into an enthusiastic space geek after just one visit.
Be sure to check back every Friday for another edition of Maximum PC’s Cool Site of the Week.
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straightawaykid
September 20, 2011 at 8:13pm
Easily the best part of the NASA site are the stupendous photos of the solar system from probes such as Cassini around Saturn and of course the Hubble telescope.
I liked Star Trek "Enterprise", but I'd agree "Voyager" was terrible. But then you liked Battlestar Galactica (cough), which not even Olmos could save, but I did like Grace Park, the hottie Cylon.
nHeroGo
April 30, 2011 at 12:23pm
I live for the shuttle launches. In between, my life is empty. There are only two more lanuches left before the 30-year-old space program is retired. Yesterday's launch attempt was scratched just 3 hours before lift-off. Next opportunity may be Monday. Tune in some time in advance and follow sporradic commentary in the background; feels like you are participating. Good stuff. They close/seal the hatch 3 hours in advance, while James Bond is closing his hatch during countdown, and Dr Evil suggests "just say 'go!' when the doors close". ///johan
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