Space Ship Archive

  • Reminder: Stargate Universe comes back on tonight

    Reminder: Stargate Universe comes back on tonight

    Stargate Universe's season one starts back up tonight and we might finally see some the alien baddies and a space ship fight. The first ten episodes where just OK, but the series shows potential with a good cast, novel story line, and great sets/locations. Those three things also happened to be the three pillars holding up the previous Stargate shows. All SGU needs to do is tone down the seriousness a bit and run a bit more loose. That's what Stargate always did best and truly separated itself from other shows within the genre.

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  • CrunchDeals: A slightly-used NASA Space Shuttle

    CrunchDeals: A slightly-used NASA Space Shuttle

    If you just so happen to be in the market for a second hand space craft, NASA has a deal for you, pal. The Space Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour are currently for sale with a price tag of $28.2 m each. Just think, you could park one of these bad boys in your trailer park and [...]

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  • RC model of Star Trek USS ENTERPRISE swimming underwater (video)

    RC model of Star Trek USS ENTERPRISE swimming underwater (video)

    I'm not an RC gadget expert, but modding static model kits of space ships so that they're water-proof and can be RC-controlled to make them then "fly underwater" seems like a very, very geeky thing to do to me. Take this 1/350 scale replica of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A space ship from Star Trek, for example. Some person [JP] in Yokosuka, Japan, bought the static kit and transformed it into a space ship that can move and be RC-controlled underwater. The people belonging to the "underground" circle of these self-made gadgets call themselves "Aqua Modelers" and meet up on a regular basis [IT] to exchange ideas and show off their works each year. The last one apparently just took place a couple of days ago. Video after the jump.

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