I'd like to watch a rocket launched into space (from the continental U.S.). I've researched it as best I can, but would like guidance from someone who knows more about it or has seen one before. [more inside]
posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj on Oct 7, 2009 - 15 answers

How would you get through a black hole? [more inside]
posted by smoke on Aug 3, 2009 - 28 answers

Please recommend a good book about the history of the space travel. I'm particulary interested in NASA, but if it includes info about other countries, all the better.
posted by dpx.mfx on Feb 1, 2007 - 14 answers

Assume space travel is currently safe, as fast as possible and comparatively (compared to now) inexpensive. How feasible would it be to start colonizing a planet in a new solar system in a self-sustaining way knowing what we know now? Is this being thought about? [more inside]
posted by vizsla on Dec 10, 2006 - 15 answers

Lost in space... forever? What happens after you're tossed out of the airlock? [more inside]
posted by the matching mole on Oct 27, 2006 - 24 answers

I'm looking for stories that deal with human relationships between people seperated by time dilation due to space travel, where the person on Earth ages the same as you and I, but the space traveler, in comparison, ages significantly slower. [more inside]
posted by defenestration on Sep 18, 2005 - 47 answers