MON 08 OCT 2018

LAGRANGIAN POINTS OF INTEREST

”Several thousand asteroids in the Greek camp are known so far.” Mount an expensive and risky mission to swap 617 Patroclus with 624 Hektor in Lagrangian Points of Interest.

Keywords: Variety, Space

MON 18 SEP 2017

DROP IN ON SOME PLANETS

“The moons of Jupiter are also fascinating, but nobody is currently looking at them up close.” Realise that you should totally get up off your continent and Drop In on Some Planets.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Solar system

MON 10 APR 2017

EARTH TREATS THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH DIGNITY

“It successfully entered Venusian orbit at the second go in 2015 using four attitude control thrusters.” If at first you don’t succeed, simply keep in mind that Earth Treats the Solar System with Dignity.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Solar system

MON 29 FEB 2016

A SEQUENCE OF THINGS THAT CAN BE SEQUENCED

“Did you expect that to happen?” Realise that you totally knew all along who the woman in white was in A Sequence of Things That Can Be Sequenced.

Keywords: Variety, Space, Interactive, Solar system

MON 29 JUL 2013

OUR CHANCE TO MAKE FACES ON MARS

“And Edvard’s counterargument that we don’t have a video podcast really didn’t sway me.” Find out how long it takes to download a zero byte file in Our Chance to Make Faces on Mars.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Mars

MON 08 APR 2013

A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS ON MARS

“There is even olivine to be found in parts of Syrtis Major, as well as a variety of interesting dikes.” Make sure Amber Lynn is paying attention in A Variety of Locations on Mars.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Mars

MON 03 SEP 2012

AN EAGERLY ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL

“The Parking Point Designator or PPD angle, which the PM pilot gives her from the PGNS, tells her where to look along the horizontal scale to find the place where the computer thinks they are going to park.” Indicate to the computer that there’s no way you are going to fit between those two SUVs as you make An Eagerly Anticipated Arrival.

Keywords: Variety, Space, Obituary

MON 09 MAR 2009

2009 GOOBNET EXOPLANET CHAMPIONSHIP

“All the participants should be quite pleased with their performances.” Join the Camelopardalis Crazies and support your favourite extrasolar planet in 2009 GoobNet Exoplanet Championship.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Tournament

MON 12 FEB 2007

OUT OF SPACE

“We are vomiting in a gas station bathroom near Alachua, FL, USA, northwest of Gainesville.” Be loyal to GoobNet in sickness and in health in Out of Space.

Keywords: Space, Sport, Variety, Football, Italy, Space Shuttle

SUN 08 JAN 2006

BECAUSE OLD HORIZONS JUST SUCK

"Yeah, I live in the base on Cruella Peak. But I'm thinking of building a habitat on Pongo Planitia." See everything in black and white in Because Old Horizons Just Suck.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Solar system

SUN 18 APR 2004

PLACE YOUR HETS

"Do you guys not have bandwidth?" Assess your data transfer requirements in Place Your HETs.

Keywords: Space, Variety, Yuri’s Night

SUN 21 MAR 2004

TIP THE SCALE

"Besides, just how much work do we have to give to astronaut John 'Your Friendly Neighbourhood HST Repair Guy' Grunsfeld?" Offer discounts to repeat customers in Tip the Scale.

Keywords: Space, Variety

SUN 22 FEB 2004

SPOT THE PLANET

"Ask them to go to, say, 28978 Ixion instead of Pluto, and they'd say something along the lines of: 'No. Shut up.'" Have minor planet proposals shot down in Spot the Planet.

Keywords: Space, Variety

SUN 23 NOV 2003

YOUTH SERVES ITSELF

"Then again, does Chris as well? Judge for yourself." Meet odd people with even ages in Youth Serves Itself.

Keywords: Space, Sport, Variety, Football, MLS

SUN 19 OCT 2003

ALL TOGETHER NOW

"Strictly speaking, nobody's done it at all." Rewrite history by rewriting definitions in All Together Now.

Keywords: Space, Variety

SUN 13 APR 2003

SELECT YOUR IRONY

Keywords: Space, Variety, Yuri’s Night