Tag Archives: Space_Station
Urban Space Stations, farming pods for building-top greenhouses
June 10, 2010At first, this one sure seems to resemble a giant maggot asleep on a building top. It’s much more than a colossal worm though. These are farming pods, an answer to roof-top farming, by artist and scientist Natalie Jeremijenko. The … Continue reading3
Posted in Architecture | Tagged Greenhouse, Space_Station | Leave a commentCalifornia plans to harvest solar power from space stations
December 7, 2009Futuristic though it may sound, but the state of California has taken a step to harvest solar power from space stations and use it as an energy resource to produce electricity. PG&E , a Californian utility company has signed a … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California, Solar_Power, Space_Station | Leave a commentRecycled urine to quench astronaut’s thirst in Space Station
November 17, 2008A trip in space may actually seem to be out-of-this-world for all of us. But for the natives of space, it isn’t as hunky-dory as it seems to us, sitting here on this planet and sipping onto a glass of … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Astronauts, Endeavour, NASA, Recycle, Space, Space_Station, Urine, Water | Leave a comment