What do Terry Pratchett and King Tutankhamun have in common?

They both had meteorite-metal blades!

Ancient egyptian meteorite dagger is an incredibly cool thing.

Originally posted by marianlh at Eat It, Saturn

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You're familiar with Life Hacks? Little tricks designed to make things easier?

Here's one on how to jury-rig a CO2 scrubber to allow you to breath in your Luna module for an extended period

You know, in case it ever comes up ^^

According to some science blogs, it'd look like this:


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Originally posted by drhoz at From Mercury to Morocco, and onward to Yale: a meteorite’s tale
Talk about a precious stone - the largest piece of the only known meteorite from the planet Mercury has found its way to Yale, where it is now on display at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.Probably from Mercury! That's so awesome if it is (and still quite ( Read more... )

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NASA gets in on the act too :)

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Voyager 1 is about to be the first thing made by humanity to escape the solar system

Originally posted by drhoz at Maybe it's an egg...
again via Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society - Saturn's moon Methone


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Potentially easier to reach than the moon, pretty much ideal for mining.

This one turns out not to be the best candidate, but it's a nice discovery none the less.