This short piece has been written for the November 2018 Blog Battle. To find out more click the link: https://rachaelritchey.com/2018/11/08/blogbattle-educate/ The word for the month is EDUCATE. SOL670 Olympus Colony: "Colony Log Commander James O'Neill: NASA are sending me a priority message on the secure comms channel in about five minutes. I'm not sure what to … Continue reading The Extinction Protocol
Planet Simon’s Weekly Orbit -Blog Date 48-2018
Hi there bloggies - happy Monday! Ok - let me get this out of the way now... sorry. I said I had a few things to post and all I can do is apologise becasue I ran out of week. The way things are going I'm likely to run out of week this week too! … Continue reading Planet Simon’s Weekly Orbit -Blog Date 48-2018
NASA Had High-Res Images of the Moon in the ’60s, So Why Couldn’t We See Them? from Curiosity.com
NASA Had High-Res Images of the Moon in the '60s, So Why Couldn't We See Them? | @curiositydotcom https://curiosity.com/topics/nasa-had-high-res-images-of-the-moon-in-the-60s-so-why-couldnt-we-see-them-curiosity?utm_source=androidapp
Planet Simon’s Weekly Orbit -Blog Date 47-2018
Hi there bloggies! Here we and the Planet Simon blog orbit completes another trip around the blogoshpere.What's new this week - well it's mixed. In terms of what went up on my blog - not a lot, I posted some space stuff on Friday just because but apart from that not much.
NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has helped scientists get a better idea of the size of 'Oumuamua — the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system. Source: NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua No ownership claimed on images or materials: Credit NASA
International Team, NASA Make Unexpected Discovery Under Greenland Ice
An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice in northwest Greenland.
How to make a fantasy map with GIMP
A great post from Rebecca on using Gimp to create fantasy maps.
Planet Simon’s Weekly Orbit -Blog Date 46-2018
Hi there bloggies! Here we and the Planet Simon blog orbit completes another trip around the blogoshpere. I don't know about you guys but the impending sight of the end of 2018 is bringing all kind of business and stuff that's making spare time hard to find. I'm trying to ignore Christmas but this is … Continue reading Planet Simon’s Weekly Orbit -Blog Date 46-2018
Simon’s Sketch Work – Drawing the Human Face
As my regular bloggies know I've been messing about with art work for over a year now and with this I've been sketching out ideas and transferring them to digital and doing fun things. But I've also wanted to improve my sketching. So I've looked on Youtube on how to draw the human face and … Continue reading Simon’s Sketch Work – Drawing the Human Face
Digital Art with GIMP – Creating a Starship
Gimp - Gnu Image Manipulation Program, an open source program that like Photoshop is able to do amazing things with graphics and photo's. Unlike Photoshop it costs nothing and it's feature set is still comparable. This is a series of posts I've created on how Gimp can be used to help create worlds and give … Continue reading Digital Art with GIMP – Creating a Starship
NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End | NASA
NASA's Dawn mission is over after 11 years. The only spacecraft to have orbited two worlds runs out of fuel: via NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End | NASA net Simon Also find Planet Simon on Twitter Come and visit find me on my Planet Simon Facebook Page Find some of my … Continue reading NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End | NASA
The Cabin
NEW PORTION IN BOLD Join us for a progressive writing experiment! Laura from www.todaysdose.wordpress.com and Simon from Planet Simon came up with the idea that we work together on a story 'seed' and let it out into the blogoshpere she has begun the story with only a few paragraphs and a title, I've added a little … Continue reading The Cabin