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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Category Archives: Space
Last Space Shuttle night launch and the end of the USA manned space program in 2010
Space Shuttle Endeavor lists off from laucn pad 39A Yesterday Feb 8, 2010 was the last scheduled Space Shuttle night launch. STS-130 on board Endeavour. Night launches are spectacular. I should have made plans to go see that. My brother … Continue reading
Witnessing a supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending
For the first time ever, pictures of a massive star (50-100 times more massive than our own Sun) exploding and becoming a black hole (Science Daily). Supernova SN 2005gl: explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending This … Continue reading
The sky is falling (over Alberta, Canada)
The search for the meteor impact site is on in Alberta, Canada. Dec 5 2008: Well, since Hulu TV removed the original video of the meteor, I had to replace it with a different meteor video below. But here is … Continue reading
Endeavour / STS-126 night launch
A beautiful night launch of the Shuttle Shuttle Endeavour and the STS-126 mission (PDF)… See the launch in High Definition, or in standard definition version on Spacevidcast.com‘s YouTube channel. In Endeavour’s payload bay, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo is packed … Continue reading
Richard Garriot: Austinite, Game Designer, 2nd-Generation Space Traveler
Richard Garriot, a big name in Austin tech and gaming community, and gaming industry worldwide, founder of Origin Systems and other gaming companies, and creator of titles such as Ultima Online and many others, British citizen by birth, who is … Continue reading
Video of the successful SpaceX Falcon 1 Launch #4
Pretty awesome video of SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket Launch #4. As I understand it, SpaceX is the first private company (non-government involvement), to reach true orbital flight. Listen to the team cheering in the background as each major phase of … Continue reading
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The future of the USA space program is the private sector
During the 1990s when I used to work on the space program, the US lawmakers (president Reagan and Congress at that time) made the worst decision on the future of the space station: they canceled the USA-space station in favor … Continue reading
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SXSW 2009 Interactive Panel Picker
Today is the last day to cast your vote for next year’s SXSW Interactive sessions… The mobile and wireless sessions are looking great. This year I am part of the advisory board for mobile and wireless, but sorry, I take … Continue reading
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Final Space Shuttle Manifest – 10 more missions before fleet is decommissioned
NASA has published the remaining shuttle flights manifest. Ten more space shuttle missions before the fleet is decommissioned; that’s it: The manifest includes one flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to the International Space Station, and two … Continue reading
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The C. Enrique Ortiz Phenomenon
What began as a colorful Internet fluke has blossomed into a full-fledged political movement – one that Republicans and Democrats alike are reluctantly having to acknowledge. See The C. Enrique Ortiz Phenomenon: ceo (P.S. Thanks to my brother Carlos)
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Successful STS-124 Space Shuttle mission
What a great photo, isn’t it? Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg looking out the space station window… If I had $20MM to spare, I would be right up there, as a space tourist. Discovery and her crew landed safely earlier today… … Continue reading
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When We Left Earth
The Discovery Channel HD is showing a very cool series (Sundays 9 EST) called When We Left Earth – The NASA Missions; Part 1 ran today. Great images/video clips and historical information… The series is available on DVD and Blue … Continue reading
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Beautiful, Perfect Launch of STS-124/Discovery
A beautiful and perfect Space Shuttle launch, in support of the International Space Station (ISS); STS-124/Discovery carrying Japan’s Kibo laboratory to the Station: After STS-124, there are 9 more missions to go to complete the ISS. See NASA’s Space Shuttle … Continue reading
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100 Explosions on the Moon
If you see a flashing light while looking at the moon, it might not be an optical illusion but an meteoroid impact; from 100 Explosions on the Moon (NASA): Over the past two and a half years, NASA astronomers have … Continue reading
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The Phoenix has Landed
The Phoenix Mars Lander has landed. Perfect landing. Congrats to the Phoenix Lander team… Phoenix touched down on the Red Planet at 4:53 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53 Eastern Time), May 25, 2008, in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis, at … Continue reading
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