NASA leaked their full catalog of Gemini photos earlier today, and we thought we’d pass along this one of test pilot Thomas Stafford on Gemini IX, gazing out into the wild blue yonder. Legendary stuff.
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Yes, If It’s One Of Mine: Valet talks to internet famous designer Kent Wang about his spread collar polos and whether or not to wear one under your blazer. [Valet]
Too Far: Upon the sight of deliberately unfastened bow ties, Ivy Style recommends we wrangle in our new-found obsession with Sprezzatura. We might even take it one further and put the word on timeout for a while. [Ivy Style]
NASA’s Most Excellent Outfits: The title says it all. [Life Archives]
No relation to the Brothers Gibb: A few more of Beegee antique-ing in various states of undress, here, here and here.
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In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the National Air and Space Museum has taken its spacesuit collection out of storage, with everything from one-off prototypes to the genuine artifacts with moon dust still on them (via IO9). These particular models look a little baggy for our tastes…but hey, it was the 60s.
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It’s not bad weather for stargazing, wherever you happen to be.
NASA just released this image in anticipation of the latest Hubble repair mission, so you’ll have something to look for this weekend.
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Market capitalism has had a rough few months, and everyone seems to be piling on. It lost the bankers to corporate bailouts and now it may lose its most vocal and culturally important spokesmen: the rappers.
The new single from the production team N.A.S.A. manages to lure Chuck D out of obscurity for an impressive verse, and that’s a MOTH you’re hearing on the chorus, but the song—titled “Money”—doesn’t seem to think too highly of the stuff. In fact, it’s downright skeptical. Maybe it’s Shepard Fairey‘s video, but the paper chase comes out looking pretty unseemly. And if we can’t believe in material wealth, what’s left to rap about?
Whatever happened to putting five carats in your baby girl’s ear?
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