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The Hitchhiker Program (HH) was a NASA program established in 1984 and administered by the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The program was designed to allow low-cost and quick reactive experiments to be placed on board the Space Shuttle .
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Rainbow) January 5 – February 9, 1981: TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 1982: Novel Life, the Universe and Everything: October 1984: Computer game The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: November 1984: Novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: 1985 Radio scripts
First mammal in space (Albert II, a rhesus monkey). First primate in space. United States V-2: 22 July 1951: First dogs in space (Dezik and Tsygan). First living organisms to fly in space and safely return. USSR Soviet space dogs [7] 20 September 1956: First rocket to pass the thermopause and enter the exosphere. At 682 miles (1,098 km ...
The Guide mentions how little is still considered to be unspeakable in the galaxy, except for the rudest word in existence: "Belgium". Zaphod uses this word to finally convince Ford to attempt a rescue, still dangling from the lip of the mile-long cup. The attempt fails, and both of them fall out of the cup, and onto another passing bird.
Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial bodies. As exoplanets are too far away and can only be studied by indirect means, the celestial bodies in the Solar System allow for a much more detailed study: direct telescope observation, space probes, rovers and even human spaceflight.
This timeline of cosmological theories and discoveries is a chronological record of the development of humanity's understanding of the cosmos over the last two-plus millennia. Modern cosmological ideas follow the development of the scientific discipline of physical cosmology .
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in space with the entertainment system displaying "DON'T PANIC" In the series, Don't Panic is a phrase on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . [ 4 ] The novel explains that this was partly because the device "looked insanely complicated" to operate, and partly to keep interstellar travellers from ...
Ford Prefect is Arthur Dent's friend. He rescued Dent when the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass at the start of the story. Although his heart is in the right place and he is shown to be highly intelligent, resourceful, and even brave, Ford is essentially a dilettante when it comes to causes such as the search for the question to the ultimate answer of "life ...