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The Official NASA Rocket Lava Lamp: Ready for Liftoff
A NASA rocket-themed lava lamp: like jumping off your roof with a fitted mattress sheet for a parachute convinced you’ll be able to walk away unscathed, it just makes sense. Available from Firebox, the out-of-this-world lamp costs $49 and contains blue liquid and red lava. Gosh, I just want to break it open and play with the lava so bad.
The rocket stands 20″ tall and will make the perfect mood-lighting addition to my outer space-themed rumpus room. I mean, once I finally gain spousal approval to turn the guest bedroom into an outer space-themed rumpus room, but my permits keep getting denied.
Rocket fuel costs must be astronomical, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration must be desperate for all the funding it can get because NASA has been licensing its logo to just about anyone with a few space-bucks to spend. I mean I even saw NASA shirts for sale at a gas station the other day. Although, now that I think about it, those were probably unlicensed because it was spelled NASSA and I’m pretty sure that was Star Trek’s United Federation of Planets logo.
SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbit
Watch NASA’s historic Moon mission rocket test at 5PM ET
SpaceX will try to ‘catch’ its Super Heavy rocket using the launch tower
NASA approves Blue Origin’s New Glenn for future uncrewed missions
Watch SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission at 7:27PM ET
NASA delays first Crew Dragon operational mission to November
This Saturn V Rocket Planter Is Ready to Lift Off
There are lots of types of pots out there for planting things, but most of them are simply variants of the same basic shapes. I’d rather keep my plants in something a bit geekier, like this custom-built Saturn V rocket planter by SimonRob.
Simon created this awesome 3D-printed planter based on the main stage of NASA’s Saturn V rocket. He started out with a digital model by RealAbsurdity (which I now must absolutely print for myself.) After sanding and smoothing the printed parts, Simon panstakingly painted the rocket, and then added plastic flames that he embellished with markers. To complete the effect, he wired up three tiny LEDs inside of each nozzle, and then programmed an Arduino nano to make the lights flicker when switched on.
The finished piece looks amazing, and the little succulent that Simon planted on top looks like it’ll be very happy living there. If you want to build your own Saturn V rocket planter, you cage find all of the construction details over on Instructables. While you’re there, be sure to check out Simon’s nifty Space Shuttle model that he built using recycled circuit boards and electronic parts.