space travel – Michael Broad

‘Kitten in space’ an image by DALL-E 3 on instructions by me

April 30, 2024 by Michael Broad

Well, I am so impressed by the AI image producer DALL-E 3 that I thought I’d create and feature some images for PoC. I chose my instructions at random. The instructions I gave to DALL-E 3 to create this one were: “Create an image of a pretty kitten in a space suit floating in …

Domestic cat’s self-righting reflex educates astronauts

August 9, 2020 by Michael Broad

Testing domestic cat's self-righting mechanism under weightless conditions

A short video of astronauts gently throwing cats around under weightless conditions in an aircraft begs the question whether it is ethical. It also provokes me to think of how animals were used in the early days of space travel. Early space flights using animals Before humans were sent up into space the early …