The Ares I, NASA’s first new rocket in decades is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Naturally we have a live feed from Spacevidcast.

NPR reports:

Tuesday morning, if all goes as planned, NASA will launch the tallest rocket in the world. It’s an experimental version of the rocket that NASA is designing to replace the aging space shuttles, and the Ares I-X test flight will be the first time in decades that NASA has tried out a new vehicle planned for astronauts.

The rocket is more than 1/3rd taller than the space shuttle. The flight itself is a test of the rocket itself and won’t actually reach into space. The payload at the top is ballast and doesn’t contain any humans. The rocket’s packed with over 700 sensors and 6 cameras that will record the 25 mile journey.

Update: a bit of string and a ship wandering into the exclusion zone have delayed the launch.

Update2: The launch has been scrubbed for today because of weather problems and the ship that strayed into the launch zone. We will feature the live launch again as and when it happens. In the mean time you can watch the NASA Launchpad video below.

This video will make even you feel smart.

Here’s Youtube’s one and only game show called Truth or Fail. The presenter has something of a Boxxy-like compulsion to wave his hands at the camera like a spastic monkey, but overall it’s a pretty cool show. This week’s episode is about Hoaxes.

Enjoy Truth or Fail!

AronRa sets the record straight for creationists who want to teach creationism next to evolution and takes aim at some of the cowardly liars who twist and contradict Darwin’s own words. He also shoots down any arguments about Stalin and Hitler being atheists and rams a giant academical fist up the eviscerated sphincters of some of America’s fundamental Christians.

Here’s Nick Griffin paraphrased by a youtube user…