So sorry about having dropped from the face of the earth for a week, folks. I know my readership isn't huge, but i suspect at least one or two people missed me :)
So, here's the scoop: The downtime resulted from Char and I moving, and shaw not moving as fast …
Flying... low
Holy. shit. what. a. rush.
When i woke up this morning, i could barely move out of bed. Lifting
myself - against the burden of gravity - seemed to be too much effort to
contemplate. Simon called at about 7, 4 hrs after i went to sleep,
letting Dad and …
About two hours ago, as i write this, the NASA space shuttle Columbia
lost contact with mission control while coming in for a landing. As of
this writing, it is known (CNN
link)
that the space shuttle, with seven astronauts on board, broke up above
central Texas at approximately 9 …
There's this piece of metal, see, and it was sent out thirteen years ago
with the intent of learning more about the hunks of rock that share the
sun with us.
In the next day or so
Galileo, well past its operating life, limping along with little or no
fuel …