...when all other lights go out.
In the later hours of this day, Arthur C. Clarke -- creator and muse --ended 90 years of looking past the stars in order to share with us the...
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In the shadow
They look like anybody's grandparents now, but they're special. Men on the Moon It's something I've dreamed of my whole life. It's something I may...
Twenty Years, and Godspeed
On this day, twenty years ago, seven of the best and brightest vanished from the world in a flash of light. Although there had been deaths before,...
In review
Looking back over the year just past, i’ll be the first to admit there’s been a staggering amount of fascinating news, but there have been some...
Please land...
Today, a third nation joined the US and USSR in the very exclusive group of spacefaring nations. I disagree with China in so many things, from...
Vanishing point
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...
A black day
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...
Too long to wait
It's been thirty years since Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans last took Apollo 17 to the moon. In the intervening years, the...
Goodbye...
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...