Archive for the ‘Space’ Category

Wonders never end

Monday, June 18th, 2007

It's amazing how something so terrible can be so beautiful.

Space launches are amazing

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Have I told anyone that I love watching stuff launch into space? A few weeks ago I was driving down to St. Mary's to pick up my girlfriend, and right after I got off the Washington D.C. beltway I saw a contrail in the sky ahead of me. I obviously ...

Space and Foxes

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Like Brian said, if this doesn't make your heart go zing and your imagination go zoom, then I don't know you. Also, Firefox 2 is out. Go. Download it.

The Gutenberg Of The Galaxy …

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Looks like LiftPort's book is getting some much deserved attention. Excerpt below. When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut -- but was told that I'd never be a pilot because back then, astronauts were Navy pilots first, and I'd never be a pilot because I had bad eyesight. ...

Alternate futures…

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Stolen from Brian. Somehow I find that I have now slipped into an alternate future, one where it takes the combined resources of our world's industrial nations and ten years to build but one space station... and its crew will only be 6, not 250. 20 years ago, 25 years ago, there ...