Zero G and I feel fine…
On April 3, Zero Gravity Corporation’s (ZERO-G), G-FORCE ONE will take off from IAD Airport offering fliers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to defy the laws of gravity. Guests will have the unique opportunity to float freely in complete weightlessness during ZERO-G’s weightless flight. ZERO-G is the first and only FAA-approved provider of commercial weightless [...]
A rat done bit my sister Nell..
I know I need to let it go and just understand that whatever it takes to justify funding is a good thing…but, water on the moon? What WERE we looking for with the Apollo missions? In this one area, I’m not clear. It’s great that we found water there, not so great [...]
STS -125 landing delayed
Can’t imagine working on the Hubble for all these days and then having your landing delayed. But that’s what’s happening today. The crew of STS-125 won’t be landing until tomorrow, due to weather conditions at Kennedy.
This has been one of the more eventful and high profile missions since the program returned to flight. I’m sure [...]
NASA’s mission STS-125
I’ve noticed that there’s a marked “who cares” when it comes to shuttle missions that aren’t seen as dangerous. People like drama, and as far as the public is concerned, unless there’s a love triangle involved, NASA isn’t dramatic enough.
I think educators are missing something really big with mission STS-125 (HST-SM4). [...]
NASA’s Kepler Mission: The Sci-Fi Generation is back on schedule!
In Science fiction, there are multiple scenarios surrounding humanity’s “first contact” with life “out there”. A lot of them involve Earth launching some probe or something that catches the attention of another civilization. It remains to be seen whether or not we’ve already done this, as we’ve been launching stuff for years, from the [...]
The Sci-Fi Generation in Washington?
There has been a lot of discussion about President Obama’s cabinet selections. So far, a lot of them have been interesting. The world has been playing “fantasy white house” with the cabinet picks, putting together their own dream team of all-stars. I can only imagine what’s it’s like to have to choose the best of [...]