25 Years Ago Today

The Challenger Tragedy



I remember watching this in my living room with my girlfriend at the time. It was a sunny day, a day or two after a blizzard in New York City. We just sat and watched in silence.

Just Let Nature Take Care Of It

Here's a picture taken from a NASA satellite of the Gulf coast.  That bright sheen you see is the oil reflecting the sun back into space, as opposed to the waves diffusing the light as it does in the lower left corner of the photo.

Funny how I haven't heard the "let it biodegrade naturally" crowd lately. I suppose they've crawled back under their rocks.

Pretty Cool

"The latest images of the Earth are the most true-colour images of the entire world released to date, according to Nasa scientists."

The Eagle Has Landed

Forty years ago today.



Check out more video at Bob Cesca's blog.

(H/T Bob Cesca)

Wally Schirra (1923-2007)

Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff — textbook-perfect flying ability and steely nerves — with a pronounced rebellious streak, died Thursday at 84.

He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA’s original manned spaceflight programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.

For anyone who hasn't seen the movie, The Right Stuff, you should check it out.

Oops!...My Bad.

Scientist: NASA found life on Mars - and killed it


"Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have found alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist is theorizing."




When reached by reporters regarding the news, Kang & Kodos had no comment.