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Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Extended O
In recognition of his, uh, unmatched 7-16 record as head coach, Pete Boone has decided to extend Orgeron's contract two years, for the 2009 and 2010 season.You know, I really have nothing to say to that.
Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Making It Up
So, yeah.Since, like, July, I've been rehearsing with the Face2Face improv troupe.
Before you can play on stage, you have to practice until the boss decides you're ready.
It generally takes months, and some people, for whatever reason, quit before making it on stage.
Which is why I've said absolutely nothing to anyone, so that when I dropped out, a complete failure, no one would know.
(For those who've encountered my mysterious Monday and/or Tuesday night meeting, that's it.)
Anyway, instead of dropping out secretly, I'm instead offering you, my friends, to come see me be a complete failure instead!
How often to you get to watch as someone you know utterly humiliates himself? It'll be fun for the entire family!
I'm making my stage debut on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Kenny Mango's in Huntsville.
If you're interested, you can check out the Face2Face homepage.
And for more about the troupe, here's a newspaper article that ran this weekend (no mention of me, though, as that a) I'm nobody and b) I have no Decatur connection, and this was in the Decatur paper.)
So there you go.
FBOFW
I've always been a big fan of the retiring of comic strips at some point. Once you're dead, that's it. You're off the comic page. Make room for the living. There's a lot of talent out there -- living talent -- that's kept off of comic pages by dead people. And this applies a thousandfold for Peanuts, which is now in re-runs. Get off the comics page, Snoopy!But, you know what, I might have made a rare exception for one strip, and, ironically, not a strip that's necessarily one of my favorites, and that's For Better or For Worse. That, and Doonesbury. I just really like the idea of their real-time storylines continuing indefinitely, so that in 50 years people will be reading about the birth of Elly's great-great-grandchild. Likewise Doonesbury, though it has farther to go to start setting up a transitionable third generation (or fourth, depending on how you count).
So I'm disappointed with the news that Lynn Johnston's going to stop aging her characters, and is going to start doing some new-strip/old-strip hybrid.
Well, at least we still have Funky Winkerbean.
Five-Color Apple
Oooooh, pretty.
Hubble Update
Per Space.com:The Hubble Space Telescope’s primary camera is offline, with some science capabilities likely lost for good, NASA officials said Monday.
An electrical short in the backup system for Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) pushed the space telescope into a protective “safe mode” over the weekend and prompted the formation of an Anomaly Investigation Board on Monday, NASA officials said.
Monday, 29 January 2007
Lunar Sooner
Per Space.com:NASA is studying a variant of its planned Ares 5 heavy-lift rocket that would enable an Apollo 8-like trip around the Moon in the 2015 time frame, a top U.S. space agency official told reporters Jan. 25.
Scott Horowitz, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration systems, said he asked engineers at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to study a rocket design that would combine the Ares 5 main stage with the Ares 1 upper stage to permit an around-the-Moon-and-back shakeout flight of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle [image] several years ahead of the first lunar landings.
The article never uses the name Ares IV, but it sounds like that concept is what they're talking about here. OK, the idea of a circumlunar flight in less than a decade is cool. I have to admit, I do like that.
That said, that's pretty soon, especially when they're talking about not having Ares I, which is pretty far along its development cycle already, ready for manned flight before 2014. Is it really to get a rocket which is now basically a napkin sketch flying and human-rated the following year? And what would all of that mean for the development of Ares V?
To be sure, I'm not saying no, just curious. Interesting times.
Friday, 26 January 2007
It's Personal
Rather than wait until Sunday:
I met astronaut Clay Anderson only very briefly. On a trip to Johnson Space Center to meet with education officials, his wife, Susan Anderson, who works in JSC education, gave me a tour of some of the center facilities. As we were leaving the cafeteria after lunch, she spotted Clay and introduced me to her husband. As we walked off, I asked, “So what does he do?”
I’ve met Barbara Morgan a couple of times. The first, I believe, was at an education conference in Houston, where I spoke to her for a second -- not too long, of course, because at an education conference in Houston, Morgan, the first Educator Astronaut is pretty close to rock-star status. Despite the fact that our conversation was cursory and one of hundreds she had that night alone, when I next saw her, in Huntsville, she recognized immediately that we had met.
Pam Melroy came to Marshall for Safety Day one year. At the time, STS-121 had just been assigned, meaning that the crews had already been chosen for the next eight shuttle flights, putting her pretty far down the queue for her next flight. She was already a two-time pilot at that point, and I told her that I looked forward to seeing her again when she came to Marshall after she commanded her next flight. I’m thrilled for her that’s happening much sooner than either of us imagined.
Scott Parazynski was my new co-worker’s first astronaut. Last month, we traveled out to Johnson to conduct some interviews for a series of feature stories we’re going to be publishing this year. Parazynski was kind enough to take time out of his schedule to talk to us. Despite his great stories of his past and future missions, my co-worker was at least as fascinated by his experiences as an Olympic bobsled coach and almost-Olympian.
Alan Poindexter was another brief encounter; he had a signing table at another Marshall Safety Day event -- he autographed a NASA safety poster featuring Snoopy in a space suit for my niece. We talked about his upcoming flight. Unlike Melroy, we thought then he would be flying much sooner than it has worked out, but the delays in 114 and 121 pushed thing back. Poindexter has never flown before, and I’m glad things seem to be on track for his mission now.
I interviewed Rex Walheim several years ago, pretty early on in my NASA career. To be honest, I don’t remember much of our phone conversation now, except that, considering we were a pretty low-profile site, and I knew then about spaceflight only a fraction of what I do now, he was very gracious.
While interviewing someone at Johnson Space Center last month, I noticed his “I Think Safe Because…” badge. The safety organizations at the NASA centers let employees make these by laminating a picture onto the badge -- a spouse, a child, perhaps a pet. Someone who is important to you, someone who wants you to come home that day, someone you want to be there for. A reason to be careful, to take safety seriously.
This person, though, didn’t have his wife or child on his badge. His Think Safe badge featured the crew of STS-107. He was involved in crew training, and, like many of the people we talked to during those interviews, had worked with the astronauts on Columbia’s last mission. His team had made up the badges as a reminder of why they must be ever vigilant. Why that must never happen again as a result of someone being lax, of not doing enough.
I didn’t know any of the crewmembers of STS-107. I had never met any of them. They were just names and faces in the news. The tragedy affected me, to be sure, but just as it did people around the country. I mourned the loss of the crew -- and, to be honest, Columbia herself -- but it wasn’t personal.
I wouldn’t say I really know any of the people I’ve listed above, but I have met them. And since Feb. 1, 2003, I have gotten to really know people who have pursued the same profession, accepted the risk involved in leaving the Earth for a while. I count a couple as friends.
Those six people I started out talking about are members of crews of shuttle missions scheduled to fly during 2007.
They are the individuals, the real people, who will be carrying out those missions this year. Who will be accepting those risks. Who will venture into space, remembering well their friends who, so recently, did so and did not come back.
Barbara Morgan understands this well. She was Christa McAullife’s back-up. If history unfolded differently by a few germs, she would have been aboard Challenger on Jan. 28, 1986. In 2003, she was scheduled to fly on the next launch of Columbia. She understands the risks. And accepts them.
Flying with her is Charles Hobaugh. He was the Capcom for entry on Feb. 1, 2003. The voice repeating “Columbia, Houston, comm check” that morning? That was Hobaugh. Like Morgan, he understands.
I’ve tried to record my feelings many times over the years since Jan. 28, 1986. I’ve reflected on memories about that tragedy, and, more recently, another. I’ve tried to pay respect to the crews of those missions and the astronauts conducting a pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, forty years ago. I’ve looked ahead to the future -- the best way to honor the fallen is to further the cause for which they gave their lives.
This year, though, looking at the flight rosters, seeing those names, I wanted to do something different. I’m sure reading about the people I’ve mentioned makes them no more real to you than the news stories I read about the 107 crew did for me.
But the idea of the national endeavor of exploration aside, there is a human story here. Real people, flesh and blood, with families, loved ones, friends, accepting a risk they understand all too well, driven home by memories all too fresh.
The idea of the national endeavor of exploration aside, it is personal.
Long Live The King
Shatner in Huntsville Update
Space Camp ran a full-page ad in The Huntsville Times yesterday that featured a little more information about the special guests and schedule for their anniversary year.On May 17, DS9's Chase Masterson (whom the ad mentions first as being known worldwide for her starring role in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, which is kind of a sad commentary on the state of Trek [technically, the ad mentions her "staring" role, which makes one think that perhaps Spielberg was involved {go to around the 8 minute mark in the clip}])...
OK, that aside got too long, let's try again: On May 17, Chase Masterson and "award-winning director" James Kerwin will host a panel discussion of Wernher von Braun's lost-and-recently-found-and-published novel, Project Mars.
On June 13, Shatner will emcee the first-ever Space Camp Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Other special guests during the year will include astronauts Story Musgrave and Bob Springer.
Another Shameful Confession
OK, regular readers of ATW already know of my disdain for poetry, so here's another shameful literary confession:I dislike Romeo & Juliet.
One of the local community theatre groups is doing the play, and Nicole and I have been looking at going. Finally, last night, I put words to the shameful secret I had closeted in my heart, and now I'm admitting it publicly.
To be sure, I like Shakespeare, generally speaking. Just not this one play.
And part of that may be contextual; I'm sick of hearing about it as this great love story. I also find the characters utterly unsympathetic. If they were a bit older, and the story played out over a period of time maybe a hundredfold longer, then perhaps I would feel differently.
As it is, though, thanks, but no thanks.
Thursday, 25 January 2007
Statue Of Limitations
The Hatbag shark-jumping continues!And, since apparently a bunch of ATW readers don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, I thought a brief explanation might be in order -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?
Wii News
Per The AP:SEATTLE - Rabid video gamers could get some help keeping in touch with the outside world this weekend as Nintendo Co. launches an online news service through its popular Wii console.
The Wii News Channel, scheduled to debut Saturday, will primarily feature top news stories and photographs from The Associated Press.
Consoles with a broadband Internet connection and the Opera Web browser will be able to access the free news channel, which will offer AP news in multiple languages.
Shocking Discovery
The local library has been holding a series of showings of science fiction movies from the 1950s, so last night I got to see, for the first time all the way through, The Day The Earth Stood Still.It was, indeed, a good movie.
But the thing that surprised me most, especially since the time differential means that this must have involved time travel, was that the professor who was Earth's smartest man in the movie was apparently played by NASA administrator Mike Griffin.
STS-117 Update
And STS-117 has moved a day to the left, with the flight now scheduled for the morning of March 15.The SRB and ET stack is assembled in the VAB, waiting for Atlantis to roll over on February 7 (I think, and am too lazy to look it up.)
Monday, 22 January 2007
Falcon I Update
And the much-delayed Falcon I maiden (successful) launch has been delayed again.I understand that you want to make sure and get it right -- particularly so that there's not a repeat of the first launch -- but they've got a ways to go before being able to offer customers timely access to space.
The revolution waits.
Friday, 19 January 2007
Round Two: Fight!
Per Cult of Mac:Steve Jobs' trademark spat with Cisco over "iPhone" isn't the first time Jobs has brought a product to market with another company's trademark -- he did it with the Mac.
According to the biography of former Apple CEO John Sculley, Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, Jobs launched the Mac in 1984 even though the "Mac" trademark belonged to another company.
Ah, Steve.
Download Your Own Adventure
If you've been in the kids' section of a bookstore lately, you may have noticed that the classic Choose Your Own Adventure books are making a comeback, with new editions of the original books. Not content to just relive the past, though, the CYOA folks are embracing the future, with iPod versions of the book for sale, also. And, generous folks that they are, you can download The Abonominable Snowman for free.
Why Explore Space
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has a new article on the NASA homepage titled "Why Explore Space?"In case anyone's interested.
Thursday, 18 January 2007
Into The Expanded Universe
According to Joe, Hatbag may be on the verge of jumping the shark, so go check out this week's strip and watch the trainwreck unfold!And, since apparently a bunch of ATW readers don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, I thought a brief explanation might be in order -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?
TViP?
As ATW readers know, I've been a huge fan of the "true video iPod" rumors, and have been really hoping Apple will release such a product, at which point I would buy it as soon as humanly possible. Needless to say, this has involved a large amount of disappointment.MacScoop is reporting as rumor something I've heard as speculation -- that Apple is developing a new high-capacity iPod based on the iPhone technology, which could be really cool.
However, the rumor is part of an article that says the technology will also be used for a tablet computer in 2008, which definitely falls into the "I'll believe it when I see it" category. (You know, along with such previous rumors as an Apple making a game machine or switching to Intel chips.)
Why 2007 Will Be Like 1984
Per Electronista:Apple is planning a special announcement for the Super Bowl that may herald a major music agreement, according to a source speaking to the Toronto Sun. Potentially corroborating the unconfirmed report of an impending Beatles launch on Valentine's Day, the source claims that Apple will use the February 4th football event to air an ad announcing the availability of at least some of The Beatles' remastered catalog on iTunes just ten days later. CD versions of the albums are only likely to be available by June, the newspaper says.
The move would be uncharacteristic for Apple, which has generally refrained from producing its own Super Bowl ads since the failure of the "Lemmings" ad in 1985. The company allowed a slight exception as part of its 100 million-song giveaway promotion with Pepsi in 2004, though the ads were produced by the soft drink maker with only minimal involvement from Apple itself.
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
The Cost Of iPhoning
I recently changed my voice-calling rate plan for my cell phone, and, when I did, I also switched my data plan to a minimal one that's only like $5 a month. And, to be honest, that's probably still more than I need; it may well be cheaper to just pay per use rather than paying for a package as rarely as I send messages with my phone.Now, I would imagine if I had an iPhone, I would get a lot more non-voice usage out of it than I do my current phone. Maybe, in reality, it wouldn't turn out this way, but, in theory, at least, I like the idea of simple, universal net access.
However, knowing myself, I don't know what I'd really want to pay for an "unlimited data plan that will likely fall between the $20/month Cingular charges for Smart Phones, and the $40/month Cingular charges for PDAs."
Since the announcement, I've been afraid this would be a sticking point for me. We'll see. The iPhone's a very, very cool device, but it strikes me really as something that's going to be a real improvement for current smartphone users, not the industry-changing device some are making it out to be. That will come when Apple truly makes a phone for the rest of us.
Falcon I
Per Space.com:Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced Jan. 16 that it plans to attempt its second launch of the Falcon 1 rocket within the week.
The Falcon 1’s first flight, conducted last March, ended in failure. The rocket achieved only 30 seconds of powered flight before an engine fire traced back to a corroded nut brought the mission to an abrupt and premature conclusion.
In an update posted on the El Segundo, Calif.-based company’s Web site, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the Falcon 1 is on the pad at the company’s private launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and is being readied for a static fire test currently planned for Jan. 18. If all goes smoothly, according to Musk, SpaceX will attempt to launch during a two-day window that opens Jan. 21. He also said that SpaceX is working with range officials “to secure a couple of additional days as contingency.”
As I've blogged before, the Falcon could be an important step toward the future of commercial spaceflight. But first it has to get off the ground. (Well, I said that before its last launch attempt, too, and, technically, it did get off the ground, but that's not exactly what I was thinking of.)
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
The Next iPhone
So according to Cingular, more iPhones are coming, and possibly very soon.
Ares IV Update
Rebutting persistent rumours that the Ares I has insufficient thrust to launch Orion, Cook says the more-powerful Ares IV will be studied over the next year, but only so that the booster could give NASA "some earlier mission capability".
iHuntsville
So it turns out we may be getting an Apple store in Huntsville. That would be cool.
Friday, 12 January 2007
Mike Mnemonic
From Cosmic Log:Back when there were nine planets, you could keep them straight with a cute little memory aid: "My very eager mother just served us nine pizzas." But now, at least according to the International Astronomical Union, there are only eight (planets, that is ... not pizzas): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Pluto was drummed out of the planet platoon in part because something was finally discovered out on the solar system's edge that was bigger than Pluto: an icy world at first nicknamed Xena, and now dubbed Eris. Does Eris' co-discoverer, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology, feel bad about Pluto's comedown? If so, he still has a sense of humor about it all, based on his favorite memory aid for the solar system's current lineup: "Mean, very evil men just shortened up nature."
Chief Designer
Happy Korolyov Centennial!
Thursday, 11 January 2007
By The Book
The week's new strip is now online over at the Hatbag site.And, since apparently a bunch of ATW readers don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, I thought a brief explanation might be in order -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?
Jobs Triumphant
There were several rumors before MacWorld San Francisco that Steve was going to announce his retirement, or at least a leave of absence, during the Stevenote. I didn't believe it, though.I don't think he's done.
Anybody else could stop at this point, and say, "Yeah, I've done good."
But I don't think Steve can yet. I think he's still got something to prove.
He's been back at Apple for 10 years now, and I think he's put that demon to rest. He's more than proved he's the best leader the company has ever had. (Whether it was a mistake to fire him, and whether a Steve-led Apple would have been more successful than it was without him for the next decade or so, is something that's impossible to tell. On the one hand, he seems to have matured during his exile, on the other, it would have been tough for Apple to do worse.) Regardless, he's gone from an expendable commodity to a point where he basically is Apple.
But I think he has something more intangible to prove. Apple was once the personal computer company, and lost that. They basically created the industry, and let it slip away. Steve was once the richest man in computers, and that got away from him, too.
I think there's something deepset in Steve that has to win. The question is, what does that mean to him?
I'd be curious to hear what ATW readers think would be that victory for Apple and/or Steve.
Wednesday, 10 January 2007
My Smurf Name
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Night Of The Comet
Per Space Weather:Comet McNaught has continued to brighten as it approaches the sun and it is now the brightest comet in 30 years. For observers in the northern Hemisphere, tonight is probably the best time to see it: Go outside this evening and face the sunset. A clear view of the western horizon is essential, because the comet hangs very low. As the twilight fades to black, it should become visible to the naked eye. Observers say it's a fantastic sight through binoculars.
In the days ahead, Comet McNaught will pass the sun and emerge in good position for southern hemisphere viewing later this month. Meanwhile, solar heating will continue to puff up the comet, causing it to brighten even more. It could become one of the brightest comets in centuries, visible even in daylit skies.
Monday, 8 January 2007
One Day Left
Stevenote is tomorrow.If you're interested in rumors, there are plenty out there. Feel free to go read them. I'm not posting any today, 'cause we've probably entered the period of peak silliness. Everyone on Earth is
Tomorrow, though -- yeah, we'll talk tomorrow.
Ares Milestone
Per NASA:HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA has completed the Ares I crew launch vehicle system requirements review -- the first such milestone for a U.S. human-rated launch vehicle system in more than 30 years. This review brings the agency one step closer to developing a new mode of space transportation for astronauts on missions to explore the moon, Mars and other destinations.
"This is a critical step for development of the Ares I crew launch vehicle," said Constellation program manager Jeff Hanley. "A great deal of engineering analysis and planning has culminated in a thorough review that gives us confidence to go forward with Ares I design work."
The system requirements review confirmed that the Ares I system requirements were complete, validated and responsive to mission requirements.
It also confirmed that the Ares I architecture and design concept can fulfill the mission objectives and that the Ares project is ready to begin engineering design activities. The Ares preliminary design review is scheduled for mid-2008.
Earth Versus The Martians
My immediate reaction, when I saw at Space.com the headline Mars Mission Missed Microbes, Report Claims, was "Eh."Without clicking the link, I already knew it was going to be about Viking. And, the thing is, saying Viking "missed" signs of life is just unfair. There were those at the time who said the test results indicated life, but it was ultimately decided that, since they were not conclusive, to take the stand that they weren't.
But, then I opened the story, and read the lead: "Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have stumbled upon alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist theorizes in a paper released Sunday."
Oh, man, how cool is that!? Our first encounter with alien life, and we kill them. We came, we saw, we kicked their butts! Boo-yah!
That's right, universe -- it's Earth 1, aliens nothing.
Saturday, 6 January 2007
iPod DS
I've been saying about about done with the whole world of video games, but I've recently heard about a game that may pull back in one more time, this time for the Nintendo DS.
And that video doesn't hurt, either.
Thursday, 4 January 2007
Amiga Fire!
Two interesting videos are featured today at Cult of Mac: One shows how to fix an iBook with fire, and the other reveals that the iTunes commercials totally rip of Amiga (give it about half a minute to get to the good part).
Simply Unbelievable
The first Hatbag of 2007 is now online over at the Hatbag site.And, since apparently a bunch of ATW readers don't follow the weekly Hatbag link, I thought a brief explanation might be in order -- Hatbag is a weekly webcomic Lain and I create; following two old college buddies as they adjust to sort-of grown-up life. If you read ATW, take a few extra seconds to go read Hatbag. Please? Please?
Mired In The Mudd
I loved the fourth season of Enterprise.I liked the rest of the series to varying degrees, but the fourth season, when Manny Coto was tying just about every arc into something from The Original Series, that was good stuff. It really felt like a Star Trek prequel in the best possible sense.
So, yeah, I enjoy my Trek having little bits of geek bait, little bonuses for longtime fans, particularly of TOS.
That said, you know, I would like to think that if The Original Series had made it to a fourth season, it would have been more than rehashes of the first three. So far, we've had sequels to The Doomsday Machine and The Deadly Years (the original first episode, now the pilot, apparently doesn't count anymore, though as I recall it had Q/Borg references). Coming up is a second crewmember-gets-old-so-we-can-cast-a-TOS-actor episode in a row, and a retooling of a rejected TNG script that now features the return of Kirk's nephew from Operation: Annihilate. Now, the episode after that, once an original concept scripted by two DS9 writers, has been rewritten by Howard Weinstein to be about the return of Harry Mudd.
Perhaps they should strike that line in the intro about "where no man has gone before."
Ares IV?
Well, NASA's exploration launch systems office has clearly hit the big time, because the Ares rockets are apparently the Star Wars of modern spaceflight. They're the target of constant rumors and "insider" expose, largely from detractors who are convinced the Ares I, in particular, won't fly, and want to have "I told you so" rights (safe in the conviction that when it does fly no one will remember an internet post they made several years earlier).
And that's why ATW is generally loathe to post Ares rumors -- I'd be wasting my time and yours.
I'm making an exception for this post, simply because it doesn't have anything to do with a real Ares rocket, but I'm including all of that lead-in to say, take it with a grain of salt.
All that said, Flight International is reporting that NASA is considering an Ares IV.
Wednesday, 3 January 2007
iTrek
So, yeah, TOS is finally on iTS. Cool, no?Except, to rain on the parade, TUAW reports that some of the episodes are the remastered versions, and some aren't. Since they're remastering them basically on a week-to-week basis as their aired, it could just be that the ones that have been remastered are available that way and the ones that haven't, obviously, aren't.
Still, that's pretty cool.
I still haven't seen a remastered episode, so I need to do that now.
Oooooooh
Six days to Stevenote.
Lunar Brits
Per The London Times:Manned space missions will be an adventure and are no longer seen as a waste of money, Malcolm Wicks, the Science Minister, reveals
The Government’s long-standing refusal to fund manned spaceflight could be reconsidered to allow British astronauts to join expeditions to the Moon and Mars, the new Science Minister has indicated.
Britain will be an active participant in American and European projects to explore the solar system and should not automatically opt out of missions with human crews, Malcolm Wicks told The Times.
Efforts to send people to the Moon and Mars will be “this millennium’s great adventure”, and Britain must be open-minded about getting involved, Mr Wicks said.
Three Years On Mars
Happy anniversary to Spirit, which landed on Mars three years ago today.
Tuesday, 2 January 2007
Editorial Note
Since they're not in the center column, I thought I'd mention I've added a few things, like a linkdump item, new Reading, Watching and Listening stuff, a new poll, and a new ATW writing project, which should be the easiest yet. (Though I'm still waiting for the next addition to the new Broken Triad book.)
Wednesday, 31 January 2007
Extended O
(Read Entry)Tuesday, 30 January 2007
Making It Up
(Read Entry)
FBOFW
(Read Entry)
Five-Color Apple
(Read Entry)
Hubble Update
(Read Entry)Monday, 29 January 2007
Lunar Sooner
(Read Entry)Friday, 26 January 2007
It's Personal
(Read Entry)
Long Live The King
Get well soon, B.B. (Read Entry)
Shatner in Huntsville Update
(Read Entry)
Another Shameful Confession
(Read Entry)Thursday, 25 January 2007
Statue Of Limitations
(Read Entry)
Wii News
(Read Entry)
Shocking Discovery
(Read Entry)
STS-117 Update
(Read Entry)Monday, 22 January 2007
Falcon I Update
(Read Entry)Friday, 19 January 2007
Round Two: Fight!
(Read Entry)
Download Your Own Adventure
(Read Entry)
Why Explore Space
(Read Entry)Thursday, 18 January 2007
Into The Expanded Universe
(Read Entry)
TViP?
(Read Entry)
Why 2007 Will Be Like 1984
(Read Entry)Wednesday, 17 January 2007
The Cost Of iPhoning
(Read Entry)
Falcon I
(Read Entry)Tuesday, 16 January 2007
The Next iPhone
(Read Entry)
Ares IV Update
(Read Entry)
iHuntsville
(Read Entry)Friday, 12 January 2007
Mike Mnemonic
(Read Entry)
Chief Designer
(Read Entry)Thursday, 11 January 2007
By The Book
(Read Entry)
Jobs Triumphant
(Read Entry)Wednesday, 10 January 2007
My Smurf Name
(Read Entry)
Night Of The Comet
(Read Entry)Monday, 8 January 2007
One Day Left
(Read Entry)
Ares Milestone
(Read Entry)
Earth Versus The Martians
(Read Entry)Saturday, 6 January 2007
iPod DS
(Read Entry)Thursday, 4 January 2007
Amiga Fire!
(Read Entry)
Simply Unbelievable
(Read Entry)
Mired In The Mudd
(Read Entry)
Ares IV?
(Read Entry)Wednesday, 3 January 2007
iTrek
(Read Entry)
Oooooooh
(Read Entry)
Lunar Brits
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Three Years On Mars
(Read Entry)Tuesday, 2 January 2007