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Meteor Showers Are More Visible During Melancholy
NASA has put out this wonderful video that describes the Perseid Meteor Shower, which should be most visible from August 11 through 13. Unfortunately, on the 13th, the bright glow of the moon may...
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SETI Program Still Needs A Poet… I Nominate Mary Oliver!
In Contact, Jodi Foster plays Dr. Jane Arroway, the rebellious scientist who fights tooth and nail for continued funding of the S.E.T.I. program. And, according to an MSNBC report, the actress puts...
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Night Light: Why The Harvest Moon’s The Best There Is
I’m a big fan of the moon in all its phases, but especially as it appears tonight: in full harvest glory! The moon has this “air about it” that’s, of course, not a literal air. It therefore can be...
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The Satellite Came Down Hours Ago… But Re-Entry Could Last For Decades To Come!
Evidently, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — as big as a school bus — has finally penetrated the atmosphere and come crashing down to earth. Welcome home! It’s been a while since NASA...
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So I’m Not Gonna Lie To Ya… Things Are Getting Busy… Sorry…
Hello. I have an apology to make to you, and probably if I think about it less egotistically, myself. What am I talking or writing about? Well that’s just it. This is my first day in a hundred when I...
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Only The Good… Are To Be Continued. Wait & See!
With apologies to my hero-lyricist, Billy Joel, we don’t know… It still may be more “fun” to “laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints,” but we simply don’t know who is who. And it’s probably...
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A National Park On The Moon? Columbus Would Be Proud…
Shameful. There is something shameful about recent legislation that would declare the boundaries of a national park where the Apollo missions left debris on the surface of the moon. Shameful because...
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Wondering About The Priorities of Virgin Galactic!
Just imagine: 2,500 miles per hour… and a full five minutes of weightlessness… That’s the promise of the Richard Branson venture, and I hate to be such a luddite, but has anyone pondered what we’re...
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