Chris R

This is such an extremely specific complaint

Posts tagged "space"

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Enterprise

· pics

Char snapped this at my request from the traffic jam that nearly kept us from the launch site. At this point in the trip I had nearly given up...

In the shadow

· contemplation

They look like anybody's grandparents now, but they're special. Men on the Moon It's something I've dreamed of my whole life. It's something I may...

Twenty Years, and Godspeed

· contemplation

On this day, twenty years ago, seven of the best and brightest vanished from the world in a flash of light. Although there had been deaths before,...

In review

· contemplation

Looking back over the year just past, i’ll be the first to admit there’s been a staggering amount of fascinating news, but there have been some...

Please land...

· contemplation

Today, a third nation joined the US and USSR in the very exclusive group of spacefaring nations. I disagree with China in so many things, from...

A black day

· contemplation

About two hours ago, as i write this, the NASA space shuttle Columbia lost contact with mission control while coming in for a landing. As of this...

Too long to wait

· contemplation

It's been thirty years since Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans last took Apollo 17 to the moon. In the intervening years, the...

Goodbye...

· contemplation

There's this piece of metal, see, and it was sent out thirteen years ago with the intent of learning more about the hunks of rock that share the...