Cape Canaveral, FL, July 21th, 1999

Speaking yesterday at a NASA event celebrating the 30th anniversary of Apollo 11's successful moon landing, President Bob Dole announced the long anticipated cancellation of the Apollo Program. In his speech, the President praised the many scientific accomplishments of Apollo, which landed at twenty-one different ( Read more... )

Just got back from seeing The Martian with jvowles. Excellent adaptation of the book. Some changes at the very climax due to Rule of Drama with astronauts doing very stupid non-astronaut things, but much of the book was preserved, especially the funnier lines (including cleverly edited versions of Mark's many, many "fucks" to keep it PG-13 ( Read more... )

A not terribly complete list ( Read more... )

Summary: At Moonbase Alpha [1] on the Moon's Shackleton Crater, you've just returned to base when an unexpected meteor strike severely damages the base's oxygen generating system. Now you and your team have to race to restore power and repair systems before the base goes dark for good.

Review: This short game is apparently a preview of the ( Read more... )

Somehow I missed that I'd made two more sales this month of Unexpected Diversions. That's about nine so far, not counting personal copies for myself and friends. Go me.

After initially buying, playing with it for a month, then forgetting about it (which is how it goes 90% of the time for our new exercise toys) I've started a new 30 day challenge ( Read more... )

Earth rising above the moon, taken on Christmas Eve, 1968 by the crew of Apollo 8

Gacked from filkertom

Merry Christmas, everybody. Peace on Earth and goodwill to all.