Category Archives: Space

Celestial Triple Convergence

March 27, 2012 – 5:28 pm

Last evening after sunset I looked out the window of my Fort Greene apartment and even without my glasses I spotted the awe-ionspiring triple convergence of the crescent moon, Jupiter, and Venus hovering over the western horizon. I called down to AP, “Come on up here. I got something you have to see.” “I hope […]

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Live Long and Prosper In Iowa

December 17, 2011 – 9:42 am

Wilbur Harrison had a hit with KANSAS CITY. My schoolmate, Joe Fielder, traveled to the Paris of the Plains in 1965. The police caught him in St. Louis. He escaped through the bathroom window. The 14 year-old reached KC the next day. He ordered a steak and then rode a Greyhound to the South Shore […]

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Virgin Galactic Tours

November 1, 2011 – 6:23 am

The Space Shuttle ATLANTIS flew its final mission to the International Space Station in July 2011. Its landing signaled the end of the four shuttle fleet’s service to the nation and the world. The decision to retired the orbiters was taken by President GW Bush, who considered the $4 billion budget would be better spent […]

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Live Long and Prosper LOL

October 29, 2011 – 1:49 pm

Q: How many Klingons does it take to change a lightbulb? A: TWO: One to screw it in, and one to stab the other in the back and take all of the credit. Q: How many Klingons does it take to change a lightbulb? A: NONE: Klingons aren’t afraid of the dark. Q: What do […]

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Lost in Orbit

September 15, 2011 – 3:22 am

This summer NASA mothballed the Space Shuttle fleet in favor of a plan for private enterprises to supply the International Space Station, after the GOP and Fox News convinced the American public that over 25% of the federal budget belonged to the space agency. The real number is about 1%. This amount remained too much […]

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