Fairly recently, I received an email from a young woman who would soon be going to Huntsville to be a Space Camp counselor! She informed me that she was creating a web site to document the experience and asked if I would link to it! I sure will! Besides being… Continue reading
Happy New Year Everyone! I was flipping through the January 2002 issue of Premiere magazine that had been sitting around my room for at least a month where I was surprised to come across the following blurb: Under the heading, “The Show Must Go On…” the blurb mentions some movies… Continue reading
Today is, of course, that day…MERRY CHRISTMAS! And Happy Holidays, of course!
Why not sign up now? I recently received a postcard from Space Camp in the mail: In light of the tragedy that has fallen upon our nation, U.S. Space Camp and Aviation Challenge will donate $20 of every registration received — beginning now — to the American Red Cross. For… Continue reading
After not being accessible for a day or so, Hab1.com is back! Sorry about the downtime…there was a little problem with the domain. Namely, the problem was that it had expired! Nevertheless, it was for the best, as I finally have hab1.com registered with a decent registrar!
Truly, this has been a horrible day. My best wishes to those affected by this terrible event. Further, Kennedy Space Center shut down today, so damn those terrorists! Astronauts on the ISS reported seeing the smoke plumes in both New York City and Washington D.C. A bad day, indeed…
If you’re like me, you love movies and you’ve completely scorned VHS in favor of DVD. If that’s the case then you might also be disappointed by the fact that some of the more obscure films, such as our beloved SpaceCamp cannot be found on DVD. Well, with regard to… Continue reading
As posted on Slashdot today (but with the proper link here!), USAToday.com has an article (with accompanying video clip) commenting on how today’s astronauts are practically unknown to anyone, and compares the fame of America’s past astronauts to the current ones. ———— Astronauts used to be worshipped as heroes. Now… Continue reading
Word on the grapevine has it that the Enterprise sim (the one Advanced Academy uses), as well as it’s MOCR (Mission Control) and Space Station centers are due for a renovation this fall… If you go back later, you may not recognize it!
Yep! I was just looking at the server logs, and it seems that Hab1.com has received 1000 visitors since I started keeping track in mid-March! That’s a milestone I am proud to have reached, and I thank all of you who have visited this site since it opened a few… Continue reading
