Well, as we all know by now, The Russian space station Mir is set for a fiery reentry sometime on March 23rd. With all the hoopla surrounding it, I thought it time to provide all of you with some interesting reading before the big day. MirReentry.com is a site dedicated to keeping… Continue reading
As noted on Slashdot, The Boston Globe is running a story noting that, “Exactly 75 years ago today, on a snow-covered field of Effie Ward’s farm in Auburn, the space age began.“
A copy of very same book in which I found a picture of the Pathfinder without its SRBs is up for auction at eBay. It’s a very small book, at only 32 pages, but it’s easily worth a few bucks. The auction is here, and the seller posted the following… Continue reading
I’ve updated the campers’ sites links section with a link to the webpage for International Space Camp 2000. Enjoy!
I have just updated the page of HabLinks with a fantastic site I recently discovered. Estelle Tidey won a trip last summer to the 2000 session of International Space Camp by writing a wonderful essay on the International Space Station. Estelle’s “Space Nut” section on her website details her experience… Continue reading
I recently acquired a currently out-of-print book titled, “Let’s Visit A Space Camp.” The book, which dates back to 1990, contained, among other great photos, one taken before the Pathfinder received its SRB’s. Pretty great stuff!
I have reorganized the HabLinks section such that instead of throwing every single site together on one page, it’s now organized by type. There’s a page for Official Space Camp web sites as well as sites created by campers. In the future, I also plan to include links to other… Continue reading
This auction, currently running on eBay, has a Jetsons cereal box from 1990 with a promotional ad offering a free trip to Space Camp. The box is from 1990 (I didn’t even know there ever was a Jetsons cereal, let alone as recent as 1990). The auction price is currently… Continue reading
Due to technical difficulties, NASA has decided to no longer invest any additional funds above the approx. $1 billion they’ve already spent funding two new shuttle projects. It’s really sad to see the X-33 project, which was to eventually spawn the Venture Star (and which was also supposed to have… Continue reading
I was eating dinner at Taco Bell last night and on the paper insert on my tray was an ad from the National Kidney Foundation featuring the space shuttle with the slogan, “About the only vehicle we can’t accept.” The ad is trying to get people to donate their vehicles… Continue reading
