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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
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Category Archives: Look! Up in the sky!
ISS NEWS: 4 at once!
This is pretty cool. Four spaceships, the @SpaceX #CrewDragon and three @Roscosmos spaceships, are docked at the station after the departure of the SpaceX #CargoDragon today. More… https://t.co/Hl3lsvCegM pic.twitter.com/5l2l1KGV32 — International Space Station (@Space_Station) January 13, 2021
I have good news and bad news….
GREAT NEWS! I read that the European Space Agency has created a 3D map of the universe that we can see with tracking of some 1.8 billion stars. Very cool right? Surely that’s good news. That’s the good news. Since … Read More
CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – International Space Station UPGRADED
Although I am a NASA certified Space Shuttle Door Gunner and a certified expert on the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, I have not yet had a contact with the International Space Station. Contact, that is, via radio. I received a Just … Read More
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CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio issue: Video from NASA about “Our Next Solar Cycle”
NASA has a video about the next Solar Cycle. Every 11 years your planet’s yellow star goes through a cycle of more or less activity. This activity can effect the layers of your planet’s atmosphere. In turn that impacts the … Read More
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The Tears of St. Lawrence are intensifying
While yesterday was the Feast of St. Lawrence, the Tears of St. Lawrence are to intensify today. Your planet is moving through the debris field of a comet, Swift-Tuttle. Over the next few days there will be more and more … Read More
Sun Daggars!
This is super cool. I’ve always been interested in how people track time, during the day and across the seasons. I’ve posted about the sundial of Augustus in Rome and the obelisk of St. Peter’s, the sunclocks of St. Sulpice … Read More
Comet tales
This morning I am celebrating with an onion bagel and avocado, with really strong coffee in my Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist mug. Thanks to my local Ham Radio “Elmer”, last night I was finally able to get a great glimpse of … Read More
My View For Awhile: Jezero Crater
My View For Awhile… well… this one might have to be postponed for a while. I’ve signed up with NASA for some news and links for the upcoming launch of PERSEVERANCE and the little Martian chopper INGENUITY. The way I see it, … Read More
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Look! Up in the sky! ISS and Crew Dragon and mini rant.
From NASA’s Astronomy Pic of the Day, comes a time lapse, composite view of the International Space Station zooming along in tandem with Demo-S, Crew Dragon, over Manhattan’s skys. This was taken at the reservoir in Central Park. Very cool. … Read More
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#LaunchAmerica SUCCESS!
THAT was cool. This afternoon I set things aside to watch the launch of the first manned space flight from USA soil in almost a decade. Demo-2 atop the Falcon 9. Postponed a few days ago because of weather, today … Read More
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