I like thinking about astronomical objects in universes like our own, but with a twist. For…
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s Gift to Unhappy Outsiders
It was the summer of my senior year in high school and my friend Linda and I were enrolled in the language program of the Université d’Aix-Marseille in Aix-en-Provence. We had visited France on a…
Now it’s time to return to the red planet
When I was a child, I was just looking at the sky and started counting the stars every day which was a…
Introduction
Throughout Semester 1 of 2019 I have read two books. The first book I read was Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. This book is a non-fiction piece about different aspects of space travel and how they connect with each other, ranging from the effects of going into space on the brain to the…
In a recent post by Brad Stulberg, I stumbled (again) on awe. Awe — that feeling of “reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder” which is “tied directly to feelings of…
Yeah I have to echo the thoughts of those also responding. It wouldn’t be a great idea to mine the moon… just my 10 cents on the topic though.
I really enjoyed this article! Great to get more perspective as we discuss the moon landings over the week.
Lately it’s become common to remark on the togetherness effect of humankind’s first moon landing. A good example comes from yesterday’s Axios AM newsletter:
Yesterday’s 50th anniversary…was a fleeting chance…for the country to rally around something that was…
For my entire life, I never liked heat from the sun when it get’s over 80. It is about 100 F. in the shade today in Philadelphia. It is hot and my air conditioning is on. Let the foreigners use normal air from outside that can cook things as it is that hot. When you come in, you have energy…
