Daily Archives: November 12, 2007

Saturday night’s first operational launch of the Delta IV Heavy was in the dark. Here’s the first ever launch of the vehicle, but during daylight. Send to Kindle

The best time to write a story is yesterday. The next best time is today. R. A. Lafferty, It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs Send to Kindle

United Launch Alliance successfully launched the first operational Delta IV Heavy expendable launch vehicle for the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, November 10, at 8;50 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-37. It was carrying the service’s Defense Support Program-23 satellite.The … Continue reading →

The Japanese satellite Kaguya is now in orbit around the moon. It recently sent back the first High Definition TV views of the lunar surface from about 100 kilometers up. The YouTube video version is obviously not high definition quality, … Continue reading →

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. Attributed to David Brin, author of The Uplift War, which won the 1988 Hugo … Continue reading →