Category Archives: Things I Like

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Japan’s space freighter in orbit

First I mention the Chinese are helping the Saudis build a high speed train system, and now the Japanese have a freaking space ship.

It’s no Millennium Falcon but the H-II Transfer Vehicle is a damn cool look at the future of space travel. One that we apparently aren’t going to be a part of as NASA’s budget for manned missions was recently slashed.

Pity. Cocky American pilots was the only thing that was going to make space travel cool.

The end of an era

Not a lot of things make me feel old. I mean, why should I? But this article (and this one too) kind of makes you stop and think about all the stuff that we take for granted that goes away. I knew I saw less of these things the last time I was in Mexico, but now they will probably just be a memory in a few years.

In other news, I’ve finally decided to work on the website a bit. Not that you will notice anything fantastic, but I am getting some of the pages updated from the old (or even older) formats. Stick around, I may even actually add content.