Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic)
A view of alt.space from those who STILL won't drink the kool-aid.
I go to this website, looking for a specific story, this morning, when I see an ad from Norton offering a drawing to “Win a Trip to Space”. Reading the contest rules carefully, I find that the prize for two randomly-selected winners is a free trip on a Zero-G flight. Those two are then entered […]
Read More Win a trip to Space! Entries due tonite!This post is published as a courtesy to OldSpaceCadet, Dr. John Jurist, as he does not have his password to post this message. All comments regarding this post should be addressed to OldSpaceCadet. How Cynical? Who, me? A Christmas Eve Present from Rocket Man on http://www.rocketsandsuch.blogspot.com/ raises a very interesting issue: The Emperor’s New Math […]
Read More How Cynical? Who, me?So, if the alt.space gossip lines are right, there’s trouble a-brewing in the halls of NASA these days, with the Administrator (Mr. Griffin) apparently not terribly interested in working with the Obama transition point person (Lori Garver). Kudos to Al Fansome for pointing this out (initially on the SpacePolitics.com website, from which this was shamelessly […]
Read More And there goes the Moon, or “Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!”
Space Enthusiast (formerly Cynic) 