Monday, July 18, 2011

Monthly Meeting

Sunday we have our regular monthly meeting at Books-A-Million in Colonial Heights. We officially start around 2:00 PM, but it will probably be around 3;00 PM before everyone is there. I plan to discuss Frank Herbert, among other things, Sunday.

Everyone with an interest if science fiction is welcome!

Whither astronauts? Corps shrinks as shuttles stop

I am reading this article Whither astronauts? Corps shrinks as shuttles stop on Yahoo.com:
http://news.yahoo.com/whither-astronauts-corps-shrinks-shuttles-stop-165453965.html
I watched the Space Program in the USA from the very start.
Now I am reading about American astronauts looking for another job.
This is a sad day.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Final Space Shuttle

The final Space Shuttle lifted-off today. It was the 135th shuttle flight. Orginally, there were supposed to be over 700. The goal of the Space Shuttle was an economic one -- to reduce the cost of going into space. I would have to say that this goal was not realized.