The last Space Shuttle mission took off today. And that reminded me of this. In October 1978 I bought a copy of the first edition of OMNI. Apparently I didn’t have enough money to make it a regular purchase because that’s the only copy I ever bought. I still have it. There was one page… Continue reading A Spaceship Has Landed On Earth
Category: space
Nerds in Space
According to a story on the BBC, Charles Simonyi has described himself as “the first nerd in space”. Wonder how Mark Shuttleworth feels about that.
Astronauts Getting Younger
I’ve always wanted to be an astronaut. I still have vague memories of my parents waking me up in the the middle of the night to watch the Eagle land on the moon in 1969. And from then on I’ve known that some day I want to go into space. Astronauts have always been older… Continue reading Astronauts Getting Younger
Planetarium Replacement
Tussauds closed the London Planetarium closed recently and over the weekend the Guardian reported on its replacement – a show about celebrities called “the Stardome”[1]. One phrase rang particularly true for me. “It’s a no-brainer,” said Nicky Marsh, marketing director of the waxwork attractions. And, in several senses, she was right. I despair. [1] Do… Continue reading Planetarium Replacement
Space Anniversaries
It’s a good day for space anniversaries. On April 12th 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space. Twenty years later Columbia took off on the first space shuttle flight.