3/3/2007

New Horizons Passes Jupiter

Filed under: — Moonglum @ 01:16

Wow, the New Horizons spacecraft is really cooking. I didn’t realize that it was going to get to Jupiter in just over a year. Pluto is a long way away, but I figured on a 20 year trip or something like that, just 10 years? Well, it won’t be there for very long, but it has a fairly impressive primary mission in the Kupier Belt as well. Figuring out how the Kupier belt objects are formed will help us deal with it if we ever need to nudge one out of the way. In any case, we get nice pictures of volcanoes on Io in the meantime.

Spit and Vinegar

Filed under: — Moonglum @ 01:01

That’s what seems to be left over on the local blogs after the election. I think I’ll just talk to my neighbors in person and try to bring them around. And speaking of silly elections, I know precinct by precinct how we voted on the alderman question, what ever happened to that poorly worded, non binding ballot initiative on the lakefront? I would think it would be being touted one way or the other if it went through….

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