News reports about a recent isolation experiment designed to assist in evaluating the effect of a voyage to Mars can be found here and here. The six male members of the “crew” were kept isolated in cramped quarters in a Moscow suburb for 105 days, and the project tried to simulate other aspects of a [...]
Archive for July 14th, 2009
A Martian Chronicle
Posted in Science, tagged Mars, Science, Space, space exploration on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Words of Wisdom From Gramma Neal
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t help but be reminded of an old saying that my mothers mother often used when we were younger, “believe none of what you hear and half of what you see”. I could understand first part of the saying ”none of what you hear”, but the second part “half of what you see” not so [...]
Man In the Mirror
Posted in Music videos on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I retired a few months ago I have gotten into a regular routine of getting up in the morning and going to the library. I have to admit that I have rarely used the library for most of my adult life because of work constraints, but it has so much to offer. When I get to [...]
The Risk Of Overexposure
Posted in Politics, sports, tagged All-Star Game, baseball, Politics, President Obama, sports on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and Richard disagree with me on this, but I think it is a mistake for the President to do things like spend time in the broadcast booth at the All-Star Game, hanging with Tim McCarver and Joe Buck. I don’t know whether familiarity breeds contempt, but I do think that politicians can get overexposed [...]
