Go to Mars – if in Name Only
After six years the Mars rover Spirit while still alive has been trapped in a sand trap named Troy. If the little gal does not get out before the Martian winter sets in – well, it is a sad day for the little bot. If Spirit is not able to be positioned so the the … [Read more…]
Changes Ghost Of MS
This is the time of the year where all the seasonal hoopla send my mind to contemplating the past year. The year in review thing runs through my mind constantly. This year I am stuck on all the stuff/things that have changed. Mostly because of having MS. I do not go out and walk the … [Read more…]
Christmas Eve 1968
Apollo 8 was the first manned mission to the Moon. It entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. Astronauts Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders did a live television broadcast showing pictures of our Earth and Moon from Apollo 8. At the end of their … [Read more…]