Charles Rousseaux describes the story, little discussed in the press, of the president’s and Congress’ visionary support for the new space age, both NASA’s and the private sector’s. And Ken Silber talks about the outer solar system.

[Update a couple minutes later]

Speaking of the outer solar system, here’s a beautiful shot of Saturn’s rings and its moon Mimas from Cassini, courtesy of NASA Watch.

I think that for honeymoon destinations, the rings will be the late twenty-first century equivalent of Niagara Falls.