I wrote about a lunar Zion several years ago. I guess I was just ahead of my time:
Daniel Yaron, CEO of Crazyshop, the company which markets moon property in Israel, explained to Ynet why Israelis are interested in purchasing land on the moon: “People decide to buy land on the moon for two reasons: One is the gimmick of giving a gift
Jane Galt talks about the not-so Bright Daniel Dennett (who I think is brilliant in many ways, but certainly not this one). He really does seem clueless about human nature, and the need for belief systems.
Here’s a cool movie, displaying the variation in lunar distance and angle from the earth. It’s explained here.
..really need to try to avoid having major figures associated with their program die shortly before big games. First Bo and Ohio State, and then Ford and the Rose Bowl.
Hey, I’ll grab my excuses wherever I can get them.
The Space Review is back after a holiday hiatus, and Jeff Foust writes about young peoples’ attitude toward NASA:
The article cites a study published last fall by Dittmar Associates that found relatively low levels of interest among Americans 18-25 years old, part of a cohort of the population often called
James McCormick has a long, but useful review of Mark Steyn’s book
Bill Roggio, who’s back from Iraq, has a good roundup of the state of Jihad in the world at the beginning of 2007.
We were cleaning up the house and having a party last night, and today we drove over to the Gulf Coast, and had a sunset dinner on Captiva Island. We just got back. Serious blogging will likely not commence until Tuesday, but as for tomorrow, Go Blue!
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said:
Here’s a warm and bubbly Christmas story about a flatulent turtle. That would be a great band name.