Congrats to NASA and the EVA team members for getting a pair of the ISS solar arrays folded and packed in their blanket boxes. It took a lot of shaking by Sunita “sunny” Williams, Christer Fluglesang and some hands-on TLC by Robert “beamer” Curbeam to get the stubborn arrays to fold up properly after several years of use. Thanks to their long hours of hard work, the arrays can now be moved by a future mission team and hopefully reused.
Another year on planet earth
It’s December 11th, 2 weeks from Christmas which means I’m now 32 years old. I honestly don’t feel any older than last year or the year before, but I’m starting to see the signs. I go to bed at 10:30 instead of 11:30; never thought that would happen. And as last month’s Lanparty showed, I can no longer hold my own against the next generation in deathmatch. Either I’m slowing down, or they’re getting faster. (actually, it’s probably more about lack of practice and the looming threat of CTS, but I’m still blaming it on age…) In case this is your first time visiting my site, the biggest sign to date: I’m a dad to be. Wow, is that scary or what?
Space Shuttle night launch successful
Space Shuttle Discovery made it’s return to night flight this evening in a spectacular launch from KSC. If you’ve never seen a launch, check out the video at the link above. While it’s not quite like being there, it’s still pretty impressive. I only wish I could’ve been outside at launch time. The weather was clear enough to have seen it.