The Genesis of this may have come from character from comic books nearly a century ago, he was called Buck Rogers, January 7th 2029 first comic strip published.
Concept photo for 1929….
Category: Space
Well NASA bless them, as all their photos are public domain.
PP
“that is the softess landing ever” Pharaphrased
We inadvertedly referred to a catch on the return of this test flight. I’m presuming that it would follow from the last one. But it seems that they touched down in the water and it was initially successful. Good luck to SpaceX!.. and their IPO.
Space the final survey…
Maping the stars
By leveraging the fundamental geometry of triangulation—most notably through the method of stellar parallax—space telescopes like Hubble and Gaia precisely map celestial objects and pinpoint their absolute positions across our galaxy and beyond. Because space telescopes operate above the distorting layer of Earth’s atmosphere, they can detect imperceptible, sub-milliarcsecond shifts in a distant star’s apparent location as the observatory changes vantage points over six-month intervals along Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Using this immense orbital baseline, astronomers construct giant right triangles where the observed shift forms a precise angle, allowing basic trigonometry to yield direct, highly accurate physical distances. These triangulated positions form the foundational “rungs” of the cosmic distance ladder, transforming two-dimensional optical images into intricate three-dimensional stellar maps that reveal the true architecture, clusters, and motion of structures within galactic space.
Egypt and capitalism
It all started with ropes 12 feet long and knots every foot in ancient Egypt.
The ancient Egyptians surveyed land up from the river with a triangle with a rope because the floods came every year bringing silt and nutrients in the flood for good for agriculture. However, they’d wash out every year and they’d have to resurvey them from records and for private ownership.
Have a great day…K
Summer skies, long days, look up the best is coming soon..
June 8 to 14 th 2026, the night sky
Magic storms are still a possibility, go to Environment ,Canada Space weather FMI
British Columbia Hydro, Lineman
There was a celebration of John Paul’s life on the weekend.. I just couldn’t bear to go to see him. He had left something for me that I really didn’t want. He was a real great guy. He coached Little League ball. He worked for BC Hydro, that had such a community sense to it. But what I remember from BC Hydro and BC telephone lineman that would climb poles was that they were very much afraid of the people that put posters on telephone poles or hydro poles because one or two Staples would make their grip slip.
So, I took this picture of a power pole outside the post office in Merritt and it reminded me of him. Of course that admonition that he gave me was years and years ago when they only had Spurs and belts to go up the polls with.
I think their standards have changed. They had to have two vehicles and used buckets for the last few years. So that’s why all these Staples probably endured on the power pole outside the post office for so long.
Anyway, it’s a good remembrance of John Paul and anybody else that climbs poles. Also we think of John Lynne, a utility company pole climber and lineman who died up a pole on his belt from a heart attack working alone in the 1960 / 70s. I Went to school with his son.
To both Rip…
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.
The ISS is a marvel also a marvel; the people got along in a common cause.
Look down
Artemis program Restart
Moon base and nuclear powered Mars mission. Source May 5th 26.
Jeff Foust
Details by Space News
May Day Flower Moon, Blue Moon Second moon in May. Meteor shower of the remains or off givings of Halley’s comet from its flyby.
Moon city
Hey if you could just Terraform the moon and went to work there where would that go.
Kevin Griffiths
percypaschal
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