Cassini Discovers Subsurface Ocean on Titan

Cruz Accuses Dewhurst of Distorting His Role in Chinese Tire Case

How I and Everyone Else Would Be Harmed by Health Care Reform

The funniest review of the screed written by Gail Collins, effete New York liberal and New York Times columnist, to the effect that Texas is trying to take over the world, is oddly enough in the Washington Post. My favorite part is at the end:

The good news, as I mentioned, is that Collins doesn’t know everything. Our plan to replace the Statue of Liberty with one of Sam Houston remains a tightly guarded secret, as is the bill we are drafting to make gun racks mandatory for all new vehicles. She remains blissfully unaware of the long-planned effort to move the nation’s capital to Austin, nor does she even begin to grasp the impact of salsa’s displacement of ketchup as the national condiment.

She is also unaware of our plot to move the manned space program from Florida to Brownsville, with the cooperation of SpaceX's Elon Musk

The Colorado Wildfires: A Personal Connection

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Contrary to History

Why 'Dallas'" J.R. Ewing Could Not Exist in Real Life

'Brave's' Red Headed Merida a Worthy Addition to Disney Princesses

Shenzhou 9 Lands Successfully; Implications and What Comes Next

Supreme Court Health Care Decision Energizes Republicans, Tea Party

Democrats Walk Out on Brian Terry at Fast and Furious Vote

Houston Imposes 'Pole Tax' on Strip Clubs to Pay for Rape Kit Tests

German Court Outlaw of Circumcision an Assault on Jews, Muslims

Supreme Court Health Care Decision Grossly Expands Federal Power

White House Responds to a Petition to Double NASA's Budget

Survey: 65 percent of Americans prefer Obama over Romney to fight alien invasion

Addendum. from the 2008 campaign: The Presidential Candidates and an Alien Invasion

Also Obama Could Fight Aliens like Lincoln Fought Vampires

Texas Democratic Senate Candidates Debate

Democratic Convention No Shows Suggest Party in Meltdown

Orrin Hatch Won by Cultivating Sarah Palin

I don't think it is particularly bad news that the reboot of "Starship Troopers" will be "less violent." It could hardly be more. The exciting bit is that there will be jump suits.

Also it should be hoped that the new version would adhere more to Heinlein's actual vision of a future society and not a "fascist future" in the Eurotrash version that was produced in the 1990s.

Waco Man Arrested for Eating Family Dog Alive

Jimmy Carter Lacks the Moral Authority to Speak on Human Rights

How the Moon Landings Are Used as a Symbol for National Greatness

'Science: It's a Girl Thing' Misses the Point

Public Invited to Participate in Reply to Possible Alien Signal

Texas Politicians React to Supreme Court Immigration Decision

Mohammed Morsi, the first elected president of Egypt and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group, was once a NASA engineer. I guess NASA has always had a mission to make Muslims feel good about themselves.

Of course not all Muslims involved with space travel have quite the approach President Elect Morsi has to the world.

Rice as Romney's Running Mate Would Drive Left Crazy

Muslim Brotherhood's Actions Should Determine U.S. Response

Chinese Shenzhou 9 Successfully Docks with Tiangong 1

Envy of Ann Romney's Horse Leads to Trouble

Bill Maher, Joy Behar, Others Need to Be Taught Manners

Coincidentally, California High-Speed Rail Killed by Environmentalists

Giving Money to Obama Event Registry Tacky Beyond Belief

Texas Senate Candidates Dewhurst, Cruz Spar in Debate

A Chinese respond to the charge they want to annex the moon.

It then features an interview with Shao Yongling, a senior colonel from the PLA's Second Artillery Command College, who explains that "sour grapes" is the reason for the article. "Because of some economic problems," America's moon landing "could be delayed indefinitely;" that China will reach the moon soon, therefore, is "very provocative to Americans.” One expects her to deny China's desire to control the moon, but she never does.

Mars Curiosity - the trailer:

Texas Community Bank Sues to Overturn Dodd-Frank

Democrats Defend the Indefensible in Fast and Furious

Why Romney Has Invaded Union Territory, like Caesar in Gaul

SPACE SHUTTLE & THE NEW PIONEERS - A Real-Life Adventure! A Kickstarter project for your consideration.

NASA's Morpheus Could Refuel at the International Space Station

Jake Tapper, a real journalist, takes the measure of Aaron Sorkin's cable show about fake journalists, weighs it in the balance, and finds it wanting.

This is where Sorkin’s high-minded critique falls flat. McAvoy sanctimoniously laments the deterioration of public discourse and the news media’s complicity in it. But if that is the problem, his subsequent actions reveal a commitment to a uniformly partisan solution. McAvoy—and, by extension, Sorkin—preach political selflessness, but they practice pure partisanship; they extol the Fourth Estate’s democratic duty, but they believe that responsibility consists mostly of criticizing Republicans. This is done through the oldest trick in the book for a Hollywood liberal: by having McAvoy be a “sane Republican” who looks at his party with sadness and anger.

By "sane Republican" Sorkin means "liberal Democrat."

NASA: More Indications of Ice at the Moon's South Pole

How Charles Barron and David Duke Found Common Ground

Karen Klein Endured the Worst of Humanity -- and Enjoyed the Best

NASA Planned to Launch a 12 Person Space Station in 1975

Fast and Furious is like Watergate, Only with a Body Count

Ron Paul Supporters Sue RNC Over Convention Voting Rules

On Mitt Romney's Reading List: A Book Predicting Space War and Lunar Bases

Afraid of Her, MSNBC Perpetuates the Black Legend of Sarah Palin

Excalibur Almaz Plans Private Moon Voyage by 2015

Alice Walker Boycotts Hebrew, but Supports Terrorist Hamas

Ron Paul to Offer Resolution Opposing Syria Intervention

Shenzhou 9 Sparks Renewed Debate on Space Race with China

For a slightly different and flawed view, Why Americans Don’t Need Another Space Race

Why Sarah Palin Has Yet to Endorse Mitt Romney

MSNBC's Poor Attempt to Take Down Romney by Creative Editing

Romney assassination porn.

I usually don't watch Rizzoli and Isles as there are too few hours in the day to follow yet another cop show, even one with such cute characters. But for some reason I saw the anti-fracking episode last week, which was obviously written by someone who slept through Earth Science class in middle school and did not know any petroleum engineers.

Shenzhou 9 Succesfully Docks with Tiangong 1 Space Module

Texas A&M to Become Vaccine, BioWar Defense Research Center

Muslim Brotherhood Victory in Egyptian Election Spells Trouble

Why it is Glorious Jon Stewart and Mitt Romney Are Rich

In a post about space policy brought on by the convergence of a number of space related news stories, the launch of the Shenzhou 9, the landing of the X-37B, and the successful flight of the Dragon, Jazz Shaw offers the following maddening statement:

What I don’t get is the idea of going to the moon. It’s been done, and every reason I hear for going back always rings rather hollow.

Aside from the statement "It's already been done" being a rather stupid reason not to do it again, Shaw does not relate what are the reasons for going back to the moon that sound "hollow" to him and why they sound that way. It is not so much an attempt to advance an argument as it is to shut one down, saying, in effect, "Nothing you say will convince me, so just shut up about it."

Red Moon Rising.

Unless we change our space policy

Secret Air Force X-37B Space Plane Lands to End Second Mission

How Obama's Immigration Decision Will Lead to Tyranny

How the Race Card for Obama Lost Its Sting

Shenzhou 9 Lifts Off from China with First Female Taikonaut

Obama Wrong to Say Glitterati are Arbiters of Anything

Sarah Palin Shows Her Power at RightOnline Conference

The Ewings of 'Dallas' Discover Methane Hydrate as an Alternative Energy Source

Obama Amnesty for Young Illegals a Pander, Bad Precedence

'Judicial Coup' Means Chaos and Violence in Egypt

May the force be with you, Max Page.

RESOLVE Rover Revealed by NASA for Lunar Prospecting

Obama's October Surprise Could Be Legalizing Pot

New Yorkers Need to Revolt Against Bloomberg's Food Nannyism

Brownsville, Texas Leading Candidate for SpaceX Space Port

Holographic Performers Have Legal and Artistic Implications

Paul Spudis celebrates the late great Chesley Bonestell

An oblique panorama of the floor of Tycho, the prominent rayed crater on the lunar near side, shows its magnificent, rugged central peak rising out of the inky darkness of the early lunar morning. That description sounds familiar, doesn’t it? In fact, when I first saw the new Tycho oblique, I seemed to recall a specific Bonestell painting that was very similar to it. It was one that Bonestell did for an early 1960’s book, Rocket to the Moon. The distant peak in Bonestell’s painting eerily foreshadows the dramatic LROC image by 50 years. Chesley Bonestell’s Moon lives! Fresh, uneroded features there are as sharp and dramatic as he portrayed them half a century ago. As lunar features slowly erode under constant sandblasting by micrometeorites and downslope movement of debris, they become smooth and rounded. The Apennine mountains at the Apollo 15 landing site are smooth because they formed almost 4 billion years ago, in the early dawn of lunar evolution. In contrast, the central peaks of Tycho were thrust up a mere 100 million years ago, a blink of the eye in lunar geologic terms.

One wonders what would have happened if the proposed Apollo mission to Tycho had taken place. It happened, in the way of mentioning, in Children of Apollo. Might make a good story set in the same universe.

Apparently among the people King Joffrey had killed in "Game of Thrones" was none other than George W. Bush whose head is shown on a stake along the walls of King's Landing in episode 10 of the first season. This is not, the show's producers maintain, a political statement ( I have my doubts here.) They just had W's head laying around and decided to use it. Eddard Stark was bad enough. Another reason Joffrey needs to be pulled apart with horses.

'Game of Thrones' Decapitation of Bush an Unintended Honor

Yes, Democrats, It's Time to Panic

Federal Government: Sand Dune Lizard is Not Endangered

Cassini Discovers Methane Lake in Titan's 'Tropical' Region

Joy Behar Another Liberal Behaving Badly for Romney Comment

Texas Rancher Beats to Death Alleged Child Molester

Chinese Crews Named for Shenzhou 9 Mission, to Lift Off June 16

Distrust of Obama Over Economic Statements Increases His Problems

NASA Adjusts Mars Science Laboratory Landing Zone

Reagan Would Be Welcome in 2012; FDR, JFK Not so Much

Season Five of 'Mad Men' Tried to Jump the Shark

Season Five of "Mad Men" has ended on a somewhat uncertain note, sometime in the spring of 1967. The last episode ended with Don Draper being tempted at a bar to the tune of the theme from "You Only Live Twice."

Ted Cruz Fundraising Outside of Texas Becomes an Issue

Attacks on Rand Paul Show Ron Paul Movement Cult-Like Nature

Coney Island School 'God Bless the USA' Ban is Disturbing

Bill Maher and Howard Dean -- Liberals Behaving Badly

Audacious visions ... Amen.

Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst Speak at Texas GOP State Convention

Scientists Hold Car Wash and Bake Sale to Protest NASA Budget Cuts

Cry Me a River: 'Obama Girl' is Out of Love with Her Crush

European Scientists Make a Case for a Return to the Moon

Those insidious Israelis have struck at the Iranians where their live, by producing their own caviar.

The Self-Making Bed is a Useless and Likely Expensive Novelty

Hunt for the National Security Leaker Places Obama in Peril

How to Implement Neil deGrasse Tyson's One Percent Solution for NASA

Texas Gov. Perry Booed for Mentioning David Dewhurst

'Doing Just Fine' Doesn’t Mean What Obama Thinks it Means

What Bill Clinton was Really Apologizing For

Bill Maher, the New York Mets, and the Big Double Standard

While I was at the Air Force Academy graduation of my now nephew by marriage, there was a half hour or so hiatus between the end of the ceremony and the Thunderbirds air show. I remember wondering at the time, what could keep a squadron of super fast F 16s. Now, thanks to Gateway Pundit, we know why. Confound that man!

Obama Campaign Hits Romney on Commercial Space Policy

Romney Raises $15 Million in Two-Day Texas Campaign Swing

Ray Bradbury: Great Writer and Tea Party Conservative

Romney Fund Raising Numbers Show Money Goes to the Strongest

Today, of course, is the anniversary of D Day. No one said it better than President Reagan on the 40th Anniversary:

Losers in Walker Wisconsin Recall Election Need to Get a Grip

The mature way to deal with a political defeat is, after perhaps a period of heavy drinking, is to analyze the reasons for that defeat and, with lessons learned, plot the next victory. The unions and their liberal supporters have decided to go in another direction.

Compare Planets and Compare Comets and Asteroids look like a couple of good quick reference astronomy sites.

Bill Clinton Goes Rogue on the Bush Tax Cuts

Walker's Wisconsin Recall Victory Has National Implications

NASA Could Do Great Things With More Funds

More of Neil degrasse Tyson's One Percent Solution

Ray Bradbury, RIP.

Much more anon.

Addendum: Ray Bradbury, Prophet of the Age of Space, Has Died



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Also, Bradbury was mad at Obama for scrapping the return to the moon. On the other hand, he didn't like ebooks.

Ron Paul Supporters Claim RNC Blocking 'PaulFest' in Tampa

Rand Simberg has published a a particularly unhinged demand of Mitt Romney. In effect that in order to prove that his Mormon faith will not affect his judgment, Rand demands that he propose the cancellation of the Space Launch System, the heavy lift rocket for which all hopes of future American space exploration rest. One supposes that, following this logic, if Romney follows the likely advice that he is getting from his space brain trust, which includes space exploration and heavy lift supporters Mike Griffin and Scott Pace, that he will be considered a captive of the LDS Church since that decision supports Utah company ATK.

NASA, Congress Reach Accord on Commercial Crew Program

Bob Shrum Signals Democratic Establishment Has Written Off Obama

What Midway Teaches About the Folly of Neglecting the Navy

Israel Would Be Justified in Launching a Strike Against Iran

Space Shuttle Enterprise Damaged En Route to Intrepid Museum

NRO Gifts NASA with Two 'Surplus' Military Space Telescopes

Houston Blind Cook to Compete in 'MasterChef'

Axelrod-Holder Scuffle Shows Dysfunctional Obama White House

Bloomberg's Soft Drink Ban a Liberal Nanny State Scheme

Obama Shows Chutzpah for Wanting Health Care Do-Over

SpaceX Brownsville Space Port Opposed by Texas Environmentalists

Fake Shuttles Arrive in New York, Houston

Why Bill Clinton Works to Undermine Barack Obama

Jobs Report Bad for President Obama, Worse for Americans

Texas Asian American Student Has Truancy Charge Dismissed

SpaceX Dragon Success Elicits Praise, Calls for Renewed Funding

Romney Knows the Art of Politics as Caesar Knew the Art of War

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