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Good for him! If driving with a cell phone or while eating is distracting, having Fifi yapping and running around in your lap is much worse. I'm continually amazed at how little most dog owners know about dogs.
One of my fondest memories as a kid was canoing around inside the hull of an old 5 masted schooner scuttled on the coast of Maine. It's huge and haunting and more than a little scary.
Not to disparage any of these athletes, but status as "hardest race in the world" is highly debatable. I can name half a dozen ultras off the top of my head which are longer and a couple with worse conditions as well. The Iditarod Trail Invitational is 350 miles across Alaska on foot in February. Still, it's an impressive feat and the conditions are brutal enough for me.
And TT, you're an idiot if you believe that whole moon hoax conspiracy crap. The Soviets had the technology to tell whether or not we'd actually been there and were undoubtedly tracking the Apollo missions the entire time. You'd better believe they would have called us on it if it were faked.
This is, as advertised, damned interesting, and not just a set of standard Hohmann Transfer orbits either. I can't believe that in all my years as a professional space person I haven't encountered this before.
Unfortunately, like Space Elevators, Pinwheels, and other elegant solutions, the initial outlay is way too big and thus it won't happen in our lifetimes. Once we find a compelling financial reason to go to Mars, maybe, but even then...
Definitely one of NASA's finest hours!
Unfortunately, like Space Elevators, Pinwheels, and other elegant solutions, the initial outlay is way too big and thus it won't happen in our lifetimes. Once we find a compelling financial reason to go to Mars, maybe, but even then...