Wed Jun 28, 2006 @ 11:04 am
From: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/06/24/669.aspx
Apparently we're only about four years from regular passenger trips to space.
Blue Origin is developing a reusable, vertical-takeoff-and-landing rocket ship called the New Shepard …
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Fri Jun 2, 2006 @ 11:28 pm
Day 1 - Friday June 2
Today was the first full day of CASCA. All of the galaxy talks were today, so it was the main day for me, science-wise. After an exhorbitantly expensive breakfast at the hotel with my roommate,

(I've since found a Tim's) …
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Thu Jun 1, 2006 @ 6:24 pm
So, I've noticed that if one flies frequently enough, you start to encounter a wide variety of in-flight experiences - often related to the people who end up surrounding you in the cramped, uncomfortably-close environment for several hours. Today …
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