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GSLV, Rocket Lab: Looking Good

Updates: (A successful landing will make India one of four spacefaring nations with a Lunar presence. Embedded ISRO YouTube live video, a little background.) Below: “GSLV, Rocket Lab: Looking Good” (June 9, 2017) India’s ‘monster rocket,’ the GSLV Mark III, … Continue reading

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Climate Change, Whirligig Icebergs

Climate change is still in the news. Don’t worry, I won’t rant about impending doom, or say that Earth’s climate isn’t changing. This planet’s climate has been changing for several billion years. I’d be astounded if it stopped changing now. … Continue reading

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Mars: Leaky Red Planet

What we’re learning about Mars, and a new type of really small spacecraft, reminded me of earth, air and kilts. Also pharaohs, Thomas Paine, and Lord Kelvin. By then I was running out of time to write something more tightly-organized. … Continue reading

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Pesticides in the Water

I live on Earth, so caring about what happens here makes sense. I’ve talked about enlightened self-interest, Yeats, Ehrlich, and getting a grip, before. Often, actually. (February 17, 2017; January 20, 2017; September 16, 2016; August 12, 2016) A news … Continue reading

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Internet Friends, Real People

Near the end of a self-help book, the author wrote that social connections we make with others online aren’t “real”. The next sentence said that online communities are “pretend communities”. The author explained that they don’t “come close to fulfilling … Continue reading

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