Solar Sails Unfurl & End of Summer
In news of the cool....
Yesterday the ISS (international space station for you non-space people) unfurled its new solar wings for the first time. These wings are able to move with the sun to maximize power generation. Naturally there was a glitch in the software that held the occasion up by a few hours but as usual NASA got the bug worked out and voila! 240 wings in space (okay Earth orbit).
Thoughts on the last weekend of Summer....
Fall officially starts next week with the Autumn Equinox on Saturday the 23rd (as does Rosh Hashanah, Ramadan and the celebration of Mabon - gee, are the Christians the only ones without a holiday?) and so Summer leaves us.
Well in the Midwest it feels as though Summer left us about a month ago with below normal temps and bunches of rain. It is supposed to be sunny and 78 today but so far when I look out yon window all I see is fog and mist. And yup, it is that kind of chill that settles deep.
For Pete's Sake if I wanted this kind of weather for weeks on end I would move to the British Isles but since with my asthma that isn't likely to happen I say: Enough Already!
Yesterday the ISS (international space station for you non-space people) unfurled its new solar wings for the first time. These wings are able to move with the sun to maximize power generation. Naturally there was a glitch in the software that held the occasion up by a few hours but as usual NASA got the bug worked out and voila! 240 wings in space (okay Earth orbit).
Thoughts on the last weekend of Summer....
Fall officially starts next week with the Autumn Equinox on Saturday the 23rd (as does Rosh Hashanah, Ramadan and the celebration of Mabon - gee, are the Christians the only ones without a holiday?) and so Summer leaves us.
Well in the Midwest it feels as though Summer left us about a month ago with below normal temps and bunches of rain. It is supposed to be sunny and 78 today but so far when I look out yon window all I see is fog and mist. And yup, it is that kind of chill that settles deep.
For Pete's Sake if I wanted this kind of weather for weeks on end I would move to the British Isles but since with my asthma that isn't likely to happen I say: Enough Already!
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