Why Curiosity Matters‏

[Dingo]

NASA Science News for Sept. 21, 2012

A former rock-n-roller turned NASA engineer explains why he thinks Curiosity--both the Mars rover and the human desire to learn new things--matters to ordinary people on Earth.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sT6FOIfVOI

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/21sep_curiositymatters/

[Dataman]

I saw the shuttle yesterday as it made a sweeping turn over Sacramento and then headed toward L.A.  Impressive. Big. Takes a LOT of airspace to make that piggy-back setup make a U-turn.  biggrin There was a cute pic in one of the newspapers this morning of a 6-year old boy. He was watching it make a low pass in Sac with his eyes open wide to twice the size of his head and his mouth open so wide you could have drove a car in it. I'd wager he wants to be an astronaut. 

Low clouds along the coast this morning.