<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687</id><updated>2012-02-13T14:15:30.666-07:00</updated><category term='Cosmos'/><category term='finances'/><category term='Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal'/><category term='China'/><category term='The Network Central'/><category term='Bryan Greene'/><category term='Climate Change'/><category term='Atlas V'/><category term='Commercial Orbital Transportation Services'/><category term='internet archive'/><category term='Low Earth orbit'/><category term='Lowell George'/><category term='Apollo 8'/><category term='linkage'/><category term='society'/><category term='Montreal 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term='Mars'/><category term='music'/><category term='Science'/><category term='Roskosmos'/><category term='etymology'/><category term='Arts'/><category term='SpaceX'/><category term='Business'/><category term='CNN'/><category term='Michael Sandel'/><category term='Michael Steele'/><category term='Wall Street'/><category term='social science'/><category term='ESA'/><category term='increase awesome'/><category term='writing'/><category term='NASA'/><category term='Mars Science Laboratory'/><category term='Ozone depletion'/><category term='money'/><category term='morality'/><title type='text'>A Process Of Growth</title><subtitle type='html'>I wish to learn and to grow until all my days are through</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-4766823571319020138</id><published>2012-02-11T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T13:34:47.537-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA, Caltech mull over unique satellite donation</title><summary type='text'>Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA, Caltech mull over unique satellite donation: 'via Blog this'I understand that we can't keep every mission going for as long as they retain at least some function. Not everything is a Voyager or Opportunity. Some missions have simply lost so much functionality that the cost of maintaining the mission with a full up NASA staff has become economically unviable</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/4766823571319020138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/4766823571319020138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/02/spaceflight-now-breaking-news-nasa.html' title='Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | NASA, Caltech mull over unique satellite donation'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-8614250092947344211</id><published>2012-02-10T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T21:10:43.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NASA Eyes Plan for Deep-Space Outpost Near the Moon | Earth-Moon Lagrange Points &amp; Lunar Farside | NASA &amp; Human Spaceflight | Space.com</title><summary type='text'>So it appears that someone has the idea that a space station at Lagrange point 2, on the far side of the Moon, would be a great idea. Oh yeah, sure, like having another big station, this time even further away, would in any way be different than the ISS. I mean yeah, it would make it easier to do research on the Moon. I mean, I've had tons of RC cars in my time, I'm sure NASA can knock together </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8614250092947344211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8614250092947344211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/02/nasa-eyes-plan-for-deep-space-outpost.html' title='NASA Eyes Plan for Deep-Space Outpost Near the Moon | Earth-Moon Lagrange Points &amp; Lunar Farside | NASA &amp; Human Spaceflight | Space.com'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-2923442027792741810</id><published>2012-01-31T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T12:22:03.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>State Department: "Space Security - An American Perspective" | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference</title><summary type='text'>One of the most amazing things to come out of the space race (aside from the obvious) are the two treaties from 1967 and 1968, most especially the idea that "  the exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind;      http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SpaceLaw/outerspt.html     And that "astronauts are</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2923442027792741810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2923442027792741810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/state-department-space-security.html' title='State Department: &quot;Space Security - An American Perspective&quot; | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3297008920055648473</id><published>2012-01-21T17:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T17:49:11.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>China's New Space Exploration Vision Shoots for the Moon | China Space Program &amp; Chinese Space Missions | Human Spaceflight &amp; China Moon Missions | Space.com</title><summary type='text'>China's New Space Exploration Vision Shoots for the Moon | China Space Program &amp; Chinese Space Missions | Human Spaceflight &amp; China Moon Missions | Space.com: ""The report includes an impressive list of accomplishments, impressive as much for the political will for success demonstrated as the technical achievements," Johnson-Freese said. Furthermore, the document notes that "guaranteed funding" </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3297008920055648473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3297008920055648473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/chinas-new-space-exploration-vision.html' title='China&apos;s New Space Exploration Vision Shoots for the Moon | China Space Program &amp; Chinese Space Missions | Human Spaceflight &amp; China Moon Missions | Space.com'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-1129165524399076402</id><published>2012-01-20T11:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T11:26:26.603-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Settle, Once and for All, the Whole "What's a Planet?" Debate | New Planets | DISCOVER Magazine</title><summary type='text'>I like this article. There's one part in particular I enjoyed, where the author is talking about how scientists work with concepts, and not definitions. Which is why Pluto was ultimately demoted. Scientists changed their concept of 'planet' after finding a whole bunch of other objects in the solar system. The  concept of 'planet' no longer includes Pluto, which is fine. As N.D. Tyson says, "We </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1129165524399076402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1129165524399076402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-settle-once-and-for-all-whole.html' title='How to Settle, Once and for All, the Whole &quot;What&apos;s a Planet?&quot; Debate | New Planets | DISCOVER Magazine'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3968667371853884020</id><published>2012-01-18T09:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T09:10:42.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SOPA &amp; PIPA</title><summary type='text'>So there's this whole kerfluffle happening in regards to two bills in congress, S.O.P.A &amp; P.I.P.A. These bills are intended to stop online piracy by overseas offenders. But there are many who say that while yes, the bill does achieve that goal, it also opens the door to extreme censorship, shifts the burden of proof onto those accused, and ultimately assumes guilt rather than innocence. I'll not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3968667371853884020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3968667371853884020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/sopa-pipa.html' title='SOPA &amp; PIPA'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3386834491678860748</id><published>2012-01-17T13:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T13:37:06.626-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apollo 8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apollo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amy Shira Teitel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jim Lovell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NASA'/><title type='text'>Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey</title><summary type='text'>So I checked out this article from Universe today, which is about the recent rash of astronauts who are selling their Apollo mission memorabilia. NASA doesn't like it, astronauts say they have the right to sell their personal property, and so the two groups are working together to find an agreeable solution, nice and friendly.

After reading the article I decided to check out the authors blog, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3386834491678860748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3386834491678860748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey.html' title='Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-8212369941536087891</id><published>2012-01-16T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T13:09:24.208-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vi hart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='increase awesome'/><title type='text'>Triangle is a funny word</title><summary type='text'>In the interest of increasing awesome I will now share with you this video series! These are drawn in that nifty whiteboard doodle, except it's mostly done on notebook paper. But that only adds more flavor to the awesome. These videos are made by Vi Hart and have a really eclectic style that  is both amusing and entertaining (triangles triangles triangles) Short, fast paced, these are great for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8212369941536087891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8212369941536087891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/triangle-is-funny-word.html' title='Triangle is a funny word'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-1190294405158102784</id><published>2012-01-03T22:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T22:30:33.858-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change denial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Montreal Protocol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ozone depletion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behind the black'/><title type='text'>Contradiction</title><summary type='text'>



I have been reading a blog called Behind The Black by Robert Zimmerman for some time now. I find we have some things in common. He posts cool stuff about space! Plus a whole host of other stuff ranging from awesome college football plays to interesting comments on topical issues. Unfortunately I must disagree with his stance on climate change. As level headed as he seems when it comes to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1190294405158102784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1190294405158102784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-have-been-reading-blog-called-behind.html' title='Contradiction'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5163964132546387669</id><published>2011-12-20T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:30:06.684-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exoplanet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Astronomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kepler'/><title type='text'>The Mirror's Truth*</title><summary type='text'>The Kepler space craft has been looking for planets for about three years now. It's kind of hard to imagine so much time has gone past. But just look at what it has accomplished! Well over two thousand planet candidates, of which experts estimate 80% will turn out to be the real deal. 1600+ new planets! In three years! I can dig it. Of course it will take time to confirm which candidates are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5163964132546387669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5163964132546387669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/12/mirrors-truth.html' title='The Mirror&apos;s Truth*'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-4353794335601437429</id><published>2011-12-09T19:20:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T19:25:43.195-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dragon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International Space Station'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SpaceX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commercial Orbital Transportation Services'/><title type='text'>Been Looking Forward To This</title><summary type='text'>So, there's this company called SpaceX. I may have mentioned them once or twice before. Any way, They have been hoping to combine two of their demo flights into one demo. Which would mean that if this demo, now announced as Feb. 7, goes according to plan, SpaceX is ready to start commercial supply missions to the ISS. This would make them the first company capable of anything even close to that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/4353794335601437429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/4353794335601437429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/12/been-looking-forward-to-this.html' title='Been Looking Forward To This'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5174523498705141693</id><published>2011-12-01T10:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T10:56:47.963-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Curiouser</title><summary type='text'>It looks like we're making progress on creating our next set of Mars rovers. And this time it will be international! Hopefully. If it all works out. Spaceflight Now has an article about the next step in creating the next missions to Mars. I mentioned this in a previous post, but now we're starting to get more details. I would like to note that the reason given in the article as to why we can't </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5174523498705141693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5174523498705141693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/12/curiouser.html' title='Curiouser'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-7911147513332499453</id><published>2011-11-28T17:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-28T18:27:37.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='denial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='greed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change denial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Climate Change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNN'/><title type='text'>I don't understand this...</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so one of the things climate change deniers do is to claim that the scientists are only in it for the money. (First mention in the third paragraph) This doesn't make any sense. Has anyone ever seen a scientist on MTV Cribs? No, and it's not just because science isn't seen as cool enough or whatever. It's because scientists, by and large, are not rich. Those few who are did not make their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/7911147513332499453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/7911147513332499453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-dont-understand-this.html' title='I don&apos;t understand this...'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6229637359101563391</id><published>2011-11-27T17:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T17:12:58.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='internet archive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skeptic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='language'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='etymology'/><title type='text'>Linkage: Language, Politics, and other miscellany</title><summary type='text'>

Ok, so here's my final installment
of links. This one was harder because I have a lot of stuff I just never visit,
so I had to visit them before I posted them. Which took awhile. And was
slightly annoying, as I realized most of the links I have are utter crap. But
these ones aren't!





Language &amp; Writing



Dialect
Blog - great posts about all the different dialects of English.  always worth </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6229637359101563391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6229637359101563391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/linkage-language-politics-and-other.html' title='Linkage: Language, Politics, and other miscellany'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5348345726579805773</id><published>2011-11-26T08:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T08:55:44.209-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ULA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlas V'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Curiosity Rover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars Science Laboratory'/><title type='text'>MSL Launch II</title><summary type='text'>Curiosity is officially on its way to Mars! All engines expended, all stages separated, now all we have to do is wait! For 9 months. They say patience is a virtue, but it doesn't feel like it when you're actually waiting for something.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5348345726579805773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5348345726579805773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/msl-launch-ii.html' title='MSL Launch II'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6376707484436256701</id><published>2011-11-26T08:16:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T08:55:59.933-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ULA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlas V'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Curiosity Rover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars Science Laboratory'/><title type='text'>MSL Launch</title><summary type='text'>Mars Science Laboratory has just launched and reached a stable orbit! We are in a 19 minute coasting orbit, after which the main engines will ignite one last time to send it on to Mars. Go baby go!
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6376707484436256701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6376707484436256701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/msl-launch.html' title='MSL Launch'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-796998559827411957</id><published>2011-11-23T11:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T12:12:00.499-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roskosmos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Russia'/><title type='text'>Russia Preparing For Next Move</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so remember when I said I wouldn't have the time nor inclination to write about much for the next little while? I was wrong. Dang. But on the upside, I now get to tell you about this article. According to the reporter, Ilya Arkhipov, Roskosmos is looking towards an international partnership, now that Phobos-Grunt is all but gone. Russia is also looking towards China for a partnership in space</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/796998559827411957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/796998559827411957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/russia-preparing-for-next-move.html' title='Russia Preparing For Next Move'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5849723089521181408</id><published>2011-11-22T17:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T17:45:27.721-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sixty Symbols'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Periodic Table Of Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='XKCD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cocktail Party Physics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hans Rosling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Citizen Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Test Tube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World Science Festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Physics'/><title type='text'>Linkage: Science &amp; stuff</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so yesterday I posted a bunch of links. They all had to do with space. This time I've done the same, but with only three links about space! The rest is interesting too.


Science:


Cocktail Party Physics - Weekly blog all about physics. Written by an English major, so always interesting.

Bad Science - The British version of Bad Astronomy, but only because of the similarity in the names. And</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5849723089521181408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5849723089521181408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/linkage-science-stuff.html' title='Linkage: Science &amp; stuff'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-2961603245924511391</id><published>2011-11-21T12:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-21T13:04:34.037-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Colorado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Astronomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SpaceX'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space exploration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roskosmos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NASA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='linkage'/><title type='text'>Linkage: Space</title><summary type='text'>So with the holidays coming on and stuff I don't know how much time I will have to spend writing stuff other than essays and answers to algebra and stuff*. But I don't want you to be left bereft of blogger wisdom (variable definition of 'wisdom' in use here) so I'll just post a bunch of links that I use. These people are usually smarter than me anyhow.



Space:



 Bad Astronomy. Phil
Plait is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2961603245924511391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2961603245924511391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/linkage-space.html' title='Linkage: Space'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-558895467423620273</id><published>2011-11-18T07:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T07:32:07.458-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>There's an awesome article in Smithsonian's Air &amp; Space magazine all about SpaceX. Go, read, enjoy!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/558895467423620273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/558895467423620273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/theres-awesome-article-in-smithsonians.html' title=''/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6547749286512931471</id><published>2011-11-17T16:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T16:13:45.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Totally and Utterly Redundant</title><summary type='text'>

And I thought ATM machine was bad, but this takes the cake!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6547749286512931471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6547749286512931471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/totally-and-utterly-redundant.html' title='Totally and Utterly Redundant'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OIuZ5mVa2yo/TsWUrrtTnjI/AAAAAAAACvU/2zwhC_szRfA/s72-c/Seriously.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3455933895116703556</id><published>2011-11-17T09:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T09:48:21.751-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bryan Greene'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Open Laboratory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scientific American'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Discover Magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Astronomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Network Central'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cocktail Party Physics'/><title type='text'>Long Road</title><summary type='text'>I like Bad Astronomy. It's a great site, with tons of great stuff on it. Phil Plait kept mentioning Jennifer Oullette and her blog, Cocktail Party Physics. So I decided to check it out. It's also a great read, full of interesting stuff. It turns out that Jennifer was the editor of this years Open Laboratory anthology series this year. These collections, hosted by Scientific American's The Network</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3455933895116703556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3455933895116703556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/long-road.html' title='Long Road'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5239398901935351702</id><published>2011-11-07T17:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T17:23:21.618-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Subsidence</title><summary type='text'>


My first thought? Subsidence.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5239398901935351702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5239398901935351702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/subsidence.html' title='Subsidence'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tdwuXQrXiws/Trh2IZsTttI/AAAAAAAACt8/ql_IByyGtkM/s72-c/Subsidence.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-8513473376922047136</id><published>2011-11-06T17:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T17:05:49.709-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Reiteration</title><summary type='text'>http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/nasa/is-this-nasa-document-saving-or-killing-manned-private-spaceflight-6518496

It strikes me that it is exactly this type of oversight and micromanagement that private corporations are supposed to alleviate NASA from. SpaceX  and Boeing certainly don't like it. Of course, this issue will come down to the nitty gritty details of the CCIDC. Depending </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8513473376922047136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8513473376922047136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/11/reiteration.html' title='Reiteration'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6081841163857922512</id><published>2011-10-14T11:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T11:32:47.449-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cosmos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carl Sagan'/><title type='text'>English Essay 2 - Cosmos</title><summary type='text'>I wrote this for my English class, just turned it in today. Which means that I can now post it!                Cosmos has been one of the most enduring and popular series on television. Premiering in 1980, the 13 episode series was hosted by astronomer Carl Sagan, who also wrote the series along with his wife Anne Druyan and their partner Steven Soter. In a break from previous science television </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6081841163857922512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6081841163857922512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/10/english-essay-2-cosmos.html' title='English Essay 2 - Cosmos'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-813444985723585071</id><published>2011-07-31T14:03:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-07-31T14:03:43.010-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Poll by IBOPE Zogby indicates the majority of voters support space exploration</title><summary type='text'>

According
to a new poll by IBOPE
Zogby, most people disagree with ending the shuttle and agree with the idea
of a public/private partnership in space. Now that caught my attention. You
see, the shuttle was intended as a low Earth orbit transport vehicle. Private
companies are trying to do exactly that. By shutting down the shuttle we open
the market to private companies.



However,
that's not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/813444985723585071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/813444985723585071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/07/poll-by-ibope-zogby-indicates-majority.html' title='Poll by IBOPE Zogby indicates the majority of voters support space exploration'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3256558073538600793</id><published>2011-07-14T00:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T00:03:13.319-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Prophesy in a song lyric</title><summary type='text'>You know that song? You hear it all the time, in commercials and movies. It's got the line, "Money money money money,   money!" You know the one I'm talking about right? Do you know the title? I didn't use to, but it got brought up in conversation today and none of us could figure out what the title is or who did it. Happily, there exists Google. It turns out that the song was recorded by a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3256558073538600793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3256558073538600793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/07/prophesy-in-song-lyric.html' title='Prophesy in a song lyric'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6966900073242057028</id><published>2011-03-31T22:12:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-31T22:12:56.650-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><title type='text'>The Beauty of Science</title><summary type='text'>There are some who say that attempting to break apart and analyze the world removes from the world some of its beauty. I myself have seen examples of exactly this phenomenon. But not all times does understanding the world take something from our perception of the world. Let me tell you a story. 
In the beginning of all things, there was a god awful bang. In this explosion were created two </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6966900073242057028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6966900073242057028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/03/beauty-of-science.html' title='The Beauty of Science'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6818659119280061427</id><published>2011-03-29T23:49:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T23:49:14.022-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pseudoscience'/><title type='text'>Money Bags</title><summary type='text'>This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happensonce every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, forward this toyour friends and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on ChineseFeng Shui. The one who does not forward.....will be without money. 

I think can sorta see things from the perspective of those who are mistrustful of science. Especially for those who place </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6818659119280061427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6818659119280061427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2011/03/money-bags.html' title='Money Bags'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5445745946283328099</id><published>2010-11-25T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T10:12:39.571-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lockheed Martin and Boeing Trying To See Who Can Build The Best Launch Vehicle</title><summary type='text'>Using Existing Rockets for Future Human Exploration - NASA WatchSeeing as how congress wanted to push the development of a heavy lift rocket to 2011 instead of the 2015 date that Obama had put forth this past tax day, then I say give them a shot. If Lockheed can produce a HLV before Boeing can, then Lockheed is the company we should go with. If NASA can come up with a system of checks and double </summary><link rel='related' href='http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/11/using-existing.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+nasawatch/Aekt+(NASA+Watch)&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher' title='Lockheed Martin and Boeing Trying To See Who Can Build The Best Launch Vehicle'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5445745946283328099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5445745946283328099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/11/lockheed-martin-and-boeing-trying-to.html' title='Lockheed Martin and Boeing Trying To See Who Can Build The Best Launch Vehicle'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-3672627587275431485</id><published>2010-11-22T13:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T13:49:47.485-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International Academy of Astronautics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space exploration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international politics'/><title type='text'>International cooperation needed for space exploration - Washington DC DC | Examiner.com</title><summary type='text'>International cooperation needed for space exploration - Washington DC DC | Examiner.com
A nice short summary and analysis regarding some of Charlie Bolden's recent comments and the issues they pertain to. 

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_10-303_Bolden_Statement.htmlThis is Charlie's comments,

http://www.space.com/news/space-agencies-international-cooperation-summit-101118.html  And</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3672627587275431485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/3672627587275431485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/11/international-cooperation-needed-for.html' title='International cooperation needed for space exploration - Washington DC DC | Examiner.com'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5830140974472446705</id><published>2010-10-23T23:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-10-23T23:08:32.046-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barry Schwartz'/><title type='text'>Practical Wisdom OR Common Sense</title><summary type='text'>


This man talks some serious sense. In a stirring speech, Barry Schwartz argues that over regulating can strangle a system. He does not deny that regulations are necessary, but we must choose wisely what and how we regulate. He also makes the point that over use of incentives can backfire, turning what was a moral question (What is the right thing to do here) into a personal gain question (How </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5830140974472446705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5830140974472446705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/10/practical-wisdom-or-common-sense.html' title='Practical Wisdom OR Common Sense'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-8322174552701368874</id><published>2010-09-21T22:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T22:10:25.028-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='finances'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wall Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Told You So</title><summary type='text'>Told You So: The President addressed a live audience for CNBC this past Monday. He fielded questions from several audience members, ranging from a Wall Street banker to a middle class worker, and covering a number of topics that focused on the economy and jobs. I won't create a synopsis here because The Huffington Post has already done so. But there are two points that Obama makes which I would </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8322174552701368874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/8322174552701368874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/09/told-you-so.html' title='Told You So'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-2053096088823201709</id><published>2010-09-21T12:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T12:12:41.609-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Republicans Prepare</title><summary type='text'>Republicans Prepare: for victory after November. The GOP is expecting to win a few seats this November and are planning to use the small amount of leverage that this affords them to enforce changes to the White House's legislative agenda. A few of the plans include forcing any legislation to cite it's constitutional authority and to vote against appropriations funding for certain aspects of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2053096088823201709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/2053096088823201709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/09/republicans-prepare.html' title='Republicans Prepare'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5272324342026958954</id><published>2010-08-19T00:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-08-19T00:48:44.993-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logic'/><title type='text'>Absurdity</title><summary type='text'>I stumbled across Conservapedia, the "trustworthy" encyclopedia. There were many gems in that internet tome, but I should to like to highlight for you just one right now.
"One way to measure open-mindedness is to test for close-mindedness, and then take the converse. A subject for our measurement can be asked if he views certain proposals as impossible. By impossible I do not mean mathematically </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5272324342026958954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5272324342026958954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/08/absurdity.html' title='Absurdity'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5195752836369388948</id><published>2010-08-08T20:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-08-08T20:39:46.127-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Astronomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Sandel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Steele'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Education'/><title type='text'>Free Knowledge</title><summary type='text'>Free Knowledge: As a first test run, I typed the word "music" into the search bar on the Harvard Libraries website. 277,126 entries were returned. Just to narrow down the field a little, I chose to view only music scores only. All 80,909 of them. As this was still a little wide a field for me to explore on my first journey through the site, I decided to limit my search to music manuscripts </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5195752836369388948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5195752836369388948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/08/free-knowledge.html' title='Free Knowledge'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-1797012963337031248</id><published>2010-08-01T22:33:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T22:34:58.164-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Business'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space exploration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>News Briefs</title><summary type='text'>UK To Launch Mini-Satellites: The UK Space Agency has teamed up with British company Clyde Space to launch miniature satellites called CubeSat's. These new types of satellites are cheap and easy to produce, reducing the consequences of failed experiments. The use of this type of satellite technology will spur on innovation and creativity while also teaching the skills necessary to carry off more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1797012963337031248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1797012963337031248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/08/eschew-obfuscation.html' title='News Briefs'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-1654386941731233364</id><published>2010-07-29T15:31:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-29T15:34:54.587-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Navy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World War II'/><title type='text'>In Memory Of Those Who Served</title><summary type='text'>I was torn about which of Tim's journal entries I should post here, and I finally settled on two, one of which is presented here and the other I posted earlier.
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 Today is Memorial Day, 2010. Like every Memorial Day for the past eight years, I’ll be at Fort </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1654386941731233364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1654386941731233364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-memory-of-those-who-served.html' title='In Memory Of Those Who Served'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6051988499815615535</id><published>2010-07-26T19:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T19:05:03.415-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Little Feat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest writer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Frank Zappa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lowell George'/><title type='text'>Feat of History</title><summary type='text'>My uncle often posts interesting articles on a wide range of different topics, usually interrelated but sometimes not. At any rate, he's an interesting read and I would recommend that any one who is reading this to read this.
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  Been in a Little Feat kick all weekend. Little Feat, the band, not the tootsies things at the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6051988499815615535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6051988499815615535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/07/feat-of-history.html' title='Feat of History'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-7656717896615807027</id><published>2010-05-25T01:53:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T01:55:55.715-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arts'/><title type='text'>The Function Of Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices</title><summary type='text'>

Science fiction is known for having weird, far out technologies. But sometimes what was once fiction becomes reality1.  I have never been completely sure whether it's the fiction influencing the science, or whether a science fiction writer, presumably well versed in science, can see possibilities that someone immersed in science cannot.  I found both possibilities intriguing. If fiction </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/7656717896615807027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/7656717896615807027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/05/function-of-superconducting-quantum.html' title='The Function Of Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-6697718057755640812</id><published>2010-04-13T12:21:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-05-01T19:34:05.659-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Low Earth orbit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='International Space Station'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yuri Gagarin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apollo 11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NASA'/><title type='text'>5, 12, 15. April is an important month</title><summary type='text'>I've never watched a space launch live, in person. It doesn't seem likely that I ever will. I can, however, console myself with the fact that I have now seen a shuttle launch, live, on television. And it was a good one, too! All early dawn darkness lit up as if by the fires of creation, air torn asunder by the rage of the Gods, and a graceful arc, a brilliant light receding into the darkness. And</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6697718057755640812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/6697718057755640812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/04/5-12-15-april-is-important-month.html' title='5, 12, 15. April is an important month'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5547428041245634179</id><published>2010-01-23T23:39:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-23T23:58:49.613-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stargate: SG-1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Globalization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>The End Is Near</title><summary type='text'>Image via Wikipedia


The White House now has an imminent threat: Apophis. Though the likely hood is small, it is entirely possible that this asteroid may be hitting us relatively soon. While the chances of such impact are small, the consequence is dear. While the odds are in our favor compared to what we regularly deal with, on a cosmic scale the odds are very small for us. That consideration </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5547428041245634179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5547428041245634179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/01/end-is-near.html' title='The End Is Near'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3012839072_d3a34a91c7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-5854518215893460512</id><published>2010-01-05T23:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:43:38.301-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philosophy'/><title type='text'>I Am</title><summary type='text'>I am. I exist, and nothing anybody does or says can convince me that I don't exist. Because I can state my existence, then I must be aware of my existence. Being aware of my existence, I can understand how I interact with the world. Knowing how to interact with the world I can learn how the world works. Knowing how the world works, I can judge the consequences of my actions. Being able to judge </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5854518215893460512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/5854518215893460512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-am.html' title='I Am'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-1662426292815017435</id><published>2009-12-30T23:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T20:46:29.059-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Moon</title><summary type='text'>Russia wants to go to Apophis and change it's course in order to prevent the asteroid from hitting the Earth.WTOPPravdaAnatoly Perminov, rocket scientist. Quite accomplished and credentialed. But it seems that he's spinning a party line. Why can he not quote his source? Where is his refutation of the NASA figures for collision? Who made the observations he's going off of? Why bring up such </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1662426292815017435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/1662426292815017435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2009/12/red-moon.html' title='Red Moon'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-9135217479302357129</id><published>2009-12-28T23:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T23:40:19.860-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Numerology</title><summary type='text'>I ran across an article in "teachers at work" talking about how to use threes effectively in your writing. This made me think about another quirky thing about the mind, that is, how we have the minor pentatonic scale seemingly hardwired into the brain.Three is very significant in music. From the standpoint of chords, it is the third that is the biggest determinent in the sound of the chords. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/9135217479302357129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4789042660040426687/posts/default/9135217479302357129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://myheadspace-db.blogspot.com/2009/12/numerology.html' title='Numerology'/><author><name>Catalyst</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12296299532994671703</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNAfrCH-zjQ/S3zNBs6vBpI/AAAAAAAAClI/vN5Y4xtU_Zo/S220/pale-blue-dot-full11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789042660040426687.post-8453027699772578575</id><published>2009-10-26T23:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T23:30:50.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Star Wars was an awesome movie</title><summary type='text'>If we really wish to enter the space age, it must be us as HUMANITY. We enter space as one race. That will never happened if we weaponize space.I'll start with Wikipedia, as they're generally unbiased. The military does have some non-weapon uses in space, reconnaissance, especially for nuclear arms de-proliferation,and GPS. 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