As a big space aficionado waiting for America's manned space program to get moving again, this is a great sight to see:









If you don't know what I'm talking about, then where the heck were you on February 1st, 2003?? Go here for more details.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PARNO!!! That would be me by the way, hahaha. Anyways, if you live on the West Coast of the United States, specifically in Southern California, then here's a photo montage of a couple of things that you ABSOLUTELY DON'T give a damn about (well, maybe except about the Dodgers and the Angels)...but made headlines the past week anyway: SpaceShipOne winning the $10 million Ansari X Prize today, and the Dodgers and the Angels each clinching the MLB west division titles last Saturday. And of course, if you're living in Washington State, then you should be caring about Mt. St. Helens blowing its load in a big way any minute now.

There's an article on CNN.com that talks about how the general public still supports the American space program despite the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Of course, the article also quotes some people who don't believe we should go to Mars yet until all problems on Earth are fixed (yea, that's gonna happen anytime soon, or EVER), and other people who think the space program is bogus and that the Apollo moon landings were a hoax. Being a big supporter of NASA and space exploration in particular, I'd have to call all these naysayers a bunch of morons.

In another article from CNN.com, there are over 70 sextillion stars in the universe. That's 7 followed by 22 zeros, or 70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 70 thousand million million million. ONLY??? THAT'S WEAK!!! So anyways... How 'bout them Angels?

Rest In Peace, the STS-107 crew of Space Shuttle Columbia.