Starship Asterisk*

[quote="planetquinn"]Hey William, Come on, it’s Christmas. Don’t spoil it for me. Seriously though, I had been thinking about how much of scientific knowledge and technical accomplishment has been the result of war and competitions for dominance. I was almost happy there for a minute think...

[quote="MaNoX"]Maybe a stupid question, but why aren't there any distant stars visible?[/quote][quote] Frozen urin and ice crystals floating around S/C refect enough light back into crew's eyes and camera at daylight f stop "dim out" stars. Quite another story when S/C is in doub...

[quote="planetquinn"]As powerful and alluring as the moon has been to life on earth, imagine having a celestial companion as beautiful as Earth. The attraction would be irresistable--far greater than the attraction that took us to the moon.[/quote] Right, but the "attraction" tha...

"Earthrise" was taken from mankind's first venture out of Earth orbit---Apollo 8---37 years ago almost to the hour of this email. It was taken by a 70mm Hassalblad with 270mm lense on thin base kodak color film (no filters except oil smears on the spacecraft's window) from an altitude of a...