endquote: naked sushi, then church!
That special time of year
Record-tying cold has us under wraps , notes the Staten Island Advance, beating out other Big Apple-based publications in Googlejuice for coverage of today’s chilly weather in the vicinity of the Big Apple.
Buck up, City people! The Nets might move to Brooklyn, after all, and Jersey’s looking at recognizing same-sex commitment ceremonies, and just to top things off, a) Ken’s eating soup and b) while your temperatures are in the single-digits, here in Seattle it’s a balmy 47, and will likely climb to 50 or so!
Good thing, too, ’cause I have some errands to run.
To da Moon, circa 1959
Project Horizon at astronautixcom [via things].
HORIZON is the project whose objective is the establishment of a lunar outpost by the United States. This study was directed by letter dated 20 March 1959, from the Chief of R&D, Department of the Army, to the Chief of Ordnance. Responsibility for the preparation of the study was subsequently assigned to the Commanding General, Army Ordnance Missile Command. Elements of all Technical Services of the Army participated in the investigation. This report is a limited feasibility study which investigates the methods and means of accomplishing this objective and the purposes it will serve. It also considers the substantial political, scientific and security implications which the prompt establishment of a lunar outpost will have for the United States.
Includes numerous black and white illustrations. Part of Encyclopedia Astronautica. Don’t miss the Phantom Cosmonauts, where I learned that the Russian space program actually flew a full-size sculpture of Yuri Gagarin around the moon. Who says that art under socialism lacks imagination?