nasa is running a poll right now to take votes on the next node to be added to the international space station. node three is headed up into space during a december launch and will add room to the earth-orbiting facility.
node one was named unity. node two was named harmony. as of this post, node three is running high on the list to be named serenity. (all you browncoats get over there and vote!)
the poll can be found at the following link:
just got through seeing the latest bond movie. i like how they are producing these films. less cheese, less comic book, more action, more character development. as long as they don’t end up back how they were making the movies before, it will continue to be good stuff.
after bond, i went to stir fry café for some sushi and to do a little christmas shopping. and after that, i’m headed home to put up the christmas tree and watch the shuttle endeavour launch.
and that is how my half day off ends up.
sts-125 mission is the next shuttle mission for nasa. atlantis is prepped for launch on october 10 to do some repair work on the hubble telescope.
my cousin (first and a half cousin?) sent me some links to photos of the shuttle taken by rod ostoski, a photographer who lives in florida. the set of photos at the link below shows a rare scene of both the atlantis and the endeavour on launch pads a and b in the same shot.
the photographer has some other shuttle pictures in some other galleries if you are interested. check out the links to his galleries at the top of his page (at the link above).