Timelapse videos just get better and better. Here is a great one from Jack Fusco in which he shows starscapes moving above “some of New Jersey’s most beautiful beaches and shoreline locations” : Home At The Shore on Vimeo (via I09).
Home At The Shore from Jack Fusco on Vimeo.
A selection of recent space policy related items
While astronaut Cady Coleman was residing on the International Space Station, she spoke and exchanged email with actress Sandra Bullock to help her prepare for her role in the movie Gravity, which is set to be released on October 4th. : Astronaut gave ‘Gravity’ advice to Sandra Bullock from space – collectSPACE.
If you haven’t seen the trailer, here is the latest version:
This video of Coleman playing her flute on the ISS is not nearly as hectic but a lot closer to what life is like there:
And here is a duet with Ian Anderson:
I’ve plugged Rick Boozer‘s book The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé several times here. It’s about
the Congressional politics which force NASA to do the bidding of regional interests that cripple the nation’s capabilities in both exploring outer space and exploiting its enormous economic potential.
He focuses in particular on the hyper-expensive SLS boondoggle.
On his Amazon page he has just added a statement backing his stance from an unexpected source:
“I hope you continue as a voice against pork at NASA”
Lori Garver, (former Deputy Administrator of NASA) commenting to the author about The Plundering of NASA: an Exposé
Earthrise at Christmas taken by Apollo 8 crew, December 1968 – NASA