$16 telescope at CVS + optics from an old spotting scope = moonstography!

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(Unaltered except cropping and exposure)

Update: looks like last night when I took that photo, the moon was at perigee, the biggest and brightest moon of 2009.

And a playlist for moon-gazing:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Risin'
Van Morrison - Moondance
Elton John - Rocketman
King Harvest - Dancin' in the Moonlight
Santana - Smooth

SeeqPod - Playable Search

SpaceX Holiday Party

Me and Housemates at the SpaceX (belated) Christmas Party last night in LA.
Clockwise from right: Jim, Casey, Jess, myself.
Yes, that is in fact how we roll.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us at Burnout House.

Merry Christmas!

Today is the day that we remember especially that God came to be with us as a child of humble origins, to show us forgiveness and grace, kindness and love, a reminder that we are all capable of living out such things. Rejoice!

CRS. We has it.

Announced today: SpaceX was one of two companies awarded the Commercial Resupply Service contract by NASA, meaning that we will be replacing the Space Shuttle on cargo missions to the ISS after the shuttle retires in 2010. We share the contract with Orbital Science Corp. We have been contracted 12 missions for $1.6bil. (Orbital got 8 missions for $1.9bil).

http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20081223

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/dec/HQ_C08-069_ISS_Resupply.html

For now it is just cargo, but I look forward to the day when SpaceX joins America, Russia, and China in the great adventure of manned space exploration.

Oh yeah, and it's about to get really busy...

work

home

kaaaaaaaa!

heard an amazing version of Carol of the Bells in the background music at Rite-Aid, of all places...

...and now I want to Mazurkaaaaaaaaaa!

It was the Rite-Aid custom radio channel. anyone know how to find out what they play on Rite-Aid radio??