Yes I am serious - as a rough guide the value of money halves every ten years. It’s coming up to 50 years since peak spend on the Apollo mission. There is a reason that the annual NASA budget is equivalent to the total spend of the Apollo mission and it has bugger all to do with mismanagement.

All good points jll3, but a couple I would add is that 1) the US is determined to maintain its military supremacy as a counter to the financial growth and strength of China and potentially Russia. I’m certainly not going to argue the merits of this, but while this is the case, the defence budget will be maintained at…

With a budget deficit of $15 trillion this is impossible unless as doofusgumby says below there is a huge cut in the defence budget and that isn’t going to happen. While the reasons given above and by NASA are all laudable, the only reason Newt Gingrich came up with this is to make his stance more popular. His party…

This post gets a Title Of The Year nomination :D

Martian Slushies are Go!

Thx - and hearted right back. It does deserve credit for what it did with an ever decreasing budget and for being pretty unique - I don't think there is a show quite like it which is why I think I'll miss it so. Also it's one of the few shows I've followed from day 1 rather than being introduced to it - so it feels…

You know there are series that are formulaic and then there are series which are arc heavy and both can go on for many seasons.

I'm sticking up a Vanquish here, because, well... Vanquish, but I'd have to go with RR.

Times-be-a-changing

Oh please. Everyone knows Venus has Land Sharks. I'm not going there.

It looks like the type of snake that would bite you in balls once you were already down.

That's easy. Space Bees. Big giant Space Bees.

This Morning Spoilers was surprisingly low in salt – thanks. Now if you could do something about my cholesterol that would great.

Sorry doesn't apply to me - I've read everything.

"The Walking Dead Chuck" Intersect Zombies! Whoa that gave me a chuckle this morning good sir.

Ugg will find a way.

Bugger. Bet it was the midichlorians.

This is pretty epic – I lost an hour the other day because PistachioWildebeest posted it on o’deck.

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!

I’m gonna miss Chuck. I know it has run its course and it’s time, but still.