"... And a couple of green-skinned Orion women" - J. T. K.

It's probably safe to say that ain't gonna happen to me :)

Same here. I was born in the early 1960's and remember the excitement of the Apollo Program vividly. I was convinced that I would be able to travel in space by the time I was in my 20's or 30's. Even though it's not going to happen the way I imagined it, there will still come a day when all of this will be true. I…

Sir Most Exalted Reverend His Excellency Doctor DL Thurston, Esq.

That was excellent!

Wonderful. Never thought I'd end up feeling sorry for Death. :)

I love the fact that Frank Borman objected to them taking the picture, since it wasn't scheduled, and that Lovell & Anders ignored him to take it anyway. Thank you, gentlemen.

Nope. :)

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

If you manage to successfully do so, please let him know that he's got another fan in me :)

I'm starting it tonight. :)

*shudder* This was alluded to in the book, "Bitter Seeds," by Ian Tregillis ... They thought that starting with infants, they'd be able to learn the "universal" language of Eonochian.

"The Marching Morons," by C.M. Kornbluth. Awesome short story, well worth the effort of finding it - usually in a compilation of sci-fi shorts.

Technically, it does spin. Just very, very slowly, so that the same face (roughly) is aimed at the Earth. Takes something like 27.5 days, give or take.

Only a sad, sad person, that's who.

That's 'cause honey badgers just don't care.

Internet-connected Bears, armed with Laser Sharks. Not only would they be fishy, they'd be grizzly.

Amazing. Thank you VERY much for posting this! Fascinating to see how these match up with storm systems.

I love seeing concept art from movies, even if they're of things that didn't make the cut. It's fascinating to catch glimpses of what the designers were playing with as they were working on these kinds of movies.

Nice book about the design and plans for these behemoths called "Operation Storm," by John J. Geoghegan.