mrmaweeks
mrmaweeks t1_j27ih16 wrote
Reply to Just back from witnessing a test firing of a rocket motor that my neighbor built by goatharper
Sounds like the movie October Sky, which is just Rocket Boys—the name of Homer Hickam’s autobiography—spelled differently.
mrmaweeks t1_iyrzx8y wrote
Reply to Vacaville, California [OC] [4500x2527] by Saajaadeen
Nice to see those hills again. I lived in neighboring Fairfield for 40 years and worked at the prisons in Vacaville for 25 years. It’s a pity these hills occasionally burn during the dry months. We almost had to evacuate inmates one year.
mrmaweeks t1_iuts1hu wrote
Reply to The ALMA space telescope in the Chilean Andes suffered a cyberattack over the weekend that has downed its website and suspended its work, the observatory announced by DoremusJessup
When you stop to think about all that you could do with that data on gas and dust, well...I don't know.
mrmaweeks t1_iu92f1w wrote
Reply to this might just work for me by paseroto
My gym, Anytime Fitness in Spokane Valley, closed today. I suppose now they'll have to change the name.
mrmaweeks t1_j6ui2oa wrote
Reply to Glacier Point [OC] 3872 x 2592 by Luckylens
Great place! Our astronomy club went there about 25 years ago. We brought telescopes (including one very large one) and showed the passing visitors the night sky. We were up all night, and some folks were kind enough to make tacos and share those and their desserts with us. We all tried to remember lines from Monty Python movies and skits and just generally had a terrific time.