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NASA finds water on the moon

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A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, the US space agency said Friday heralding a giant leap forward in space exploration and boosting hopes of a permanent lunar base.

Preliminary data from a dramatic experiment on the moon "indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater," NASA said in a statement.

"The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon," it added, as ecstatic scientists celebrated the landmark discovery.

"Yes indeed we found water and we did not find only a little bit but a significant amount," said Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission.

So there, we just found the mother lode on the moon by "bombing" it. (The scientific term is called an impactor and has been in use since the beginnings of the space age. See Ranger probes)

I hope Bill O'Reilly chokes on more spittle over this.

Really.

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There may be more, but I was too young to remember. I know my family lived in Huntsville when my dad worked for NASA back in the day.

Lots of family in the Southeast. Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina are familiar places from my youth. South Carolina was from the Army as was Texas.

Guess you could say I bounced around quite a bit. Hawaii and Washington State was with Donna.


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Okay, I'll admit I haven't been to China as yet, but we'll be going eventually to get our Daughter. Still, the trip to Taiwan put us pretty darned close, less than 100 miles off the coast.

Back in the days of my youth, I used to watch the World Wrestling Federation programs and even went to some of their events. I saw Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Andre the Giant and other wrestlers of old do their thing in the squared circle and enjoyed what amounted to a sports soap opera where there was audience participation.

One of the most unique figures was 'Captain' Lou Albano. One of his claims to fame was to appear in some videos with Cindi Lauper and was known for his Hawaiian shirts and the rubber bands hanging from his face. (Hey, they had a guy back then who had a green tongue and ate the turnbuckles. Go fig?)

Sadly, old Capt. Lou passed away today. Link Here I'm sure that Cindi is quite saddened by the news as they were good friends by all reports. My thoughts are with his family and friends tonight. As are my memories, another icon from my youth has faded away.

L-CROSS pucker time.

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage. The plaudit appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for resorting to largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

I hope Bush is choking on his own spittle right now. I mean, damn! Just when you think the contrast between President Obama and 'w' couldn't be made any more clear.

It is so nice to have a President who isn't reviled by the world at large. Now if only he'd prosecute Bush and Cheney for their war crimes...

Well, I don't know which is the bigger embarrassment. I'll let you all decide.

Somali Pirates Attack French Warship

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Father of Palin's Grandson to Pose Nude for Playgirl

Okay, I know which one I'm laughing harder at and anything that embarrasses Sarah 'Going Rogue' Palin is a good thing. Still, those pirates make make Fox's new series, "World's Biggest Dumbasses".

Night terrors are a form of sleepwalking and Xander does it. He 'woke' up after his nap yesterday and was in a mood. He wouldn't talk to me at all and wanted to destroy everything. About 4 I called Donna to ask her what she thought. She talked to him on the phone, but he was not any more responsive with her than he was with me.

Then about 15 minutes later, he snapped out of it. He wanted a snuggle and was talking and glad to see me and was his normal self. Freaky and scary to say the least. *sigh* I hope this doesn't last much longer, but Donna has more experience with sleepwalkers. (As one and with her family.) It may last for years. I'll need to figure this thing out oer time, I guess...



In other news, October 9th at 4:30 PST the LCROSS satellite finishes up it's mission as it slams into the south pole of the moon. I'm going to try and be up to watch it. I have my computer, NASA TV and with luck my own eyes depending on what the marine layer decides to do that day.

Donna has had her one year anniversary at the new job. A huge milestone to say the least and she likes her job and they like her there. She's even on the Safety Committee and she thinks she's the only one who has a first aid card and CPR training. (She's planning on fixing that.)

He was a heck of a dancer and never took himself that seriously.

He had a lot of fun on Saturday Night Live the times he was on.

Okay, I never really got into that Dirty Dancing craze, but his performance in Ghost was superb.

You fought the good fight as long as you could after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Gone at 57, but you'll not be forgotten. Take care.

EDIT: 57, I meant 57 ^^... Still too damn young.

I've already decided that Matt Lauer is a Right Wing tool and not worth listening to, but now NBC has decided to one up FAUX News and hire Jenna Bush as a 'Special Correspondent'. I am sure that Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Morrow are now spinning in their graves.

I used to enjoy TODAY, but I will not watch it again until both Lauer and Bush are gone and NBC issues an appology to its viewers.