UFO sightings at all time record HIGH in 2009

UFO sightings are at an all time high, as reported by the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense. A total of 231 so far in the first 6 months of the year rivals every end of year total thus far, which have been steadily increasing. In 2008, 285 total sightings supported with video or photos were submitted to the MoD.

In reporting on a spring 2009 Atlantis mission, Fox News shows some clear footage of "space debris" flying alongside and just below the space shuttle as it attempts to return to Earth. Clearly, the debris appears to be three UFOs flying close enough for cameras to record their observation of the space shuttle. The following attempts of NASA personnel to dismiss the footage as inconsequential are trite and unconvincing. 

NASA Crashing on Purpose to Set Up Shop on Moon

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Crashing hellishly expensive equipment into the moon at 6,000 miles per hour doesn’t sound like such a great scientific move to me, but apparently NASA thinks it’s a good idea. Right now, two robotic probes are careening wildly to the moon on a mission that will supposedly help mark future “human camp sites.”

I guess the U.S. National Park Service has become too dull for us humans. Long have we ogled the bear, the moose, the Grand Canyon; they have lost their allure. We now ache to carry home chunks of moon rock in our pockets rather than sea shells and arrow heads from our adventures.

Space Energy Chief Nominee

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Charles Bolden, a rather dapper looking former NASA Astronaut, has recently been named as Obama's Space Agency Chief.  If confirmed, Charles Bolton will be only the second astronaut to hold the position. There is, however, a possibility that Bolton will not be nominated, as he has lobbied for rocket companies. According to the BBC, his biggest challenges as chief if he is confirmed will be the budgetary restraints imposed by the current financial crisis.

Apparently, the United States is now dependent on Russia to fly us into orbit, a situation that I'm sure many never saw coming. To shed some light on the current  situation, Science Magazine relays that, "An expensive new launcher is now in the works to replace the space shuttle, due to retire next year, but its projected costs are rapidly rising."

NASA Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine

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One small sip for man, one giant sip for mankind. No, that's not beer they're toasting with, but "Recycled Urine"......kind of makes you thirsty, doesn't it? Imagine how different the tv shows Gilligan's Island and Lost would be if they had this capability. I mean, seriously. What up with this?

In a quote in Space magazine, Michael Barratt said,

"We have these highly attractive labels on our water bags that essentially say 'brought to you by ECLSS,' and 'drink when real water is over 200 miles away,'"

That's pretty funny, but the price tag of the "Operation Urine" is not quite as funny:
$250 million. Not cheap. On the flip side however, the article points out that:

" Having recycled water available also lightens the load for Russian resupply ships."

Holy Smokes- It's a 13 Billion Year old Explosion

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I don't want to hear you complaining about your Cable Company any more. Maybe your signal is down for an hour or two in bad weather, but I'm sure it comes through soon enough. In the best of times, your live games are delayed by probably no more than a few mere seconds,  which is nothing compared to the Gamma Ray Scientists saw explode in April. You could, in fact, say that the Gamma Ray was slightly more than somewhat delayed, as it actually exploded 13 billion years ago, making it the oldest thing ever witnessed from earth.

I can't even imagine what the scientist, who has the ephonious name of Edo Berger, said when he realized what he was witnessing, but I'm guessing it had to be something along the lines of "Holy Fucking Shit."

Exploding Russian Space Trash alarms Virginians

Last night on Sunday, March 29th at 9:45pm- a loud BOOM! in the sky along with streaking pale blue lights prompted a flood of 911 calls from Virginian residents. Aliens? Meteors? Supernatural weather? No. The remnants of a Russian rocket carrying crew and American billionaire Charles Simonyi- the world's first two-time space tourist- to the International Space Station high above the rest of our dozing heads. Is space tourism the next big thing? Of course it is... its the natural next step. We'll all be taking trips to the moon in no time aboard a luxury liner spaceship. Aren't they building hotels up there right now? Sea voyages aboard the QE2 will be so passe' in 10 years (maybe sooner). However, exploding space junk and rocket remnants raises a bit of a question for the rest of us on Earth. Atomic bomb-sized booms and meteorite-like lights in the sky, signaling trash slamming in to Earth from SPACE.... as if we didn't make enough of our own down here.... poses a bit of a problem, don't you think? Afterall, there is no telling where it will land. The rocket that took off Sunday was lifting off in Kazakhstan. Though NASA and the U.S.

Space Curry

Feeding astronauts requires science, engineering, and a deft hand with spices. The difficulties of eating in micro gravity include problems of stray crumbs or drops of fluid floating around and lodging in equipment. That means, for instance, that salt and pepper have to be in liquid form. Physiological changes in low gravity include constantly blocked sinuses, which adversely affect human senses of taste and smell. The problems of cooking in very small spaces, with limited access to water, or refrigeration, or even power, and of disposing of packaging materials are also substantial. In space, everyone cleans their plates.

Colbert In Space

As you have no doubt heard, the NASA online poll to name a new space station module has gone in a landslide to the write-in name candidate, "Colbert." NASA never promised to name the space station after the poll results (the poll itself was quite clear on this point), but simply swore to take the poll results "into consideration." The big news here isn't that "Colbert" won. After all, Colbert issued several calls to his viewing audience to stuff the ballot box, and provided a link to the poll on his website. No, the big news in this story is that "Colbert" beat out the write-in candidate "Xenu." I know several people (myself among them) who voted for "Colbert" not because they were particularly fond of the man, or of doing his bidding. But because they simply refused to allow the name "Xenu" to win. Xenu is the pivotal figure in Scientology's founding combination of creation myth and Original Sin. According to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, Xenu was the "dictator of the Galactic Confederacy" who brought billions of people to Earth 75 million years ago. He then nuked them, but not into oblivion.

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