Geekfoolery

From the sands of New Mexico, my good friend Bob Steinke’s Lunar Lander, the Laramie Rose, is still in the running for X Prize money offer by Grumman. Here follows the official press release:

Just a quick update tonight on the wrap-up of the Northrop Grumman X-prize challenge in New Mexico this weekend. Geekfoolery’s been rooting for our good friends at Speedup World and their lander Laramie Rose, even though they decided in September that they were only going to give their vehicle a demonstration hop at the event […]

US Space Shuttle Endeavour launched yesterday, carrying aboard a seven-member crew that included retired Idaho schoolteacher Barbara Morgan, who was the original backup for Christa McAuliffe, the schoolteacher/astronaut who died along with 6 astronauts in the Challenger disaster 21 years ago.
McAuliffe’s mission was to teach the nation from space–hopefully to rekindle the nation’s interest in […]

Flying. Sitting in the cockpit, stick-and-rudder, bandits, 12 o’clock high. Top Gun. Cool nicknames. Roger that. I have to believe the desire to be not only a pilot, but a fighter pilot, is just about universal. Reality interferes with the vast majority of us pursuing that dream as a way of life for one reason […]