millionaires instead of billionaires

[ironymaiden]

i didn't know about this until today.*

three died in testing for SpaceShipTwo on Thursday.

i don't read /. often because it's like drinking from a firehose, but the comment thread has some gems hidden among the obligatory "foo people die in Iraq every day, stop being upset over these guys!" (including great insight on what may have happened based on chemical and engineering knowledge.)

this is my favorite: The meek (and that's you, Farley) can have the earth. The rest of us only want the right to sign a waiver that we may take our chances with the stars.

*anyone have a favorite source of space info? i want to be more aware.

Comments

[mysticalforest.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it my two primary sources for science-related news are:

Bad Astronomy Blog (http://www.badastronomy.com/) and the Scientific American RSS feed (http://www.sciam.com/page.cfm?section=rss).

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

I still want a ride on one of those things. But I'll wait until they have a few more of the bugs worked out.

[msanborn.livejournal.com]

No source; but I did just see Sunshine - it's a movie sure but it does make me wonder if the Sun is just going to burn out one day soon.