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Blast off!
September 12, 2006
Graham and I had the pleasure of watching Shuttle Atlantis ride up to space on Saturday morning via NASA TV on the Internet and a phone call between us. A far cry from watching from Florida, but it was still an exciting moment. Eight minutes later, Atlantis floated in space, drifting over Ireland. It was a long, long road waiting for this day! The installation of the P4 truss segment is scheduled for today.
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It wasn't meant to be
September 5, 2006
Last week five excited 20-somethings flew down to Florida in the hopes of seeing Shuttle Atlantis blast off. But it wasn't meant to be. While we were still enroute, a huge bolt of lightening struck the launch pad, delaying the launch long enough for the tropic depression Ernesto to force NASA to roll the shuttle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
While we're plenty sad, it was still a fun experience. We did get to attend the Canadian Space Agency's reception at the Double Tree hotel. The energy in the room was remarkable -- a healthy feeling of national pride, listening to Steve McLean's wife talk about the mission, her husband, and the CSA.
The launch is now scheduled to take place tomorrow just after noon hour.
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Rendering of the Earth
September 4, 2006
I dusted off the raytracer that I wrote back in fourth year university and made a nice rendering of the Blue Marble data set that NASA publishes. It makes quite a nice wallpaper! Download
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