I bet you didn’t even know there was a World Teleportation Record.  Let alone that it’s just been broken. A group of European scientists have just teleported photons 142 kilometers, between the Canary Islands of Tenerife and La Palma.  This breaks a Chinese record of 100 km set just a few weeks ago. This demonstration […]

Here we see astronaut Mike Fincke pointing out some of the features of the moon suit on display at the Air & Space Museum on the Washington Mall. Mike didn’t have to do this.  He and I were asked to guide a tour after the Nebula Weekend organizers were unable to find a docent able […]

It’s been a long and interesting day.  At one o’clock this morning I was chatting at a room party with astronaut Mike Fincke.  At dawn I was lost in Washington D.C., circling the Washington Monument (a lovely sight, actually).  At noon I was landing at the Albuquerque Sunport, and shortly before sunset I was eating […]

It’s Mothers’ Day here in the States, and Fêtes des Méres in Canada.  Mexico had Dia de las Madres a few days ago. Just like everybody’s got a Mom, it looks like every country has a Mothers’ Day. Here’s a photo of my mom before I ever knew her, in the years just before the […]