For those who remember Space Camp, and those who keep dreaming of the stars

Google and Qwiki celebrate the First Man in space, Yuri Gagarin 50 years ago today,

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NASA honors the men and women who have given their minds, hearts and lives to the 30 year Shuttle Program, with a refreshingly metered William Shatner. I cannot get over what they were able to accomplish, with less than a quarter of the "technology" we have today. It was like Odyssey of the Mind on steroids...

Speaking of amazing feats in engineering and innovation, when the Opportunity and Spirit rovers landed on Mars 6 years ago, the "giant-space-air-bag/bounce-to-a-stop" method of landing seemed, well, crazy, but of course it totally worked. So when the Curiosity Rover launches later this year seems logical to use that proven system right, wait, no? Oh yeah.. thats's how I would have done it..

Here's to Boldly Going...