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I'm Off

"I'm off to find myself,"
the robot chirped,
As he powered down to discover dreamland.

If Eden

If Eden
had been in zero-gee
Would there have been a fall?

Long time, no post....


Hm - this one has been moribund too long. Today it becomes a poetry blog.

testing one,two three

Lots of biking....

Funny - a year ago I see the same complaint REALLY achey after a Habitat day. But biking every day of the week otherwise....

Brawn
http://www.apolloarchive.com/

versus

Finesse

http://www.u3p.net/


NOT that they are mutually exclusive!

Like since forever...

Nothing much to write. Okay - here is something to think about:

http://www.landerchallenge.com.

Some discussion with friends/colleagues regarding the project. I'm thinking zip-zap type cars for the "rover".
The trick is meeting the criteria of

1) 185 feet altitude

2) navigating to 100 feet from launch area.

Stats I find for the zip-zap suggest it can hold a charge for 5 minutes, and go... 45 feet. So the landing has to be in a 45 foot radius from the target. Not impossible, but tricky.

Boy, long time no write...

bikin' the whole week through

Except for Habitat day, I biked every day this week. Great week.

Tired, achey, but back on the bike

Though tired, stiff and achey from my one day at Habitat, I biked today. Looks like the rain is going to stay away.... I hope.

basket
Great - a little too close to my heel, but nice. Biked Friday, Monday...

bikety, bike, bike

Today. Today, I go find out about a basket/rack....

Bike, bike, bike

Today and yesterday YES! Biked to and from work!!!

I need a rack - it is a drag to wear a bag. Either that or get a new bag....

semi-bike day
Too much to carry, so I biked to the bus, and let the bus take me to work........

biking, and not...

4/11, 14, 15..... then the nasty weather set in... here's hoping for 4/21....

bike, bike, grey day!
lots of bike riding and NOW winter again. RAIN AND COLD!! BLECH.

Bicycle Day!

Perfect day for sailing off to work on my bike!

more days without biking...

Swedes in Space! :

Kind of interesting - spaceflights and experiments aren't ALL satellites and space shuttles!

*sigh* no bike today....

Cold and drizzly; not worth the trouble... Tried to fix up the JoyRide program, we'll see if it is better.

Windy day!

Biked in - but I think riding the bus home is a good choice, if it is as windy as it was this morning.

JoyRide

zzzzzzzzzzzing another ride into work! Great!

JoyRide - bells and whistles done mostly. Need to step back and avoid feature-creep (though I like the X-Prize idea...)

• Document!
  
• METRIC or English feature
  
• lite version?
  
• Ballistic X-Prize version?
  

Joyride!

Lots of weekend work on Joyride - added synodic periods, escape velocities for all the planets, shift GLOW to payload, "classic" ship weights. Tightened the linkage between
Crew<->Mass<->Ships<->Orbits.

I need to write a manual now, discalaimers and update the web page.

AND.... I biked to work this morning.