... and I feel fine.
Massive gas cloud to hit the Milky Way, in like, 20-40 million years. Plenty of time to get on a fresh pair of undies. The cloud, which has enough gas to make one million of our suns, is already hitting the outer edges of our galaxy.
Anyways, it's another reason to keep funding space exploration so that we don't have all our eggs in one basket.
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In a galaxy far, far away...
May 25, 1977: Star Wars was released. I was 6.6 years old.
How many Star Wars figures did you have? I had more than my parents wanted, including a sweet Boba Fett figure that I had to send away for with "proof of purchases" cut from other figure packaging. Unfortunately, they discontinued the Fett figure that had a backpack that actually shot a rocket before I ordered mine. "You'll shoot your eye out!"
Because, I'm sure that you've always wanted to know, here it is:
At least it's realistic: it's got a can.
The tighter you close your fist, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Or something.
Pluto is totally a planet. For Real.
The entire empire will start to strike back...
There is no way we are alone out here. Post your favourite SpaceScape.
And then we're totally going to Mars!
When I grow up, in addition to spaceships, I also want to make robots.
Seriously, how cool would it be to write code that runs on other planets? You think cross-platform is tough, try writing for VxWorks as it orbits Mars...
And, uh, I've just added Space 1999 to my Netflix queue.
Back in the day, I was an uber nerd. My wife has since tried to mold me into less of a nerd, but she's been largely unsuccessful. Anyway, the one and only day I ever cut class in my lifetime was for opening day. I was almost 15 at the time: a minor niner. It was scary cutting class, and my fellow uber nerd, Ivar and I went to a theater way on the other side of town so "the man" would have less of a chance of catching us.
It was totally worth it. That day was my official rite of passage into geekdom. I came out of the theater proudly declaring: "Today, I am a nerd!"