"Firefly, this is L.A., how copy?"
"That's a solid, L.A.." Replied Will.

I was too busy buried in checklists to bother with the radio. Part of it was my job, the other half was trying to keep the previous dream out of my mind. It wasn't working.

"Good to hear. Just giving everyone up there a heads up. As of five minutes ago, you are now in the Moon's gravitational reach. Congrats."

I broke concentration from the checklist...

Tomorrow night I board a plane heading to Rome. I've spent a considerable amount of time in Europe over the last 6 years, but I've never been to Rome, so I'm quite excited about that.
After a few days, my girlfriend and I are driving up to Tuscany for a relaxing stay at a remote B&B.

Then we drive back to Rome to catch a flight heading to Amsterdam (I've been there many times before). Since we have such a global community here, I was wondering what are some things that I...

Since Tuesday is the traditional add-on release day of the week, I have no problem whatsoever giving you all:

SEP-010, Chapter 18.

Enterprise.

Jamie Cunningham saw Svetlana Zaytseva briefly, walking with her hands along the edge of Enterprise's cargo bay towards the aft section as the RMS arm brought her in a slow arc towards the fuel tanks. She could still hear the gasped cheering in hear ears: She had done it. She had taken a damaged space plane,...

Well, I just finished my first week in New York City! Before I go into any details, I'll summarise:

What I did/saw:

- Empire State Building (86th floor viewing deck)
- Staten Island Ferry (free ferry past Statue of Liberty, hopped straight back to Manhattan)
- Natural History Museum (excellent astronomy section with a massive iron meteorite chunk to touch)
- Chrysler Building, Central Park, Times Square, Broadway, UN building (I passed or explored...

Following this weeks news about Neil Armstrong's death ; we, at HASSESA, feel it to be right to dedicate our Prelude base on the moon to the legendary hero.

The Prelude base previously known as "HASS-1" will now be renamed "Armstrong Lunar Exploration Base" (ALEB).

[Note from me]

Neil Armstrong was one of my personal heroes. Reading about him in the history books is what got me interested in space exploration. Without him, I would...