Cryptic Note

Google Maps/Earth has a new pic of Congo Town and Paynesville. Shows ELWA in great detail, but stops short just before Duport Road, unfortunately.

A great idea

Assistance dogs for the emotionally traumatized:

Tuesday is a so-called psychiatric-service dog, a new generation of animals trained to help people whose suffering is not physical, but emotional. They are, effectively, Seeing Eye dogs for the mind.

Tuesday is with Mr. Montalvan at all hours. Taught to recognize changes in a person’s breathing, perspiration or scent that can indicate an imminent panic attack, Tuesday can keep Mr. Montalvan buffered from crowds or deliver a calming nuzzle. Other dogs, typically golden retrievers, Labradors or Labrador retriever blends, are trained to wake masters from debilitating nightmares and to help patients differentiate between hallucinations and reality by barking if a real person is nearby.

Ad Astra

Congratulations to SpaceX on their successful launch of a commercial satellitea few days ago. One small step for access to space for all, not just government bureaucrats.

I just watched a TED Talk by Bill Stone from 2007, who vowed to lead a prospecting expedition to the Shackleton crater on the south pole of the moon, which definitely contains millions of tons of hydrogen, possibly in easy-to-access ice deposits.

Without any return fuel.

That’s my kind of space mission.

Gratuloj je SpaceX, kiu sukcese lanĉis komercan sateliton antaŭ kelkaj tagoj. Unu malgrana paŝo cele al ĉies kosma aliro, ne nur registaraj burokratoj.

Mis ĵus rigardis TED Talk de Bill Stone de 2007, kiu votis estri esploran ekspedicion al la kratero Shackleton je la suda poluso de la luno.

Sen iom da karburaĵo por reveni.

Tian kosmomision mi ŝatus.