Category: Science

Being a fan of rocket launches is not what it used to be… and that’s awesome.

I’ve chatted with many of you in person about the Starship (Ship 24) launch I went to go see on April 20th (2023). Many folks I talk to ask me about whether or not I was sad about the “failure” of the rocket. I wanted to give you all a glimpse of what all of this is like from my perspective. I’m going to tell you a bit about how big of a space nut I am, then, we’ll talk about how watching rockets has changed over the past few years, and lastly, I’m going to tell you about what I expected and experienced at the Ship 24 launch on April 20th.

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Richard Feynman: The pleasure of finding things out (Documentary)

If you haven’t seen or read anything by Richard Feynman, this is an excellent way to begin loving this brilliant man’s ability to communicate. I often wish I had had the opportunity to have been one of his students.
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