Everything Due today is Hereby Pushed Back 3.5 Hours

[lagilman]

Mainly because 3.5 hours was the amount of sleep I got last night, after crashing from my post-Mars tension/excitement/celebration. I woke up at 6am, as usual, and had what I termed a Science Hangover - which, considering all I had to drink last night was a few sips of a Celebratory Scotch - is not far from the truth.

So after a valiant attempt to get out of bed failed utterly, I gave in and crashed again for another 2 hours.

And I woke up again still grinning, thinking "MARS! We're on FUCKING MARS!"

Yes, I know it's 'only' a robot, not a manned probe. But this is how it goes - we send machines out to test the wilderness, send back the things we need to know, leave our calling card, and then ponder our next step.

We may not be able to fix things here - too many people with too many differing agendas, all screaming and scrambling for the lead. But out there? Out there, at least for now, it's about Knowing. Finding. Learning. All of us, no matter our color or creeds, focused on discovery.

And the hope that maybe, some day, we'll be able to become real grownups, citizens of the universe.


In the meanwhile, I will drink my coffee, and try to get back on some sort of Monday Schedule...

Comments

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Because of feeling yucky, I didn't stay up, but trusted that my Facebook feed would let me know...yep.

Additional bonus...the ski bums over at one equipment site, evo, are already arguing over who's gonna get first tracks on Mars. Yep.

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

I'm incredibly pleased that the engineering went well. You can test all you want, but you never quite know how things will go until you try it.

[anghara.livejournal.com]

And amen to all that. I was still grinning like a loon this morning, too.