What might have been?

So much of the landscape of the Australian bush stinks of what might have been, even some areas quite close to major cities.

It’s like we lost the fight against a harsh unforgiving environment, and an almost genetic apathetic indifference. It seems that for most Australians okay is not only good enough, it is the absolute height of their ambition.

Let this frustration temper our ambition, not lower it!

A (Humble) Case for Space Exploration

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"I really think -- what I hope -- is that when Curiosity lands on Mars...it's just going to blow everyone's mind, and we're going to see this explosion in interest in science the way it was during the Apollo era. That's our hope, anyway; we'll see what we deliver."
- Charles Bolden, Head of NASA (here)

At 1:31 A.M.

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A timely reminder to look at the big BIG picture!