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Summer break is here. Hard to believe that it all started last September! And yeesh, quarter systems are rough!
Finally got some free time now. I'm going to vegetate a few days to let my poor brain recuperate, but then I have exciting plans for this summer!
Meanwhile, in other news, have you seen the trailer(s) for The Martian?
Looks freaking AMAZING as a hard-scifi film. I should certainly hope so, it's based off the book The Martian by Andy Weir, which has received rave reviews by fans of "hard" science fiction and even glowing praise by a few NASA physicists. I had *just* started hearing about the book, and then BAM the movie trailers hit. Think Apollo 13 meets Cast Away, and this pretty well sums up the plot.
ALL OF MY HYPE!
Yes, that's Matt Damon. Yes, he's stranded on an alien planet again. No, this is not a prequel to Interstellar.
Ridley Scott, PLEEEEEASE don't screw this up!
If nothing else, I'm grabbing the paperback the first chance I get. Movie comes out in October, so I'll have plenty of time to read the book first.
Here's a neat promo set aboard the Ares III spacecraft Hermes. It's very much like a live video feed from the ISS or Space Shuttle, but set in the work of The Martian. I think it's pretty cool!
What do you think? Any fans of hard-scifi out there?
Uhhhhggggggg
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Has it really been that long since I signed in last? fuuuuuuuk
Here, let's fix that.
Despite the high cost of living... it remains popular.
Also, just realized it's been a year and two months since TotOR has had an update. whhyyyyyyyyy...
Really, Actually Not Dead (I Swear!)
Hey guys & gals. Haven't updated in a while; thought I'd fix that. I've concluded my stint at Pacific Union College, and have moved back to Fresno, CA with a fresh accounting job.
Still tinkering on the next TotOR chapter when I can... maybe might see something in coming weeks! ;P
Later
Falcon Heavy Maiden Flight!
^^^ LIVESTREAM! ^^^
After years of delays, SpaceX's "Falcon Heavy" rocket is ready to fly! They've just received their FAA license a few days ago and are scheduled for Tuesday, February 6! (today!)
Expected launch time 10:30 AM PT, 1:30 PM ET.
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Update 1: Launch appears to have been delayed about 50 minutes to 11:20 AM Pacific, 2:20 PM Eastern due to upper atmosphere wind shear https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/960920426485399552 , although, the livestream is still claiming a 10:30 PT / 1:30 ET launch
Update 2: Looks like it was pushed back further to 12:45 PM Pacific, 3:45 PM Eastern, again still due to wind shear. If it doesn't la
TotOR Soon-ish?!
While I've been busy on lots of things, including an eventually-sell-for-profit fiction book I've been writing, I've had a bit of a breakthrough with the next chapter of Tails of the Old Republic as well. I've gone from about 1500 words to 3000 in the span of a few days, so here's to hoping I can crank something out before I get bogged down again. I think drawing that Sonic sketch helped jog my brain.
I've honestly been afraid of writing this chapter for the last, oh, year. It's definitely going to have ripple effects regarding the rest of the story... I just hope what I write does it justice.
No promises on release date.
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Finally got around to watching that trailer. All of my hype, too! That looks like the sort of thing we'd have set aside a day to watch back in either of my high schools, and the whole idea of localized terraforming of Martian soil and atmosphere for moderate-term habitation was something I desperately wished I could do as a science fair project (not that I had any idea where to begin, though my preliminary research showed that - unsurprisingly - NASA had been working on the same idea for a lot longer). This already looks like an excellent premise, and ironically I kind of felt that the problems with the rescue effort, however realistic, kind of detracted from the castaway's efforts. Though once he reached sustainability, there's only so much that can be done short of sending endless dust storms and debris impacts at him, and watching a four-year "and now I eat breakfast" vlog isn't the most gripping cinema ever produced. Well, maybe for the first day or six - this is Mars it's happening on - but you get the point.