Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
comic strip overdue media

Monday, May 24, 2004

Science news from my old stomping grounds

CNN.com - Spaceport to rise in California desert

I used to live on Edwards AFB, where you get very used to supersonic aircraft. Believe it or not, I would bike 3 miles across rattlesnake infested trail bike paths to go swimming at the poool. Unfortunately, I only got to see the Space Shuttle when it was being ferried around on Boeings; the first lift off into space wasn't until a couple years after I left Edwards. But I remember the stark (my friends would say alien) landscape fondly, and I still love to spot Joshua Trees on movie and TV show sets.

No comments: