See also "The Martian" posts and a post from
the reported date of Cooper's death.
Backstory: Posts tagged Space Writer.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Space Reporter
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
For Mario Vargas Llosa
(Author of the recent book Notes on the Death of Culture )
“I’m going to have to culture the shit out of this.”
— Paraphrase of Matt Damon in “The Martian” trailer
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
New Meaning
1985 — Church window in "Broken Wings" music video —
For Kristen Wiig, whose performances
-
in "MacGruber" (2010) to the accompaniment of
the above 1985 Mr. Mister song "Broken Wings," and -
as NASA spokesperson Annie Montrose in the upcoming
film "The Martian"
give a new meaning to the phrase "flying fuck."
2015 — NASA video of June 28 Falcon 9 launch —
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Grindhouse Madonna
See also "Welcome to Me" in Log24 and recent posts tagged Grindhouse.
Update of 9 PM:
The book that "The Martian" is based on is by Andy Weir.
A somewhat Hindu (or Socratic) religious meditation from
Weir's earlier story "The Egg" —
“Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic
than you can possibly imagine."
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