My purpose is to record this event as part of Barnes family history. I use the phrase “WW2 War Story” in the title to acknowledge that it is not corroborated by any contemporaneous photographs or even written down in the journal Dr. R. Bowling Barnes kept during his time in Germany just before the close of World War Two…
Enjoy this new YouTube video explaining the Idea of enhancing pyramid security by leaving a newly constructed pyramid (magnificent outside and inside and a great mystery that common folk would love to visit) wide open to the devout public…
Well, flight #3 of SpaceX's Starship did launch yesterday and did achieve orbital altitude & speed. Everything appeared to work perfectly this time. That, by itself, was a major achievement.
I will be watching as SpaceX Starship launches from Florida. The expectations for tomorrow’s launch are to propel the upper stage Starship into a near orbital position and speed, but not to go fully orbital.
I came across this video and was once again impressed with Rory’s skill at grabbing the microphone and taking over the show. He threw himself so convincingly into the role of a commentator…. Wow! A part of a lovely celebration of Paw’s birthday back in our early days at Wyndemere…
In reading “Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood” (see specific section below), I discovered something completely unknown to me, but very popular with Eli Barnes, his family, and friends…
Odysseus Lunar Lander: Part Four … Scott's update and mission summary is a good wrap up of the mission …. so far.
Odysseus Lunar Lander: Part Three… Scott Manley filed this report just after Intuitive Machines announced that the Olysessus had landed successfully on the Moon…
Odysseus Lunar Lander: Part Two…. Well, sadly, the speculation that Odysseus tipped over while landing appears to be correct…
A Bucyres-Eire Percussion Cable Water Well Rig, exactly like the one I remember working in our backyard all spring the year our Deck House was being built.
When George visited us in Belfast, he handed me a wooden box of black and white negatives that belonged to my father. The notes say they relate to his graduate studies in Germany. Some were 35mm film rolls, the rest were 2.25 X 3.25 inch flat negatives….
One really blustery rainy day in the Spring of 1947 (George was just born), I was sitting on the porch of Paw’s home in Montgomery and spotted something yellow floating in the gutter of Wilson Street…
The digitized version of Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood is now here for all to enjoy!
I am rationing myself to just a few stories a day while reading "Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood.” The alligator in Paw’s “big trough” was a complete surprise to me and that is where I am now….
A Chinese company already in the satellite launch business called “iSpace, Inc.” has recently flown a new rocket with many of the design details as a SpaceX Falcon-9 booster. It took off, hovered at low altitude and then landed smoothly on four legs right where it took off from. Impressive!
Earlier I had mentioned that I was waiting for my favorite space blogger, Scot Manley, to tell us what happened to the Japanese Lunar lander. Here it all is. In tremendous detail
A heavy wind storm hit Belfast, Maine on the night of 10 January 2024 at high tide causing flood and wind damage to buildings and boats near the harbor. As you can see in this photo of the Belfast Harbor-master’s Office, the water with breaking waves on it topped the breakwater, docks and parking surfaces. Extensive damage was done to the nearby Nautilus Restaurant.
Returning to Naples after a short summer holiday in Belfast, we encountered a series of mysteries in our apartment…
