The Space Between My Ears, The Final Frontier

"Great American Total Solar Eclipse," Just 1 Year Away!

by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist on MSN.com
"Aug. 21, 2017, is a red-letter day for eclipse enthusiasts. On that date, the sun will be partially eclipsed over an immense area that includes all of North America, the northern third of South America, much of the eastern Pacific Ocean (including the Hawaiian Islands), virtually all of the north Atlantic Ocean and a slice of western Europe. For much of the United States, at least 80 percent of the sun's diameter will be eclipsed by the passing new moon. Some eclipse chasers have billed it as the Great American Total Solar Eclipse. Because the moon's shadow will be moving at a tremendous speed, totality will not last very long in any one place. The duration of the total phase is always longest along the center of the shadow's path; as one moves away from the center, the duration of totality time decreases, becoming zero along the path's edges. [Solar Eclipses: An Observer's Guide (Infographic)]"

I personally was looking forward to this

Eclipse

since a really good friend of mine,

Jeffery Keyes

and I planned a vacation around the event almost four years ago.

Sadly,

he won't be making the trip since he passed away a few years ago,

but I am still planning on going in his honor.

"Building Star Trek" Documentary Shows Efforts to Save Original Enterprise Model

by Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor

"A new Smithsonian Channel special gives Trekkies an unprecedented view of the efforts to save the USS Enterprise from certain death. The documentary shows museum officials fighting against decades of damages to fix the 11-foot (3.4 meters) "Star Trek" ship model, used in filming the original series, before putting the ship on display. In between exclusive clips at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, the documentary — called "Building Star Trek" — also shows the construction of a new "Star Trek" exhibit at the EMP Museum in Seattle, featuring props used in the original series. The special airs Sept. 4, just four days before the 50-year anniversary of the first broadcast of "Star Trek." Besides showcasing awesome props, the show has inspired nearly two generations of scientific innovation, the documentary reveals. The 2-hour special also profiles a new generation of engineers and scientists who are making 'Star Trek's' visionary technology real, pushing the boundaries of physics with inventions first conceived on the iconic series: warp drives, medical tricorders, cloaking devices and tractor beams, Smithsonian representatives said in a statement."

Being a

Trekkie

myself,

any new insights into the original

TV Show

will be very entertaining.

I hope I have alerted other

Trekkies

to the upcoming show.

I just thought of something interesting.

I often call myself a

Whovian

since I am a big

Doctor Who

fan.

I also call myself a

Trekkie

since I am a big

Star Trek

fan.

What do

Star Wars

fans call themselves?

Warrians?

This is,

The Space Between My Ears,

The Final Frontier,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Star Trek?” I asked her. “Really?”
“What?” she demanded, bending unnaturally black eyebrows together.
“There are two kinds of people in the universe, Molly,” I said. “Star Trek fans and Star Wars fans. This is shocking.”
She sniffed. “This is the post-nerd-closet world, Harry. It’s okay to like both.”
“Blasphemy and lies,” I said.”
- Jim Butcher, -

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