Happy, Happy 50th, Skylab

In my house, this is a holiday. We talk about 100 pound computers and the experiments that are hinted at, but only 80 of them listed. Talk about Pete Conrad’s favorite foods or Robert Crippen’s patch preference start. It was a beginning in our species...
Vonda Fantana

Vonda Fantana

Did you ever watch Star Trek? Do you still? When I was 10, I wanted to be DC Fontana, or Vonda N. McIntyre. They were both seminal in creating new ways to examine the heavy, important issues we face in society but may not agree upon the issues in our own lives....

Hello World

Over the 2020-2022 period when we sequestered ourselves, I lost track of my online presence. Those who could text me were my world, but now I’m realizing that the broader world was fun to interact with. Of course, we’re also losing Twitter, so I’ve...