Susan Wismer and Mike Myers go to Sioux Falls tonight to debate Governor Dennis Daugaard on KELO-TV for his job. Rick Weiland, Larry Pressler, Gordon Howie, and Mike Rounds go to Vermillion tomorrow night for their first big broadcast Senate…
Posts tagged as “space”
The Sun is our friend: vitamin D, solar power, and photosynthesis, the basis of life as we know it. But Black Hills science writer Stan Gibilisco points out that the Sun is dangerous. He's not talking about wrinkles; he's talking…
The unexplained spidery objects on the surface of Mars may dampen your enthusiasm for interplanetary exploration. ("Spider" should not appear in any "Visit Wonderful Planet X" brochure.) Let these views from the International Space Station re-whet your appetite. No big…
A Facebook pal commented on the election results in Wisconsin. I replied that I hadn't even raised my periscope to look outside the South Dakota primary yet. I should have raised my telescope. Yesterday Venus passed directly between the Earth…
Maybe President Newt Gingrich wouldn't be so bad after all... if he'd really take us back to the moon: During a campaign event on Florida's Space Coast — hard-hit by the recession and the space program's uncertain future — Gingrich…
Earth, August–October, 2011, as seen from the International Space Station: Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo. Can anyone spot Spearfish in that video?
I filed my tax return electronically on March 8. My refund (I made out like GE) has been not just deposited but spent. For you poor souls who are still banging away at your W-2's (and there are lots of…