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JAXA finally gets it right with the H3
Six small satellites developed by universities and other organizations carried by the vehicle also were believed to be successfully separated, JAXA said. https://apnews.com/article/japan-jaxa-h3-rocket-launch-9c64f2c59b9212d612902e74823b77b5 “Believed to be” successful. Very Japanese. It’s a start. A late, very much delayed start. But at least it worked (finally).
What to tell a white and nerdy college kid…
What is something you wish you could tell your 20-year-old self? That by the time you are able to support a family, everyone on the planet will be just as geeky as you…with a mini-computer in their pocket 24/7, obsessed with scifi and super hero movies, and desperate to stay in the loop on the […]
Nancy Grace Roman telescope is a GO
“In the mission’s first five years, it’s expected to unveil more than 100,000 distant worlds, hundreds of millions of stars, and billions of galaxies,” [Julie McEnery, senior project scientist] said. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-roman-space-telescope-launch-fastest-ever-rcna349773 It should be ready for launch in August, to be parked at the L2 Lagrange space near James Webb ((which has been there since […]
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Category Archives: holidays
Daddy-daughter vacation (kind of)
Friday, my two daughters (aged 7 and 4) and I set off on a four-hour bullet train (Shinkansen) ride without my wife. She did see us off at the Shin-Osaka bullet train station, but since she had a week-long business … Continue reading
Posted in family outings, holidays, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged cross-cultural, fathers, Kagoshima, shinkansen
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Party Hardy, Daddy & Mommy!
There are lots of parties in Japan. Parties when people get hired. Parties when people retire. Parties when a sporting event is held. Parties when a building is officially opened. Parties to “forget the year,” and parties to start the new one. Even parties to celebrate the release of a new book. Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, food, holidays
Tagged entertainment, Japan, kondankai, parties
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Nanakusa: A Japanese Epiphany? (Holidays part 3)
It seems like no coincidence that Nana-kusa is at the beginning of the final solar period of winter. Continue reading
Posted in eating, holidays, Japan
Tagged Christmas, holidays, Japan, Japanese holidays, Nanakusa, shogatsu
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