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Taking Leave: 2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by MThomas

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    Dear Diary – April 30, 1999

    All we are, is passages, avenues through which other people travel. We are each others’ byways, highways, continuously passing through each others’ lives. Passengers, drivers, hitchhikers all.

    Billions and billions of wasted dollars’ worth of samples…

    NASA’s plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life. https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/nasas-mars-sample-return-is-dead-leaving-china-to-retrieve-signs-of-life-from-the-red-planet Congratulations, America. You’ve managed to give Mars to China. But do tell me how this makes America great again… …and just […]

    Holy smokes, how many months??

    Um. Yeah. Like, I’ve, uh, never done this before… Back with more science, space, and etc. posts soon!

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