ASTRONAUTS AID IN ASTEROID HUNTING
TELESCOPE
Now this is something we could all
be excited about, especially if you have some money to burn for your own
personal collection. It’s an auction going on where Apollo 9 spacewalker Rusty
Schweickart and International Space Station flight engineer Ed Lu have put up
for sale flown-in-space mission patches, flags, medals and pins to support the
launch of the private Sentinel space telescope. This telescope is designed to
discover, track, and map asteroids that have orbits that approach Earth and are
therefore considered being a threat to the planetary life.
Lu had this to say on the subject. "We
want to literally save the world. Not only will the money raised by this
auction go to supporting the Sentinel mission, but also we hope the increased
attention to our cause will help everyone realize that they really can take a critical
role in protecting our planet in a real and concrete way."
The auction will end on Sunday July
7th. Yeah, I’m late on this one, sorry about that. I just learned
about it now due to busy and insane schedule, so anyone with cash to burn, go
there and bid quick. The first link is to the article, and the second link will
be to the auction site page.
AN ASTRONAUTS GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH
No, this is not another type of book
like Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, or any of the others that have since
ripped off that series. This is the title of the first book that will be
written by everyone’s favorite astronaut photographer Chris Hadfield. This
first book will be published this fall, and will take us “deep into his years
of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible.”
Hachette Audio will also be releasing an audio
book version as well, so that that drive to work can be a bit more enjoyable.
Though Hadfield has done many
things, and is even a member of two bands, one being an all astronaut band, he
is best known for his latest space expedition due to his flow of photos and
videos that have consumed the interest of those like us here. His rendition of
the David Bowie song, Space Oddity, received more than 10 million views during
its first three days online. Maybe the learning channel should go back to
focusing on these guys for one, instead of things like what I will call smeg
for brains, (to leave out names and titles that you all already know who and
what I am referring to anyway and wish you didn’t).
There are also quite a few others
who are now writing books that have retired and that list is also on the
article.
MORE ONCE UPON A TIME?
Well, sort of. There is a new series
coming out next year that will be a spin-off of the popular TV series now going
strong. It is titled, “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.” It was originally ordered as 13 episodes, but
word is that it is falling actually somewhere between 13 and 22 episodes
already. Now yeah, this does sound strange, even by todays lunatic TV series
ordering system that frankly seems to be done by throwing darts at a board
anymore. But here is what co-creator Edward Kitsis has to say about it.
We really want to tell the story
without having to worry about how to stretch it for five years. The upfront
order will be it for the season. This is not meant to be a 22-episode season.
Whatever it ends up being, we’ll have told a complete story, with a beginning,
middle and end.
It will be telling the story of the
romance between Alice and the genie Cyrus, played by Sophie Lowe and Peter
Gadiot. It will be a stand-alone series, so if you have never seen Once Upon A
Time, you will not be lost on this one. I’m a fan of the one that is on now, but
usually spin-offs don’t fare well, but we’ll see what happens here. I for one am
willing to give it a shot. But it had be as good as the original series that is
going on now.
http://moviepilot.com/stories/1025754-more-episodes-ordered-for-once-upon-a-time-in-wonderland
WHERE IS THE REAL SHREDDER
Yeah, more about the Teenage Mutant
Turtles reboot. The more I learn, the less thrilled I am. But then you all know
how I hate it when they start changing story lines and characters. Well, first off they have replaced April’s
jump suit with a leather yellow jacket. Okay, can deal with that to a point I
guess. Makes sense. However, let’s get
to what isn’t sounding quite right here at all. William Fichtner is playing the
Shredder. Now let’s leave out the part that well, he isn’t Japanese. That kind of seems like a very important point
to that character. Let’s instead look at what he had to say when asked about
the part and whether he has gotten the Shredder look down.
”I actually play a guy named Eric
Sachs (Shredder’s
name is Oroku Saki). It gets better folks, trust me. Here
is more.
“But Turtles is coming together
very, very cool. There is a whole interesting dynamic that happens in the world
of Turtles and all I can really say about it at this point while working on it
is that the Turtle film, it’s not like anything that I remember about the
Turtles before. I feel like this Michael Bay-produced movie is just gonna
really be something else. I’m pretty excited.”
Who knows what is actually what, but
considering some idiot put Bay in charge of all this, anything could be going
on now. Frankly, I am starting to despise that man with a passion. But again,
we will see eventually how he manages to destroy this old favorite of many of
us as well. I am personally starting to wonder if there isn't a way to charge
him with destruction of art for what he does to things.
That's
all for this week folks. Have another post I am working on getting out before
the weekend is up on an upcoming game being re-released soon. And sorry for
missing last week. Life schedule just sometimes runs amok and things don't get
done that should get done, like the weekly rundown. See you all next week
folks.
