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Episode 466 of Beam Me Up

I play Sail away by STYX  and I talk about recent 'of interest' here on the blog.

This week I open with STYX Come Sail Away.  You wouldn't think it had a science fiction connection, but it does!  Listen close. 

Next I head to the blog with articles like (all tongue in cheek mind you) strange ways to die in space.

There is some breaking news concerning CBS'Supergirl.

And the story for this week: Automatic Sky by Stephen S. Powers


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Two Second Shorts of Animated Space Death

"Death in Space" is a collection of 2 second scenes depicting the many ways to meet an untimely death in outer space.

kind of like a tongue in cheek Darwin in space Award.

Death in Space from Thomas Lucas on Vimeo.

David Scholes' Newest Story

 

 

David just sent in the link to his newest story on Farther Stars Than These

 Here’s a link to my latest sci-fi story “The Shooting Gallery” on Farther Stars Than These: 

http://www.fartherstars.com/search/label/David%20K%20Scholes

 

Mercury Transits Sun

Did you get a chance to catch Mercury as the planet transited the sun Monday?  If not I have a small cut of a video that NASA put on YouTube. Plus a 49 year record of  Mercury transiting.

    Transits of Mercury:  1901-2050 


                           Date       Universal    Separation*     
                                        Time    (Sun and Mercury)

                        1907 Nov 14     12:06         759"     
                        1914 Nov 07     12:02         631"     
                        1924 May 08     01:41          85"     
                        1927 Nov 10     05:44         129"     
                        1937 May 11     09:00         955"     
                        1940 Nov 11     23:20         368"     
                        1953 Nov 14     16:54         862"
                        1957 May 06     01:14         907"      
                        1960 Nov 07     16:53         528"      
                        1970 May 09     08:16         114"     
                        1973 Nov 10     10:32          26"     
                        1986 Nov 13     04:07         471"     
                        1993 Nov 06     03:57         927"     
                        1999 Nov 15     21:41         963"     (graze)
                        2003 May 07     07:52         708"     
                        2006 Nov 08     21:41         423"     
                        2016 May 09     14:57         319"     
                        2019 Nov 11     15:20          76"     
                        2032 Nov 13     08:54         572"     
                        2039 Nov 07     08:46         822"     
                        2049 May 07     14:24         512"     

          * distance (arc-seconds) between the centers of the Sun and Mercury

Supergirl's Fate May Already Be Sealed

 

Supergirl continues to hang in the balance, but the DC series could find a new home at The CW in time for season 2, according to deadline.

Switching from CBS to The CW would seemed like an already done affair.  Especially since CBS and CW co-own the series. What's more CBS happens to hold co-ownership of The CW with Warner Bros. Entertainment.  This, it would seem, blows the rumor that CBS wants more viewer-ships and leans closer to licensing fees – reportedly clocking in at upwards of $3 million per episode could seal the switch-over.