Cost in Space
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Plain old earthbound tourism has seen plenty of price-cutting and bargain hunting in recent tight-fisted times. But when it comes to Space Tourism, the price is skyrocketing! Russian Space agency Roscomos announced that it is nearly doubling the cost of a trip to the International Space station. If you want a seat on the Soyuz [...]
World’s Largest Pistachio Nut Is Blessed
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009The World’s Largest Pistachio Nut was officially dedicated and blessed by a priest from nearby La Luz.
Four Corners Monument: Miles Off?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009The Four Corners Monument, the only place in America where you can spread yourself into four states at one time, is in the wrong spot, if you believe the flurry of stories in the media this week. Modern techniques of geodetic survey and measurement are being used to nitpick the work of a surveyor in [...]
Atomic Name Instantly Vaporized
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009It’s official: the National Atomic Museum has moved and changed its name to the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. This is actually a homecoming of sorts for the museum, which began as the Sandia Base Weapons Museum at Kirtland Air Force Base on the outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico. After September 11, 2001, [...]
Mount Cristo Rey: Danger Lurks
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008There are a handful of attractions in this country that are too remote to be casual destinations, or that frankly you’d have to be nuts to visit. But no attraction in America seems to be as much of a magnet for human assault as Mount Cristo Rey, a Catholic shrine on the U.S./Mexican border. We’ve [...]
Spacey New Home For UFO Museum
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008An article in Architectural Record offers the first peek at the proposed new digs for the International UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. Two separate Massachusetts design firms will be creating the look of the building and its exhibits. The exterior resembles a melty, 1950s SF cover ala Richard Powers, while the interior looks like [...]
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