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me:  the stars are beautiful tonight

you: yeah

me:  you know what else is beautiful

you: (blushing) what?

me:  the moon.  the planets.  the rest of the galaxy.  i fucking love space

Pure creativeness and absolutely hilarious.

I love people that read. I think it screams humility. When someone reads, they are essentially admitting they want more, that the world is not enough for them. They want more knowledge, more experience. Whatever this life is, they want more of it.

Nicholas Browne  (via wnq-writers) @gryffindorkswin

Murderers from Oakland Police Department attempting to show solidarity with the community they’ve terrorized.

Solar System: 10 Things to Know This Week

Week of March 5: Great Shots Inspiring views of our solar system and beyond

1-Mars-By-Numbers

“The first TV image of Mars, hand colored strip-by-strip, from Mariner 4 in 1965. The completed image was framed and presented to JPL director, William H. Pickering. Truly a labor of love for science!” -Kristen Erickson, NASA Science Engagement and Partnerships Director

2-Night Life

“There are so many stories to this image. It is a global image, but relates to an individual in one glance. There are stories on social, economic, population, energy, pollution, human migration, technology meets science, enable global information, etc., that we can all communicate with similar interests under one image.” -Winnie Humberson, NASA Earth Science Outreach Manager

3-Pale Blue Dot

“Whenever I see this picture, I wonder…if another species saw this blue dot what would they say and would they want to discover what goes on there…which is both good and bad. However, it would not make a difference within the eternity of space—we’re so insignificant…in essence just dust in the galactic wind—one day gone forever.”

-Dwayne Brown, NASA Senior Communications Official

4-Grand Central

“I observed the Galactic Center with several X-ray telescopes before Chandra, including the Einstein Observatory and ROSAT. But the Chandra image looks nothing like those earlier images, and it reminded me how complex the universe really is. Also I love the colors.” -Paul Hertz, Director, NASA Astrophysics Division

5-Far Side Photobomb

“This image from the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth in 2015. It shows a view of the farside of the Moon, which faces the Sun, that is never directly visible to us here on Earth. I found this perspective profoundly moving and only through our satellite views could this have been shared.” -Michael Freilich, Director NASA Earth Science Division

6-”Shocking, Exciting and Wonderful”

“Pluto was so unlike anything I could imagine based on my knowledge of the Solar System. It showed me how much about the outer solar system we didn’t know. Truly shocking, exciting and wonderful all at the same time.” -Jim Green, Director, NASA Planetary Science Division

7-Slices of the Sun

“This is an awesome image of the Sun through the Solar Dynamic Observatory’s many filters. It is one of my favorites.” - Peg Luce, Director, NASA Heliophysics Division (Acting)

8-Pluto’s Cold, Cold Heart

“This high-resolution, false color image of Pluto is my favorite. The New Horizons flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015 capped humanity’s initial reconnaissance of every major body in the solar system. To think that all of this happened within our lifetime! It’s a reminder of how privileged we are to be alive and working at NASA during this historic era of space exploration.” - Laurie Cantillo, NASA Planetary Science Public Affairs Officer

9-Family Portrait

“The Solar System family portrait, because it is a symbol what NASA exploration is really about: Seeing our world in a new and bigger way.” - Thomas H. Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate

10-Share Your Favorite Space Shots

Tag @NASASolarSystem on your favorite social media platform with a link to your favorite image and few words about why it makes your heart thump.

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i think the coolest thing would be to see a new color

NASA awards contract for refueling mission spacecraft

NASA has awarded the Restore-L Spacecraft Bus and Support Services contract to Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, California. Restore-L is a robotic spacecraft equipped with the tools, technologies and techniques needed to service satellites currently in orbit.

The contract has a firm-fixed-price and includes a three-year core period and a two-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion. The total maximum value of the contract is $127 million.

Space Systems/Loral will provide spacecraft bus, critical hardware and services for the development, deployment and operations of the Restore-L mission. They also will provide related services to accomplish mission integration, test, launch and operations.

The Restore-L Project is managed within NASA’s Satellite Servicing Projects Division at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.

Read more ~ SpaceDaily

Image: The Restore-L servicer extends its robotic arm to grasp and refuel a client satellite on orbit. Artist’s rendering.     Image courtesy NASA.

No I haven't read any of these honestly. I've read some of Sun-Ra's other poetry, nor that particular collection though, and I absolutely loved it. So based on that, I'd recommend Sun-Ra's work :)

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Must-reads for fans of ‘Black Panther’

@planetary-productivity, have you read/recommend any of these?   

Now this is what the fuck I’m talking bout. Nike out here moving in silence, paying Kaep all along, and waiting for the pivotal moment to make it known—right before week 1 of the NFL. 

SN: Now I feel like re-reading one of my fav books of all-time: Phil Knight’s memoir/business book, Shoe Dog. 

INTP summer aesthetic

• books, lots of books; books on shelves, books on the desk, book under bed, half unread, almost completed

• a lot of midnight contemplations

• period dramas

•summery conspiracy theories and documentaries

• attempted skin care routine; done one day, ditched the next

• new music filling up the locked room

•open room window at evenings, feeling summer breeze

•hanging out with one or two friends once every 3 weeks

•not answering half of the phone calls received

•ditching almost everyone from work, school, uni environment

•lazily attempting to write or draw