Military Spends $20 Billion Air Conditioning in Afghanistan

According to NPR, we are spending more than $20 BILLION for air conditioning in Afghanistan.  As they point out in their article, this is “more than NASA’s budget”.  Ugh.

I just can’t stand stuff like this.  Would my life be any different at all if we didn’t have armies in Afghanistan and Iraq?  It [...]

CT Gas Stations Required by Law to Offer Free Air

Today I did a little research into why some gas stations charge for compressed air to fill up your car tires and others do not.  I found a couple of articles highlighting the fact that California has a State law that requires gas stations to provide free compressed air for customers.  The point of [...]

Space Shuttle Museum Announcement

NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden unveiled which museums will house the retired space shuttle vehicles during a ceremony on April 12, the 30th anniversary of the program’s first launching.

The future homes of the Shuttles are:

Discovery to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Atlantis to the Kennedy Space Center Endeavour [...]

RyanAir CEO Suggests Cutting out the Co-Pilot

"Let the bloddy computer fly it"

Direct from the “Oh My Goodness” files:

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary suggests getting rid of the co-pilot to cut air travel costs. O’Leary suggests that a flight attendant on each flight could be trained to help land a plane if something goes wrong.

“If the pilot has [...]

Excited about attending the NYC Red Bull Air Race

Racing over New York Harbor

I’m getting really excited about going to the Red Bull Air Race in New York City.  This is the first time I will be attending an event of this kind.  I became a fan via Facebook and have been exposed to a bunch of videos from ongoing events [...]