Discovery's wing as seen from the ISS. Wallpaper versions below. Credit: NASA/STS-131/ISS

I needed some new wallpaper. I kind of liked this one, won’t be much longer and the shuttle will be nothing but a memory. I put various sizes below:

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Now the Future:
President Obama’s ears were probably ringing as many former astronauts sent him an open letter expressing serious concerns about where the country is heading with regards to the space program.  Today we learned that letter was apparently followed by a second letter sent by Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, calling the plan “misguided”. read this story at the NY Daily News.  I was glad to see these letters come out because as you well know, I’ve been lamenting our direction for some time now, and I figure if the space program is gong to go down the tubes we all need to speak up; sure it may fall on deaf ears but as least we can say we tried.

The question is: will we be talked into a back seat or is everybody all wrought up over nothing?We’ll find out because President Obama is going to outline NASA’s future tomorrow. Here’s a sneak peak (in PDF format).