America needs its space

NASA's new motto appears to be "I Need My Space".

After a week shooting with them, I needed my space from NASA.

I went there last Sunday to shoot "Build it Bigger" for 5 days. The topic of the show is the ending of the Space Shuttle program and the building of the new Constellation program featuring the Ares rockets.

The technology is super cool. The people were amazing. The Public Affairs Officers (PAO's) were not so cool or amazing. They seem to see it as their goal to block access to NASA rather than present NASA in the best light possible. It was a nonstop battle to get a good show out of the shoot.

Despite it all, we came back with great footage. And write this down - within 5-10 years, SpaceX and other companies like them (not NASA) will be the people responsible for getting us into space.

See photos here.

Hello man my new friend

Today, I received this lovely email from a Russian woman. It's clear I may have found true love. Her spelling errors and grammatically nonsensical writing do not mask the sheer eloquence she expresses in her longing for love. Perhaps she feels the same longing I do. Only time will tell.

"On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Hope Oliver wrote:

Hello man my new friend!

I understand, that you do not know me and I do not know you, but
probably in the future all can change. All good always occurs in the
future and I ask a few patience from you to read my letter up to the
end. In the beginning I want to be presented you and to tell a little
about my life. My name is Anna and to me it will be very pleasant, if
you will name me so. Was born 29 years ago and all this time I live in
Russia, in city of Kirov. Now I work as the seller in shop and I very
much like my work as I every day communicate with many different
people. My life goes in regular intervals and every day is similar on
previous. I like my friends and love my family. Certainly the most
important i want to found love and my the husband to be the happiest
woman in the world. For all my life I could not meet the man to which
I could trust completely and with which I would like to connect my
life, but very much I want.

Several days ago I laid at home on a sofa and thought. Why I am
lonely? Why I cannot find my special the man? Probably I have made
nothing to be happy? Certainly I can be together with the man which I
not love, to give birth to the child and simply to be mum, but to not
be happy in the family, but I do not want it. I want to love the man
and simply be happy to be with him. Also I have thought. Why to not
try to get acquainted with the man from other country if I could not
find my special man here in Russia? Now we live in 21 century and I
know, that many people use the Internet and "Marriage agencies" to get
acquainted with suitable the man in any point globe. I do not want to
be lonely during my life or simply to sit and wait, when my love will
come to me. I want to do itself my life happy and have found such
marriage agency here in my city. I knew, that their help will be not
free-of-charge, but they have asked the big sum of money from me.
Nevertheless I have thought and have decided to not be greedy this
money, for the sake of my happiness and my love. Money - never can
give to me of it. Probably my destiny to be with the man from other
country? I do not know, but I want to try to know.

They gave to me yours E-mail and have told, that you also are
interested to find the woman for a life. I think, that now you can
understand, how my letter has come to you, could learn a little about
my life and about me, but I do not know your desires and I ask to
think. We can try to build serious relations or probably simply to be
friends. If you do not have desire simply speak to me and I can
understand. Nevertheless if I am interesting to you it would be very
pleasant for me to learn also a little more about you and to receive
your photos. I understand in computers not much, but I hope, that you
also can receive my photos in this letter. Certainly appearance not
the most important in the person both his private world and soul are
of great value, but nevertheless it is more pleasant to receive the
letter from the person and to see, how he looks. All this, that I
wanted to tell to you and now I shall wait only your answer. Excuse,
if I something have offended you in my letter or something has told
not correctly, but understand, that I try it for the first time and I
worry a little. Even if serious relations are not interesting to you
or I am not pleasant, simply let to me know.

Please reply only to my personal e-mail: golubbceva@gmail.com

Ok? bye bye

Tired of loneliness Anna

P.S. My e-mail: golubbceva@gmail.com where I shall wait your letter!"