Does it sound stupid that I really, honestly do think lens flares are cool sometimes?

(Sometimes, not all the time.)

(via project-argus)

ponsi-patootie:

are time warps real because I swear to God I also saw a carbon copy of Kalpana Chawla at Starbucks one time, too… except her skin was a bit darker.

There was a guy on our trolley tour of DC today who looked like Apollo-era Mike Collins. Which was actually sort of ironic, because the last we saw of him, he was at the National Cathedral, a short walk from the school that Collins attended, St. Albans. 

Also, there’s an editor/moderator on another site I visit who looks like Chris Ferguson. We actually joked that one of them must be a version of the other from a parallel universe. 

Thank you, TFNG!

cattink:

so every day on my bus ride home, we pass by this storefront with a car designed to look like Lightning McQueen parked seemingly permanently out front. I don’t have the slightest idea as to why.

But because that’s not weird enough, my bus also often passes by a house where a VW bug decorated to look like Herbie is often parked in the driveway.

And more than once I’ve seen a van painted like the Mystery Machine on my way to school.

The people in my town just love their fictitious vehicles.

That is awesome.

I agree with Neil Tyson that NASA’s budget should be increased.

And I also agree with Robert Ballard that NOAA’s budget should always match NASA’s. 

EXPLORING EVERYTHING LIKE BOSSES!

alicakes523:

My little brother and sister (Bowen and Kayleigh) are 3 1/2 and they want to collect postcards from all over the world :)

If you have the time the address would be:

Bowen and Kayleigh Schoepe

114 S. Spruce St. p.o Box 20

Mead, NE 68041

Awww! I’d love to send them one, maybe from DC this summer.

(via avarenity)

kaiyves:

Expected reading order:

We Seven -> Live From Cape Canaveral

Expected reaction:

“The Mercury Seven acted like THAT?!? How SHOCKING!”

My actual reading order:

Live From Cape Canaveral -> We Seven

My actual reactions:

“What a bunch of frat boys.” -> “But it’s nice to…

See, that doesn’t shock me, because I went into reading about space knowing that, since LFCC was the first book about Mercury that I read. I just get the feeling that it’s not supposed to be like that and you’re supposed to not go in knowing and be shocked. 

ponsi-patootie:

elliefredricksen:

kaientai:

curseoftheanpan:

jiyongisgoodatkissing:

toptopia:

2crazy2function:

beavip:

puppetmister:

noonanoodle:

rahns:

#james bond

#ridin down seoul city

#nu~ na~

#plus m-flo

#beavip

#2010

#theres oranges too

#jiyong is hot

#CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK

#kamui

#ELLIE MY QUEEN

#precious Columbia

#Kepler.

Not bad.

asonlynasacan:

lightthiscandle:

At a party. I think this is from some sort of Navy/Naval Academy event, judging by how Lovell, Shepard, Stafford and Schirra are all showing off their class rings. I like to think that they went in the back, clanked them together like Captain Planet, and got superpowers.

I wonder what their individual powers would be? The mind boggles…

If it’s elemental, going by everything I’ve learned from mythology and cartoons…

Shepard = Fire. (Pretty obvious, I guess.)

Lovell = Water. (Calm, healing, etc.)

Schirra = Air. (Trickster, speed, invisible, etc.)

Stafford = Earth. (The only one left over, and I guess it fits with him being strong and determined.)