December 24, 2020 Pearl River NASA is in the news again. Eyes are pointed upward. Astronauts are being trained for the moon. Americans indicate that there are other priorities people think are perhaps more important for NASA. Surveys indicate that 53% of Americans want NASA to monitor global climate as a top priority. The …
Finding Solace in the World Above
December 23, 2020 Pearl River It’s hard to describe the pleasure we feel when we can take ourselves out of this world, but it’s real, and it’s special. It was wonderful that “appointment viewing,” as the television critics term some shows, actually involved the vast universe above us, as we searched the southwestern sky for …
Christmas Comes to Congress
December 22, 2020 Pearl River Ahhh…it’s the end of the year when sugarplums are dancing in dreams of Congressional representatives in both houses and on all sides of the aisle. It may have taken seven months for a skinny stimulus bill to pass and extending funding for the government just must be a last-minute deal. …