Space far and near…

There’s a nearby planet which could support life?   Possibly,  though your concept of  “near”  and “life” may need  some adjustment.  Astronauts really do  have it rough,   or at least their hands do.

The Brits and the European Space Agency are going in search of a specific life form  — bacteria,  but only in the stratosphere.  Our own NASA is less ambitious,  merely launching a  new system that will allow scientists to monitor the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.

Meanwhile,  His oneness is trying to appease the eco-Nazis by using taxpayer money to install some  solar panels at the White House.   Why didn’t he and Our Lady of Perpetual Dissatisfaction just pay for carbon credits to offset her extremely expensive vacation? pockets?   As IBD observes,  this is just  more style over substance.

And from Australia,  check out this  marvelous photograph of an airplane flying in front of the moon.