Two Science-related things: Well actually one thing about Europa
I want to share two things that I think are very cool. The first is this article about Congressman John Culberson and his passion for extraterrestrial exploration. The second is a set of tools for picking attractive colors for charts. John Culberson and the Icy Moon I recently read an article in Ars Technica ( "Attempt no landing there? Yeah right—we’re going to Europa" ) that described the state of NASA's mission to the moon Europa. It said that remarkably, it's being cheered along by the Chairman of the House of Representative's Appropriations Subcommittee, John Culberson. I shouldn't bother repeating the whole article. It's worth reading. The gist is that John Culberson is a Texas Republican fighting to assist -- and even push -- NASA into planning a super-expensive kick-ass science mission to the moon of Jupiter, Europa. Why? Because he thinks Europa is just that fucking awesome. I relate. It's probably all I rel...