Greetings from Tyler,
So Bezos’ rocket blew up while testing. He must think he’s giving Elon Musk a run for his money. Luckily no one was hurt, it was just a test. But a test that went wildly wrong. My Grandfather was mighty suspicious of the launches back in the 60’s. He thought they’d all crash and man would have to give up. But that was 60 years ago.
Then my Dad took me to the launch of Apollo 8. He couldn’t sleep and we went way early. That was an experience –– and nothing went wrong. That was before the first moon landing. But Apollo 8 did orbit the moon as I remember. But then, nothing’s like the ‘60’s.
The war with Russia goes on in Ukraine. I don’t know what Trump has got up his sleeve, but he’s intent on stopping it. Putin is apparently trying everything to live to a ripe old age.
The internet says there are organs for sale. No, thanks. We’ll just live out our days. Doctors can monitor everything, but we all still die.
We’re waiting to see what happens with Iran. Trump may approve a newly negotiated ceasefire extension. Otherwise, nothing much has changed.
The media still wants Trump’s head and they’re embarrassing themselves trying to get it. Everybody’s in trouble, Comey foremost. But old troubles die hard, and I think he may be going after everybody who made his life miserable.
Europe is in disarray, and I don’t want to go there. They’ve taken in so many Muslims that there are no-go areas in their cities. Who wants to be a prisoner in the West?
It wasn’t ruined when I went. We flew the Falcon even though it wasn’t a trans-Atlantic airplane. I’ll not forget the landing in the Azores. It was an old air base, and we landed during a 100 mph crosswind. The pilots were scared.
But that was before they decided that importing Muslims wouldn’t be a problem. Now they know!
Mark
