Giveaway: When We Left Earth

Posted by Dan October 14th, 2008 at 01:35pm In Giveaways

I suppose I should let you know who won the When We Left Earth giveaway that I announced a few fortnights ago. Congratulations to Lauren P.

Y’all would be surprised at how many people wrote in and talked about their experiences at space camp. I think it should make me proud that TiFaux readers are so unapologetic in their nerdery.

Moving on, here’s a clip showing what it’s like to blast off — for the families and for the astronauts.

Click here for a video clip of the Hubble Telescope deployment set to rock music that could have been (and probably was) performed by high school guidance counselors. It’s fairly charming. This clip is frustratingly unembeddable, though.

Not that I have a chip on my shoulder.