Kids... in... Spaaaace!

Last night Liz and the kids came for a visit. Puzzles, playdoh and 'puters were all in heavy use. Nicholas got a brief viewing of our rocket-in-progress, blue paint still drying. The fins are Thomas blue, the body will be Percy green. Our other no-painting-needed rocket has long been finished. I would like to take the boys to the rocket launch this Sunday at Goddard. Not only does the weather look to be good as of now, but in addition to there being a rocket launch there will be a real live astronaut there to give a talk afterward. Max, as you may know, wants to be an astronaut and drive Thomas at Day Out With Thomas. Recently a woman came to his school to talk about space and, apparently, about the Hubble Space Telescope (Bek said she wrote about Hubble, as opposed to working on it). Max made sure to read the space book he got out from the library before school so he'd be read up on the subject. Among other things, he wanted to be sure he remembered which was bigger, a meteorite or an asteroid.

NASA ASTRONAUT BOOK SIGNING: Four-time space shuttle astronaut Dr. Tom Jones will visit the Goddard Visitor Center on Sunday, March 5. Following the monthly Model Rocket Launch at 1 p.m., Dr. Jones will discuss his experience as an astronaut and take questions from the audience at 2:30 p.m. This event is in conjunction with the monthly Model Rocket Launch. Admission is free. For additional information, call 301-286-9041 or visit the Goddard Visitor Center site.