Carnival of Space #34

Carnival of Space #34 has launched (bwah hahahaha) at Spaceflight. As usual, there are killer links to space articles (including my Top Ten astropix and APOD’s, too).

A while back I was reticent to link to the carnivals, since they happen so often it might seem like noise. But I also started reading the linked articles (one advantage of no longer having a "real" job) and it’s amazing how many good writers are out there. So I’m gonna keep linking to ‘em, and I might even host one or two as I see fit.

December 21st, 2007 9:43 AM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Science | 4 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

4 Responses to “Carnival of Space #34”

1. Michael Lonergan Says:
December 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm

Thanks for the link. I just downloaded “Mars Just Imagine.” It’s a very nice piece of work. It reminds me of these collectors cards I had as a small child in Britain outlining the Space Program from its infancy to the Apollo Program. Hopefully it will inspire a new generation of young people to pursue their dreams.
2. Stu Says:
December 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 am

Hey Mike,

You mean the cards given away with the tea bags? I collected those too… still have the album somewhere, with the final card confidently predicting a manned mission to Mars in 1986…

(and as a regular contributor to the Space Carnivals, thanks for the plug BA, hope you can host another sometime. )
3. Michael Lonergan Says:
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm

Stu.
Yes! Wow! I cannot believe someone has those, let alone knew what I was talking about! There also used to be a magazine called Look-In (I think) that I seem to remember having several articles about space exploration.
4. Michael Lonergan Says:
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:11 pm

Stu,
If you find those cards, any chance of posting them on-line?

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