I recently considered that the last manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17, was 6 months *before* I was born.

Launch at HamCon Colorado in Grand Junction of an amateur radio Pico Balloon intended to float at ~45,000 feet and can be tracked on APRS-FI/EOSSP-3.

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Hockey?

Photo of astronomer standing in front of a 6-meter radio telescope.

At the observatory today to dust her off and vacuum up some wasps. I guess since the NASA Balloon Project Office is zeroed in the FY2026 budget, I’ll be keeping my feet on the ground for a while. Making the best use of my time.

I’m at the John T Tate school of physics and astronomy at the University of Minnesota today talking about scientific ballooning and GUSTO. They have turkeys in the quad here!

Well, it’s spring so I just gave my chainsaw a tune up and ran the chipper all Sunday morning. Sorry ‘bout that.