Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Here is to looking up.

It has been a couple of weeks already since I saw "The Martian" and I was waiting for the book to arrive.  It has arrived! Reading!
I also bought The Sentinel Hardcover – 1983 by Arthur C. Clarke and Golden Apples of the Sun, The Paperback – November 1, 1997 by Ray Bradbury, so I must admit I have had my head in books rather than looking up.

Paul.Slootweg sent me a reminder that you can never be too young to look up. (see below)

I think this is great and certainly what will help us to really make it happen if the kids don't lose the dream by the time they grow up.

Hopefully your school system has some teachers that will help them learn how to turn their dreams into reality.

Build the electric motor out of nails and bell wire. :-)  [as we did in my fourth grade class with Mr. Peavy]


- LRK -
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Per Paul Slootweg -

My son (James) went to a parents evening at my grandson's (Dylan)
nursery (preschool) today.
Dylan will be 3 come next February.

Anyway, one reported exchange with one of the staff goes as follows:

Dylan: "I'm going to the Moon on my rocket."

Staff: "What will you see on the Moon?"

Dylan: "The Earth."

I think it's profound that he can handle that concept already.

(Mind you, he can also name more dinosaurs than you or I can think of!)

By all means share this little tale with the others Looking Up. I'm
mightily proud of both my son and his!
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If you have too much light pollution to actually look up and see much then maybe a substitute is look on-line.

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The Martian is good and having seen the movie first was enjoyable..
It was fun seeing more detail in the book and the 3D imaging in the Movie was helpful as well.
I hope we get as much detail from real missions to the Moon and Mars, should I live that long. :-)

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5 Big Differences Between The Martian Book And The Movie
BY MIKE REYES

If you're looking for a good time at the movies, The Martian is a steely eyed missile man of entertainment. With a nearly record breaking opening for the first weekend in October, the Ridley Scott directed / Drew Goddard written adaptation of Andy Weir's best-selling novel is pretty faithful to the text. But despite Mark Watney's smart-assed humor and scientific prowess still making the grade, along with the scores of other details most inferior adaptations would forget, there are still five major changes that the film adaptation has made. While these changes don't ruin The Martian at all, they are still big enough that they should be discussed.
  

The Epilogue
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Images from Google search.
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More images of Earth
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Thanks for looking up with me, 
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK -

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