This picture of eric and I from the Vicarious Visions company party a few years back seems very apropos today!

Good job space shuttle Atlantis! I got all weepy watching the take off this morning. Don’t worry, Nasa isn’t done yet, next up, MARS:
 

NOVA video about the plasma rocket NASA is working on to cut time to travel to Mars in half http://tinyurl.com/5vmbfwo