Archives for: July 2006, 05
07/05/06
Back In Black : Discovery Launches with Few Hitches
Yay! They're back into space, up in orbit. No explosions, no Busey-esque terrorists on the platform.
We took a break around lunchtime at work yesterday to watch the launch. I'd forgotten what it felt like to watch a launch, in particular when it's… more »
6% GST is Here
I didn't even notice it creeping up on us: the GST has been reduced from 7% to 6% here, just on the Canada Day weekend.
We first encountered it waiting in line behind a couple of people making returns at a store. We wondered why it was taking such a… more »
Space Not Expanding? and Other Questions
Not published yet, but came across this interesting paper which did a sort of Michelson-Morley experiment but for the expansion of space.
The hypothesis being tested was that if local space was expanding, effects of this would show up if you let lasers… more »
