Bible on the Moon Left by an Episcopalian

In 1971, St. Christopher Episcopal Church in League City, Texas, gave a Bible to a parishioner, David Scott, to take with him on a business trip. To this day, the congregation still has not gotten it back.

That’s because he left it on the moon.

The Bible left by Astronaut David R. Scott is shown in the red circle.

The Bible was left on the lunar rover in the Hadley Plains area of the Moon by Apollo 15 Mission Commander Colonel David R. Scott on August 2, 1971. The Bible was provided by the people of Saint Christopher Episcopal Church League City, Texas, where Scott was a member.

Story from the Episcopal News Service here - The only Bible on the moon was left there by an Episcopalian on behalf of his parish - Episcopal News Service

Another Cover for Carol Lynn Hazlett

Carol Lynn Hazlett does it again! Another cover story in Servo Magazine with her 3D printed Vorpal Hexapod. Issue 2 or 2019 arrived in my mailbox today.

A Bluish Speck on the Red Planet

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck. 

The image shows Curiosity at a location called "Woodland Bay." It's just one of many stops the rover has made in an area referred to as the "clay-bearing unit" on the side of Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mountain inside of Gale Crater. AMAZING!

The full story can be found at JPL's mission pages here. 

What a Deal!

Found a Sphero BB-8 on sale today at Bed Bath & Beyond, of all places!

Originally priced at $144.99, it was marked down 75%! That made it $37.50. 

AND we had a $10 off coupon from a sales paper - So, I paid $27.50! Great robot for a great price. My wife even "egged" me on! 

Here is a Tutorial Video from Sphero about BB-8...

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day from R.U.S. via my friends at Parallax!