Well, it sure was some year. To sum it up in one word, we might say Anniversary, because it certainly was a big year for anniversaries:
60 years since the Sound Barrier was broken
50 years since Sputnik.
30 years of Star Wars.
30 years of Voyager.
Ten years since Sojourner and the new age of Mars exploration.
(And probably a million more anniversaries.)
But talk about those new beginings!
Dawn and Phoenix lifted off!
Some promising news of recent weeks:
Doctors discover way to get stem cells from skin cells. (Maybe we can all just get along.)
Planetary Society announces plans to build second solar sail.
Of course, any year has it's hard knocks, like the disapearance of Mr. Fossett, but NASA certainly showed us the value of perserverance:
Spirit and Oppy stuggled through dust storms, but kept on trucking.
Despite problems with solar panels, computers and heat tiles, astronauts continued to complete great work on ISS.

So, as 2007 winds down and 2008 looms ahead, let's remember these lessons: that if we remember the past and have fortitude in the present, we can create a beautiful future.

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

For me, 2007 is the year I'm glad I lived through!

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Any day you wake up on "the right side of the dirt" is a good day.

T. Anderson

Copy that, Kaptain!

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The Devil offered me power. I told him I preferred aperture.

Ditto. Fingernails come in handy sometimes.

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Also, It's been 60 yrs since the first time the sound barrier was broken in level flight.

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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
-Douglas Adams
Aim high (but don't blow yourself up)!- Homer Hickam

In Soviet Russia, UFO report you!- Phil Plait

Clear skies Maksutov.

And Kurt Vonnegut died.

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The Devil offered me power. I told him I preferred aperture.

And Norman Mailer.

(Funny parenthetical Norman Mailer story--the reason Norman Mailer hated Gore Vidal is that Gore Vidal had said that Norman Mailer shot his wife in the back. Norman Mailer took huge exception to that, because only a [derogatory term for an effeminate man or common nickname for a cat] would shoot someone in the back. He shot her in the face.)

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

And the Red Sox won the World Series.

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Bring back Firefly!

"It is quite clear that Occam's razor does not sharpen in your pyramid." (Nicolas)

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

and i guess we been transmiting radio and television signals for about 80 or more years... i guess they have reached 80 light years or so,,, no wonder no one came here, they prob said lets keep away from there...lol

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Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto cashed out at The Money Store.

William "Wild Bill" O'Neill, former governor of Connecticut, crossed the long tidal river.

Bill "Browns" Willis, who, with Paul Brown's help, was key in breaking the color barrier in the NFL.

Herbert "Hurricane" Saffir, co-creator of the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Milo "I was a real hero." Radulovich, who helped scuttle McCarthyism.

Robert "Lancelot" Goulet.

Porter "Folks around Nashville know who I was." Wagoner.

Chef "Put de chickie in the pottie." Tell.

Ursula Vaughan Williams, wife of the composer.

Ève Curie, daughter of Marie and Pierre.

Joey "The Last Rat" Bishop.

Deborah "Och, Jamie!" Kerr.

Sri Chinmoy, who has just adjusted his plane of existence.

Werner "Kurt" von Trapp.

Alice "Which witch is which?" Ghostley.

Rex Humbard.

Jane "Move over, Nancy!" Wyman.

Luciano "Yes, Georgio!" Pavarotti.

Miyoshi Umeki. Sayonara.

Leona Helmsley. Good riddance.

Merv "The question is an answer." Griffin.

Lee "Those ain't grits, that's my voice." Hazlewood.

Ingmar "I am a donkey furball.... Even death won't have me.... Spring prawns!" Bergman.

Bill "The Genius" Walsh.

Tom "I'm reading the teleprompter!" Snyder.

Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. Good riddance.

Lady Bird "Pick up that litter!" Johnson.

Doug "Get even. Plant Kudzu up nawth." Marlette. Man, is he missed.

Régine Crespin. What a beautiful voice.

Beverly "I sing, but I mostly gossip." Sills.

and

Joybubbles.

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A lot has happened in My Year 2007 and has taught me a lot of things in Life.

and Yeah... I Lived through too!

Can't wait for 2008!

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