and so i caught the continuation tonight..when they showed the triumph of a p o l lo 11 landing to the near tragedy of men being flung to outer space of ap o llo 13...

and the moment when they showed this on screen..i couldnt help but exclaimed....



the first view of planet earth from outer space. as taken by a p o llo 8. this year happens to be the 35th anniversary of that landing.

previous day before i watched the show, we actually had a conversation on scientists exploring beyond the moon and further out in the solar system for possibility of human habitat..my reply was actually, why bother. we have f**k up tis one..we are going to do the same to watever planet we get to next..humans are doomed anyway...

now i think that is beside the point..

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last night i watched this show..and i wanted to scream at the end of the hour when the dreaded words appeared "To Be Continued..."

it wasnt a soap opera or one with a hunk or babe..but i was captivated nonetheless..it appeals to the nerd it me..it makes me want to jump up and say, ,"kudos to the engineers, mathematicians ,and scientist of the ,world" .i was watching this show which is based on a book by the flight director of several space missions, apollo13 being one of them. and it traces the story of the race to the moon in the 1960s and the thing that captivated me the most was the human story that has to be told. it was a story of the men behind the scene. the ones in mission control. the group of young men, mostly fresh out of college putting in all their time, energy and heart to realise a challenge set out by a slain president. they were so passionate about their work, they suffer from what is term "gold fever"..and what captivated me as well was..uhmmm being partly a 'science' person is of course the use of maths and physcis to push the boundaries.or more so to test the logic and principles not on paper and not so much on sinmulation at that time but in real life with such intense problem solving scenarios. hence the title of the book and show, 'failure is not an option'. i thought it was just so cool..if you dont understand what i am rambling about, nevermind.