Across the Lines
Nov. 16th, 2022 09:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7The Repubs are going to get the House, but we're keeping the Senate. Georgia's going to have a runoff election between Raphael Warnock and some dude who played football several years ago. A Warnock win would be tremendous, as that would mean there are enough votes to advance legislation without having to bow to Manchin or Sinema. Word is, Kevin McCarthy will seek the Speaker of the House position, and I think he'll get it if he does; I've read here and there that he doesn't have the chops to wrangle his fellow Representatives, though - made some enemies along the way. Still, Democrats fall in love while Republicans fall in line.
The orange bastard announced his candidacy for 2024 yesterday. See above - some of his allure is probably gone after 2020 and his chosen candidates' losses in the midterms, but, there's that benighted cult.
After a hojillion delays, NASA got the Artemis 1 mission underway this morning. The SLS is a mighty rocket, and the launch was spectacular. The Orion is already on its way out of Earth orbit and towards Luna. Still a long-ass way from a crewed mission, but it's a forward step at last.
On the returns side of the scoreboard, one USAF's X-37Bs quietly (well, without much fanfare, anyway) landed at KSC a few days ago after 900+ days in orbit. I know those things are up to no good, but it is a nifty little craft, and I would have loved to have seen another version of the X-37 enter service.
Andor continues to be darned good Star Wars. This week's episode got some spaceship fighting in, so there's some SFX action to back up the vary darn good storytelling, personal drama, and everything else.
Thanksgiving's next week. Looking forward to seeing Dad and the Doberman, not looking forward to the time on the road.
The orange bastard announced his candidacy for 2024 yesterday. See above - some of his allure is probably gone after 2020 and his chosen candidates' losses in the midterms, but, there's that benighted cult.
After a hojillion delays, NASA got the Artemis 1 mission underway this morning. The SLS is a mighty rocket, and the launch was spectacular. The Orion is already on its way out of Earth orbit and towards Luna. Still a long-ass way from a crewed mission, but it's a forward step at last.
On the returns side of the scoreboard, one USAF's X-37Bs quietly (well, without much fanfare, anyway) landed at KSC a few days ago after 900+ days in orbit. I know those things are up to no good, but it is a nifty little craft, and I would have loved to have seen another version of the X-37 enter service.
Andor continues to be darned good Star Wars. This week's episode got some spaceship fighting in, so there's some SFX action to back up the vary darn good storytelling, personal drama, and everything else.
Thanksgiving's next week. Looking forward to seeing Dad and the Doberman, not looking forward to the time on the road.