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Scott Starin is an aerospace engineer with a specialty in spacecraft dynamics and control. He works at NASA, but of course he does not speak for NASA or the Federal Government in any way on this site.

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Falling/Jumping

boegiboe February 22, 2014

I didn’t understand at the time, and I still don’t fully. But I knew that I had...

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Happy New Year Cocktail Catch-Up

boegiboe December 31, 2012

Happy New Year to all! I had been posting a monthly cocktail recipe at Slow Tuesday Night...

Ghosts

boegiboe December 1, 2012

I am—thankfully, luckily, or otherwise—a novice mourner. I remember my maternal grandfather dying when I was seven...

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February Drink of the Month

boegiboe February 4, 2012

[This is cross-posted from Slow Tuesday Night, where the Cocktail of the Month is a regular feature,...

Fish in reply to Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue PrinceNot yet.
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Going to be a long year and a half.
Philip H in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025There’s supposedly been another arrest elsewhere.
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025His own editorial doesn't talk about "challenging incumbents" much less how and why they'll be chall…
Jaybird in reply to Fish on Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue PrinceHave you found the bank?!?
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Another question floating around my head is "will firing Hogg have negative consequences for the DNC…
Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025RE: Cowing the West Bank Lebanon-style A lot of people in Lebanon want to have a functioning state.…
Fish on Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue PrinceNever been much of a "puzzle game" guy, to the point where I'll even google the solution to most puz…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Well, private organizations can do what they want and freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from co…
Fish on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsI fully support your coworker in her act of defiance against this random act of management. Reminds…