astronauts

Alan Bean, fourth human being to set foot on the Moon, passed away today. That leaves only 4 of the twelve astronauts who actually set foot on our satellite left and all are in their early to mid eighties. At one time, the optimists among us thought we'd be back there while at least some of them...

Seriously. Julie Payette, who did two tours on the ISS and was chief astronaut at the Canadian Space Agency for seven years is apparently (won't be officially announced until tomorrow) getting the nod to replace David Johnston. She's also a computer engineer with a B.Eng. from McGill and an...