Tragic ending, moon and mars

I was shocked when I saw the news about Andy Reid’s son being found dead at Eagles training camp.  Even with his well documented problems with drug abuse, I had no idea that things were this bad.  I am sure it is a rough existence for a kid growing up where their father is actually more involved with their job than the family. The incredible time requirements for a NFL coach are well documented.  It can’t be helpful to the family dynamic.

There has been some cool space news the past few days.  Last week high resolution pictures were released that should finally end the speculation regarding if we actually landed on the moon or not.  There has been a long running conspiracy theory that the landing was staged and shot in a movie studio out of the US’s desperate attempt to prove superiority to the Soviets in space during the height of the Cold War.

I have read a bunch of the moon conspiracy theories, some of the evidence presented in them seem quite plausible.  I still think there is a possibility that some of what was fed to the public was false. However these new images supposedly show our discarded equipment on the surface of the moon.  You can even see the trail of footprints left by the astronauts. Since there is no  atmosphere and no weather on the moon,  everything is basically as it was left 40 years ago.

The real big space news is the huge, car size rover successfully landed on Mars last night.  If you want to see why this landing was so impressive, watch the video below.  It simply amazes me.