DESTINATION DEIMOS: stepping stone to a Mars landing.

HEY, AS LONG AS THE COSTS fall on someone else ....

MAKING A PROFIT seems like a good reason to me. "The National Labor Relations Board Wednesday said aircraft maker Boeing Co. violated federal labor law by building a second production line for its 787 Dreamliner at a non-union factory in South Carolina, siding with union workers in Washington State who charged the decision was retaliation for their past strikes."

MORE here.

NOT ENOUGH TO DO IN WASHINGTON: President Obama will attend next week's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour.

THE REST OF US GET THE SLEEPING CONTROLLERS: FAA announces supervisors must oversee planes carrying Biden, first lady.

TSA UNION ELECTION heads to a runoff. Now it's time for the 20,000 or so TSA employees who didn't vote (nearly 50%) to join with the 3,111 who voted not to elect union representation.

AND THAT IS SUFFICIENT REASON TO RETIRE: "We know that every intersection surrounding this new BRAC center site on Seminary Road and I-395 is going to be at a failing level of service."

ENVIRONMENTALISTS WONDER: Has the green movement been a miserable flop?

Uh, yes.

GALACTIC ROSE.


The Hubble Space Telescope turns 21 years old.

A BOON FOR OBAMACARE: energy-saving compact flourescent light bulbs can kill you.

SO WHAT'S NEW? "[Transportation Secretary Ray] LaHood seems blissfully uninterested in actually making things under his purview better. Rather, he spends most of his time going from cover-your-ass mode to laying on new fines and regs to anyone he can."