"Apollo 8: 40 Years Ago"

"Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you...all of you on the good earth."

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081224.html

"Another Passing Of Note"

As there were Famous Monster reunions in the afterlife recently, there must have been an epic Star Trek reunion as well. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry passed this month. Baby-boomers are losing all their mentors and touchstones, as the world loses people who have inspired others so positively with their lives and vocations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett
http://www.johnshoffner.com/star-trek-autographs.html

"R.I.P. Mr. Ackerman"

"I felt that the primary authors of science fiction were opening my eyes ... to a better and more fascinating world," says Forrest J Ackerman of the genre he has championed.

Thank you Forry for all of the fun that you gave to us in our lives.

http://www.sfwa.org/news/2008/fackerman.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman