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of Home2025-10-19T19:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/06/28/today-i-discovered-that-you-can-fit-two-poems-onto-the-stub-of-a-qantas-ticket-if-one-of-them-is-a-haiku/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190627_073630-1-e1561666821600.jpg20190627_0736302025-10-19T19:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/06/29/today-i-went-to-the-moffett-museum/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_133522.jpg20190622_133522https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125748.jpg20190622_125748I do not know what kind of helicopter this is. Ask the friendly physicist or my brother. The tail next to it belongs to a Lockheed Starfighter. You may see more of the Starfighter in the photo of the downturned wingtip of the U2.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125708.jpg20190622_125708Here is the quite stocky undercarriage of a naval F-18. Apparently this is different to an air force F-18 because the navy ones have to come in on aircraft carriers, which they do with a mighty WHACK that would destroy the more delicate landing gear of an air force plane.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125659.jpg20190622_125659This is the air intake from the jet engine of a F-18 fighter jet, which are the US Air Force's current very expensive toys.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125646.jpg20190622_125646This is the partially-obscured decal showing that this jet used to belong to the Blue Angels, the US Navy's air display team. Why a navy needs an air display team is beyond me, but here we are.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125640.jpg20190622_125640https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_125600.jpg20190622_125600This is the back end of the jet engine. You may notice that the engine itself is missing, and that the afterburner collar is on cute little hinges.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_124659.jpg20190622_124659This is the downturned wingtip of the U2, which caused me a lot of annoyance because I did not understand why the wingtip pointed down. Apparently it has to do with the meeting of high and low pressure areas below and above the wing, so to prevent them from getting together in a little tornado and making lots of turbulence and drag, you have to put a sort of fence between them. This fence can turn up or down as you please. I did not know this. https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_124603.jpg20190622_124603This is a U2, which you may remember as the Gary Powers type plane (I do) but this one belongs to NASA and was used for perfectly innocent aerial photography.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190622_115803.jpg20190622_1158032025-10-19T19:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/01/today-i-have-a-bike/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_154759.jpg20190626_154759https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_154753.jpg20190626_154753https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_154701.jpg20190626_154701https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_154035.jpg20190626_154035https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_143854.jpg20190626_143854https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_143831.jpg20190626_143831https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_143751.jpg20190626_1437512025-10-19T19:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/08/today-i-found-a-poem-i-wrote-five-weeks-ago-and-can-you-spell-ironic-much/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/miss_the_rain_double.pngMiss_the_rain_double2025-10-19T19:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/03/today-i-met-the-mars-rover/2025-10-19T19:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/07/today-i-went-to-a-lace-museum/2025-10-19T19:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/08/today-i-met-the-vertical-gun-range/2025-10-19T19:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/09/today-i-went-to-dennys/2025-10-19T19:02:34+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/17/today-i-went-to-a-county-fair/2025-10-19T19:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/10/today-i-went-wine-tasting/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190706_115337.jpg20190706_115337https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_205621.jpg20190704_205621https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_192414-e1563339012855.jpg20190704_192414A funnel cake! With cinnamon and powdered sugar, at Lara's recommendation. Wol for scale.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_183626.jpg20190704_183626https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_182823.jpg20190704_182823https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_182123.jpg20190704_182123https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_130220.jpg20190704_130220https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_112508.jpg20190704_112508https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_110437.jpg20190704_110437https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190704_104445.jpg20190704_1044452025-10-19T19:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/21/today-i-went-to-san-francisco/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_183801.jpg20190713_183801https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_155406.jpg20190713_155406https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_152404.jpg20190713_152404Here is some blue sky! and the north tower that I thought you might like to see.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_152123.jpg20190713_152123Here is me at the lowest point of the cable. By this juncture the bridge had already been going downhill for quite a while.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_152114.jpg20190713_152114Here is the landmass at the northern end of the bridge, tastefully framed in mist and ironwork.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_151747.jpg20190713_151747Here is me and Gloria's handlebars, seen next to the north tower. It was very windy. We almost got blown into the side of the tower trying to go around it.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_151124.jpg20190713_151124Here is Wol firmly situated in the secure seat from which he observed the bridge. This is the only picture you get of him because I didn't want him to go in the Golden Gate.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_151109.jpg20190713_151109https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_142044.jpg20190713_142044https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190713_135146.jpg20190713_1351462025-10-19T19:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/23/today-i-went-to-the-winchester-house/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_180219.jpg20190720_180219https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_172404.jpg20190720_172404https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_150642.jpg20190720_150642https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_150611.jpg20190720_150611Here are three Walking On Sunshine, in varying stages of blown-ness. I thought these were rather fabby-do both because of the color gradient and because it's a great song.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_145915.jpg20190720_145915Here is a Violet's Pride (the old favorite rose. I do not believe in singular favorites).https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_145424.jpg20190720_145424Here is a Perfect Moment.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_144814.jpg20190720_144814https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_144720.jpg20190720_144720Here ihttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_144509.jpg20190720_144509Here is another Violet's Pride because they are awesome.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_134407.jpg20190720_1344072025-10-19T19:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/22/today-i-compared-honeys/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190721_090125.jpg20190721_090125https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190721_085710.jpg20190721_085710https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_194748.jpg20190720_194748https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190720_194045.jpg20190720_1940452025-10-19T19:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/22/today-i-wish-to-share-a-psa-about-okra/2025-10-19T19:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/27/today-i-went-to-chick-fil-a/2025-10-19T19:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/29/today-i-went-to-the-our-lady-of-peace-shrine/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_190407.jpg20190727_190407https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_182324.jpg20190727_182324https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_182207.jpg20190727_182207https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_144515.jpg20190727_144515https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_133146.jpg20190727_133146https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_125049.jpg20190727_125049A small root beer float. Wol for scale.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_122200.jpg20190727_122200Chocolate-peanut-butter on top, because that is the single best flavor combination in the history of sweets, and pistachio-almond on bottom because I hadn't had pistachio icecream before.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_121627.jpg20190727_121627https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_105756.jpg20190727_105756...and the interior, please...https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190727_105744.jpg20190727_105744Mission successful...2025-10-19T19:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/07/31/today-i-got-ice-cream-also-some-other-things/2025-10-19T19:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/04/today-i-met-the-vertical-motion-simulator/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_125853.jpg20190726_125853https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_124638.jpg20190726_124638https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_124541.jpg20190726_124541https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_123000.jpg20190726_123000https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_122737.jpg20190726_122737https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_122730.jpg20190726_122730https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_121655.jpg20190726_121655https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_121611.jpg20190726_121611https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_121528.jpg20190726_121528https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190726_121338.jpg20190726_1213382025-10-19T19:02:29+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/11/today-i-did-a-thing-that-is-now-in-space/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1080px-crs-18_mission_284838037069129.jpg1080px-crs-18_mission_284838037069129By Official SpaceX Photos - CRS-18 Mission, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80806198https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/badge-e1565503268652.jpgBadgeThis is the mission patch for the specific experiment I helped assemble bits for.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/spacerace-vials-loaded.jpgSpacerace - vials loadedHere are seven doodads lined up in a centrifuge compartment ready to be shipped.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/spacerace-vials-flat.jpgSpacerace - vials flatHere are all the little doodads in their hermetically sealed containers with syringes of medium.2025-10-19T19:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/06/today-i-met-the-7x10-wind-tunnel/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_174036-1.jpg20190729_174036https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_111549.jpg20190729_111549https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_092905.jpg20190729_092905https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_092838.jpg20190729_092838https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_091831.jpg20190729_091831https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_091632-1.jpg20190729_091632https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_091534.jpg20190729_091534https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190729_090942.jpg20190729_0909422025-10-19T19:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/17/today-i-have-information-to-share/2025-10-19T19:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/17/today-i-am-on-a-train/2025-10-19T19:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/21/today-i-am-in-dc-day-1/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190819_170824.jpg20190819_170824https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190819_170741.jpg20190819_170741https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190819_164829.jpg20190819_164829https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190819_163933.jpg20190819_163933https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190820_065448.jpg20190820_065448https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190819_175345.jpg20190819_175345https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190816_174645.jpg20190816_174645https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190816_173847.jpg20190816_173847https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190816_154116.jpg20190816_154116My favorite orchid in the world. (V. planifola, if you can't read the label - also known as common vanilla.)https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190816_154106.jpg20190816_154106A guarana plant. My brother likes this one, though he prefers it unrecognizable.2025-10-19T19:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/24/today-i-am-in-dc-day-1-part-2/2025-10-19T19:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/28/today-i-am-in-dc-day-2/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_184119.jpg20190817_184119https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_183235.jpg20190817_183235https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_180526.jpg20190817_180526https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_175924.jpg20190817_175924https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_175841.jpg20190817_175841https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_174931.jpg20190817_174931https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_174241.jpg20190817_174241https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_152011.jpg20190817_152011https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_151857.jpg20190817_151857https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_151644.jpg20190817_1516442025-10-19T19:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/08/29/today-i-am-in-dc-day-2-part-2/2025-10-19T19:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/09/06/today-i-am-in-dc-day-4/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_102028.jpg20190819_102028A New Zealand possum. Actually it is an Australian possum and they are endangered there, so the Australians are MORE than welcome to TAKE THEM ALL BACK. They wreak havoc on NZ bush and wildlife and we haaaaaaates them precious. They are also literally the voices of the Nazgul in LotR.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_101259.jpg20190819_101259A grizzly bear, of which I did not see a real one, but thought that the combination of a) my reflection in the glass and b) the understanding that the bear is on a three-inch platform, might help the non-bear-familiar with scaling and Why This Adorable Cuddly Teddy Is Not Someone You Should Approach.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_120348.jpg20190819_120348These were the diamonds I wanted to see; they belonged to Marie Antoinette.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_115226.jpg20190819_115226I had never seen a grossular before that I know of but these were also really cool.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_114845.jpg20190819_114845OPALS. These are white opals, even though they're blue. The one on my ring from the Winchester House is a black opal, even though that is also blue. Has to do with the background color, and affects the price SOMETHING PHENOMENAL. I think the peacock on the right is rather snazzy.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_114220.jpg20190819_114220This is some Elbaite, which comes like that naturally and is ridiculously photogenic.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_102222.jpg20190819_102222https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190717_223719.jpg20190717_223719https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_170247.jpg20190819_170247Here are Space Shuttle flight suits worn by (L): Sally Ride, the first American woman in space - not first overall, that was Valentina Tereshkova who was an Utter Badass - and (R): Guion Bluford, the first Black American in space.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190819_164829.jpg20190819_164829Here are a V1 or buzz-bomb that made such a mess of London in the early '40s (hanging from the ceiling) and a V2 which thank God were never actually used (the black-and-white one that looks like Tintin's rocket). I've been to the base in France where the V2s were made and supposed to be launched, and developed a pathological loathing and despising for Wernher von Braun and all his works.2025-10-19T19:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/09/01/today-i-am-in-dc-day-3/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_193453-e1568063889418.jpg20190818_193453https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_193359-e1568063846787.jpg20190818_193359https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_182607.jpg20190818_182607This is a side-chapel for Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. There were at least six different side chapels for Our Lady of Various Things, and a nice grotto in the crypt for Our Lady of Lourdes.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_182533.jpg20190818_182533This is for Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the patron of the Americas and it kinda shows. That's all slightly iridescent mosaic on the walls, if you wondered.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_180927.jpg20190818_180927This is the nave. I have no words.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_180721.jpg20190818_180721Just a random ceiling a long way away...https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_180517.jpg20190818_180517same again. This isn't even in the nave, by the way, all this amazing gilding is just a ceiling in the aisle.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_175349.jpg20190818_175349https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_145335.jpg20190818_145335https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190818_144900.jpg20190818_1449002025-10-19T19:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/09/12/today-i-shall-provide-scale-for-wol/2025-10-19T19:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/2019/10/07/today-i-went-to-florida-day-2-2/https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2004.11.06_rowing-at-clendon_edit.jpgEPSON MFP imageHere is D. rowing back because we gave up on getting anywhere with me rowing.https://kiwiatnasa.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2004.11.06_rowing-at-clendon.jpgEPSON MFP imageHere is me (in the massive hat, which I still have) rowing a dinghy through a mangrove channel in New Zealand. 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