A transmission from the deep south.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewb)http://matthewbuchanan.name/“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.”<br/><br/> - <em>From Richard Nixon’s <a href="http://watergate.info/nixon/moon-disaster-speech-1969.shtml">undelivered speech</a> (by his then speechwriter, William Safire) to be used in the event of a disaster that would maroon the Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon. (via <a href="http://krislane.tumblr.com/post/99821721/nixons-undelivered-moon-disaster-speech-1969">Kris Lane</a>)</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/99863719http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/99863719Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:28:37 +1200spacepoliticsNASA“The spacecraft is now critically ill, however, because a glitch is preventing power from being rerouted to keep its hydrazine fuel from dropping below its 2° Celsius freezing point. Once the fuel freezes, there will be no way to control the spacecraft.”<br/><br/> - <em>17-year-old workhorse Ulysses, in orbit around the sun, <a href="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13370-ulysses-solar-spacecraft-freezing-to-death.html">is on the verge of freezing to death</a>. The spacecraft’s demise has been hastened by a glitch preventing power from keeping its fuel from freezing.</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/27044768http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/27044768Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +1300sciencespacesunnasa