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Private Company Plans Tour Around the Moon

Space Adventures, a company based in Arlington, Va., has already sent two tourists into orbit. Today, it is to unveil an agreement with Russian space officials to send two passengers on a voyage lasting 10 to 21 days, depending partly on its itinerary and whether it includes the International Space Station. A roundtrip ticket will cost $100 million. The space-faring tourists will travel with a Russian pilot. They will steer clear of the greater technical challenge of landing on the Moon, instead circling it and returning to Earth.

The Chief has to like this one, big time. Anything that extends our presence in space is a positive - and this will reinforce the moves for NASA to re-extend itself in the direction of lunar basing.

Granted there's not any new technology in this, but what of it? Columbus, and those who came after him didn't use "new technology" either to explore and settle a "new world".

Meat demand grows faster than rabbits

Talk about culinary irony -- rabbit meat is in short supply. Despite the critters' proclivity to reproduce, demand for rabbit meat has surged in recent years, and breeders are struggling to supply the many trendy restaurants adding it to their menus.

Also, what about possible egg shortages if there is a short supply of easter bunnies?

The following sample is from a huge post by Ryne McClaren, who is weighing in the "Hildebrand Boys" and "Erin": What to make of all of this? Well, I frankly have no idea. Erin sounds like she's being sincere, and...

Chad at CCK makes a very good argument against public religious displays. A religious group hitherto unknown to me (and perhaps existing only for political purposes) insists that it be allowed to erect a monument enumerating the Seven Aphorisms, principles...

As the NARAL slander plays itself out, there is a more subtle distortion being peddled about Roberts: that he opposed the Voting Rights Act. See Richard Hansen in the LATimes, for the basic argument. See Abigail Thernstrom for a reply....

I've spent the last few days extolling the virtues of the British police and intelligence community. So in this time let me also give them a show of solidarity as they butt heads with those who would rather remain "politically...

I think Jonah Goldberg gets it about right on this Cindy Sheehan stuff:Without getting into all the sub-arguments about Cindy Sheehan, I think she's a great example of the opportunism of partisanship. There's simply no way that establishment liberals would...

This piece by David Kranz in the Argus Leader is notable:It is said in Washington, D.C., that Sen. John Thune owes colleagues who stumped for him in South Dakota during the 2004 election. But he won't be paying Bill Frist...

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