Welcome to Litsy!

If I had reviewed this 2/3 in it would have been a so-so or maybe even a pick, but the final third (of written content, because there‘s another 80 pages of appendices) dragged it down. A collection of articles and speeches from about 1998-2012, it is repetitive and outdated. I learned some interesting things early on but that ended. Also, why are there tweets in here? Disappointing. #bookspin done for February.

I had no idea the Dummies‘ Guide series dated back so far.

For possibly the first time ever, every human in my family was reading a book! For almost 30 minutes, hubby, kiddo, and I were each reading (hubby is NOT a reader, and kiddo has been resisting required reading, so I proclaimed a half-hour of family reading time and it WORKED!). Tagged for me, Put a Lid on It, Pandora for hubby (strongly suggested by the kiddo), and Calico Bush for the kid. Pure heaven.

“Some studies have shown that only about 20 to 25 percent of the adult population can be considered scientifically literate. And one study found that one American adult in five thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth...”

This section was adapted from a 2006 interview, in a book from 2012. I‘d be interested in more recent findings - though I know things haven‘t gotten better.

#bookspinbingo board is ready to fill in! Space Chronicles is my #bookspin and Night Hawk, which I started yesterday, is my #doublespin selection. Let‘s do this!

“I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of our species.” #explore #QuotsyJuly20

A good collection, probably best read a bit at a time because the themes can get repetitive; the articles and speeches adapted to put this book together are for different audiences, so the repetition is not surprising. #BookSpinBonanza #BookSpin May 2020.

May 2020 #BookSpinBonanza:
#BookSpin: Space Chronicles (convenient, as it‘s a May challenge book for LibraryThing)
#DoubleSpin: When Days Are Long: A Nurse in the North (good, knocking off a library book!)
I will aim for 6. I predict The Mabinogion will slow me down a bit.

“I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of our species.” #system #QuotsyNov19

"If I don my pure-scientist hat, I would say just send robots...But nobody's ever given a parade for a robot. Nobody's ever named a high school after a robot. So when I don my public-educator hat, I have to recognize the elements of #exploration that excite people. It's not only the discoveries and the beautiful photos that come down from the heavens; it's the vicarious participation in discovery itself.” #QuotsyJuly18

#QuotsyJuly18 #geek

Catching up on yesterday's prompt. Neil deGrasse Tyson, a most excellent geek.🤓

Let's be real explorers, not like that asshole the US is celebrating today.

#booktober #outofthisworld #space #explore #NeildeGrasseTyson