Squirrel vs Physicist
An evening pause: This battle between an inventive physicist and an even more determined squirrel does raise the question, who really is smarter?
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
From the press release: From the moment he is handed a possibility of making the first alien contact, Saunders Maxwell decides he will do it, even if doing so takes him through hell and back.
Unfortunately, that is exactly where that journey takes him.
The vision that Zimmerman paints of vibrant human colonies on the Moon, Mars, the asteroids, and beyond, indomitably fighting the harsh lifeless environment of space to build new societies, captures perfectly the emerging space race we see today.
He also captures in Pioneer the heart of the human spirit, willing to push forward no matter the odds, no matter the cost. It is that spirit that will make the exploration of the heavens possible, forever, into the never-ending future.
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This furry guy’s nickname should be “Rocket J.”
What a hoot!
Love this mans dry sense of humor and his compassion
janyuary-
Good one-i totally missed that cultural-reference!
June Foray on getting cast as “Rocky” and “Natasha”
Archive of American Television snippet
https://youtu.be/_ciHDRNjSZk
4:13
An annular treadmill type wrap-around on the pole would wear him out.