I love that she mentions the Cornell food study in this article. One of Scott and my first dates was attending a talk at Cornell given by a professor there who was working with NASA to figure out what would be the best foods to take on a Mars mission, and he talked about the "food fatigue" that the commander mentions. NASA, Cornell, and Disney's hydroponic labs at Epcot have been working on this for years.

I'm impressed that they chose a 34 year old to be the commander of the mission, because that is a high position, but I would imagine that they are thinking towards the future, and you simply HAVE to have young men and women on this mission due to the amount of time.

@g.jacobse said:

Think of Christopher Columbus and discovery of the New World.. Where would we Americans be had he not ventured into the unknown and the dangerous waters of monsters and myth.

You did NOT just go there with Christopher Columbus. SMH, didn't you read the Christopher Columbus thread from the other day? Check out the real story.

So weird that any of those commentors couldn't tell it was staged? The world is full of idiots.

@scottalanmiller I for one, do NOT want to find out.

@thanksaj said:

This is true. Those that have lived in the states for any length of time quickly stop using phrases they realize are not common to any English except the fake version they learned. Granted, American English has its quirks, but still.

Ummm... did you just call The Queen's English "fake English"?

@thanksaj How did you manage to arrange your move so quickly? Amazing! Drive safely.

This one really made me think. It's easy to immediately condemn someone for a moment of thoughtlessness, but public internet shaming has far greater consequences to other people's lives than I had ever considered.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html?_r=0

@Reid-Cooper said:

That picture is so large those devices seem like they might be..... life-sized?

snort I read that in Dave Collier's Woody the Woodchuck voice.

@nadnerB said:

Happy Birthday!
I ate a mango icy pole and thought of the community here.

I totally had to look up what the heck an icy pole is. Thanks for the link. I think I prefer popsicle, though. Less chance to misconstrue meaning, lol.

@scottalanmiller said:

If anyone wants an awesome introduction to Cricket and to some Indian history, check out the very long but awesome movie Lagan: Once Upon a Time in India which talks about the British occupation, cricket and taxation of the people. Great historical movie.

Great movie. Highly recommend.

lol, yup. No matter what you say, someone is going to get butthurt by it.

@shannon, @cjmorgan - Welcome! Nice to see new faces

@Dashrender said:

Lucky him!

Yup. I'm pretty awesome.

@StrongBad said:

How is that dizzy?

It's dizzy like a cartoon character. Let me try to illustrate:

Now the octopus is dizzy.

Terrifying but beautiful. If I was not so dangerously uncoordinated, I would be one of those people that walks on lava flows.

Stick to southern Europe, as it is much cheaper than northern Europe. Check out airbnb.com for some great deals on nice places to stay. We have had excellent luck with airbnb in Spain. If you want to do more of a whirlwind tour as a "once-in-a-lifetime" type trip, then check out ricksteves.com and look at his guidebooks for all-Europe "grand tour" itinerary suggestions and for single country itineraries. If you want to be more laid back, pick a city like Sevilla, Granada or even Barcelona and see everything there is to see in that place, and take day trips. doyouspain.com has great deals on rental cars, and there are lots of train options too.

We were not fans of Venice. It's overrated and dirty. If you really want to go, definitely check out Rick Steves' suggestions for getting the most out of Venice.

@IRJ April - May is a great time to visit Europe. It's the shoulder season, so it's neither as crowded or as hot as the summer season. In fact, any place in northern Europe will be downright cold then, while southern Europe will be pleasantly warm to possibly hot.

That's not many kids for the amount of noise happening out there. I think they might be done now.

I want Scott to do this!

@DustinB3403 said: