There isn’t much to Rachel, Nevada (population: 54), the town closest to the secretive Area 51 military base. Not even a gas station. And there’s very little else to see along the Extraterrestrial Highway until you arrive here, so the lights of the Little A’Le’Inn are all that illuminate this desolate stretch of Nevada outback.
Area 51 itself is difficult to find, as it’s not listed on maps, and the faint roads leading to its encircling barrier fences are rough and muddy. A traveler can only hope to spot something unexplained in the sky, but all we saw that day were thunderclouds carrying in a heavy rainstorm.
I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare: crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor and surviving.
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
You were in a four G inverted dive with a MiG-28?
Charlotte Blackwood, Top Gun (1986)
This picture is a wee bit confusing…and possibly a little disturbing. :)
Time Lords of Gallifrey, Daleks of Skaro, I serve notice on you all. Too long have I stayed my hand. No more. Today you leave me no choice, today this war will end. No more. No more.
The War Doctor
The loneliest man.
STS-41B, February 12, 1984
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, is seen further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut has ever been. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet propelled backpack. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger’s payload bay, McCandless went “free-flying” to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. This stunning orbital panorama view shows McCandless out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space.
Image: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/IMAGES/LARGE/GPN-2000-001087.jpg
(Credit: NASA-JSC)
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Happy birthday NASA. (7/29/1958)
i swear to god if the day comes where i have to ring my service provider and ask for the fanfiction internet package i will literally die I’m tapping out i hate the world
21, He/Him/His, lover of all things space, aviation, alt music, film, and anime
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