When the private SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched this week, there were some space-lovers aboard. In a wonderful example of the entrepreneurial spirit, the rocket’s operator offered a burial service as part of the flight.
Read full article » No Comments »James Doohan, Scotty from “Star Trek,” spent his acting career whizzing through the cosmos. Gordon Cooper was one of America’s famous Mercury seven astronauts. And Bob Shrake spent his work life anonymously helping send NASA’s high-tech spacecraft to other planets.
Now the three men who made space their lives are also making space their final resting place. Their ashes — and those of about 300 others — were aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that blasted into orbit Tuesday as part of an in-space for-profit burial business.
From USA Today comes the latest example of how out of touch NASCAR is with its fans these days. Racing is about speed, fun, strategy, rivalry, and sheer guts — not this.
Read full article » 1 Comment »President Obama’s eco-friendly EPA inked a green partnership deal with high-octane NASCAR Monday to promote recycling and environmentally-friendly products to the sport’s millions of fans.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, NASCAR will encourage fans to buy “sustainable concessions” at races, expand the use of “safer chemical products,” conserve water, reduce waste, promote recycling, push products approved by the EPA that have a small enviro footprint and encourage suppliers to get an “E3 tuneup” aimed at promoting sustainable manufacturing.
