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Weekend Diversion: Make 2015 A Year In Space (Synopsis)

By esiegel on November 22, 2014.

“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.”  -W. Somerset Maugham

There are so many things out there in this world to marvel at, that it's important to remember to appreciate all that's out there -- both terrestrially and well beyond -- that are far older and grander than anything we'll ever experience. Have a listen to M. Ward's mystifying song,

One Hundred Million Years,

while I share with you a wonderful effort to bring the Universe to us all.

Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. Image credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.

Of course you know that we attempt to do that here, but there's no way to simply take this blog with you and have it be a constant companion and reminder for you to look at and reference wherever you go. But a spectacular wall calendar for the year? That would do it, and the Planetary Society has got a spectacular one in store for 2015.

Image credit: Year In Space Wall Calendar / Planetary Society. Image credit: Year In Space Wall Calendar / Planetary Society.

Get your own -- and figure out how to win a free one through me -- and make 2015 a year in space!

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