In the past several years NASA, ESA and JAXA have all had their list of triumphs alongside a small number of failures, but never before have we seen so many consecutive achievements as those coming from NASA. Last year there were the hugely successful DAWN and NEW HORIZONS missions, both of which gathered a ton of media […]
Mars Jupiter Saturn Observations
Not long ago, in a previous report about the Mars Opposition on May 22nd, I happily commented on the general improvement in post-El Ninyo atmospheric conditions this year and the subsequent need for an optical set-up of extremely high precision to take advantage of what’s on offer. English Conversation students at the Smith’s School of English […]
Torihan in Kotoen 甲東園
As I have often said with delight, there are a great many excellent restaurants and izakayas in the Kotoen area and it should be pointed out that instead of chains, nearly all of the successful places are owner-operators. Just before the Obon break, I had the pleasure of bumping into a former English Conversation student […]
