NASA

At 7:59 a.m., on the morning of February 1st, 2003, first came the sounds, and then after the news reports and the scattered debris, the realization that East Texas had been engraved in history as one of the sites of the worst disasters in NASA’s history.

With the historic landing of spacecraft "Curiosity" on Mars, now would be a great time to visit the 'Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum' in Hemphill.  Yeah, me too...had no idea this existed, so I'm thinking there are others that may not be aware of the grand tribute to "Columbia".

Don't mean to be critical of the space program (NASA), but is spending money on a trip to Mars really beneficial  --  to anyone? Considering the price-tag for this overrated movie was 2.5 Billion, I'll bet you that lots of people could have health care coverage today considering the dollars spent on this seven month travel expenditure.

ZZ Top are currently on tour and while in Houston for a gig, bassist Dusty Hill decided to stop by NASA Mission Control.  There, the rocker had a chat with Astronaut Commander Michael Fossum – which in and of itself is no big deal – except that Fossum is now aboard the International Space Station.

The extreme heat has the lake levels low at Lake Nacogdoches, and that's causing strange things to happen. Late last week a piece of equipment began to emerge, and it turns out it had settled there after traveling through outer space.

Guess what song played early in the morning for Space Shuttle astronauts this week?  Of course....Rocket Man. NASA offers the video for all to see.