Space Week 2009 at the Franklin Institute Oct 3 – 8

[ October 3, 2009 to October 8, 2009. ] According to the title of the Franklin Institute’s press release, Space and Robots will collide during World Space Week 2009.

Fortunately, space is fairly big, so I’m sure there is room for both space AND robots in…well…space. The event starts Oct. 3 with a robotics competition and ends on the 8th with a special edition [...]

Perseids, Derrick Pitts and Doom from Above!

[ August 13, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Keep Watching The Skies!

In the past, I haven’t even bothered to mention that the Perseids meteor shower was underway, as August is usually so humid and overcast around here. But the Philadelphia region is in a weird pattern right now and it seems that, despite the current ickiness, that the weather might clear — at [...]