my latest scifi short in the Crim and Denek series was published! You can get them all free of charge at Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble (Nook). It’s been tough finding time to write in the last year, but I’ve done a little more cross country traveling in the past weeks and those long flights are always great opportunities to get lost in fictional worlds. As the story is getting more complicated, I’ve also noticed that each episode has gotten a little bit longer than the previous one. There are still many more in my head that I’ll have to get on paper, but for now I hope you’ll enjoy this latest installment.

"What about our gear?" Denek asked him.
"You'll be fitted with new armor on route."

Crim raised an eyebrow at his friend. A trooper's armor was custom fitted, highly sophisticated, and very expensive. Only after years of training and proven battlefield effectiveness did a trooper earn the qualifications to have it. Once issued, it was repaired and upgraded as needed, but never replaced. Nothing that could irreparably damage armor was survivable by the occupant who wore it.

"What's wrong with what we ...

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Tumblr staff announced that each week, in the month of May, there will be three Short films for consideration on Reel 13. It will be voted by viewers through Wednesday at 5pm and the winner will be airs on Saturday at midnight. Don’t hesitate to check weekly and join the fun of voting for your favorite short film.

Good Luck! to all filmmakers.

A short story by J. T. Pearson

Post 4

"Gentlemen, ladies, the Secretary of Defense has briefed you about why we've requested that you join us this morning. We're in a bit of a pickle and we need some help." The president surveyed their faces.

The continual popping and snapping of the stenographer's typing matched the president as he spoke.

"I want to know what these tiny people may request before arriving on their planet. I want an edge so that-"

Suddenly the stenographer pulled back from her machine and watched it slowly bending and crumbling inward, creating loud clanking and screeching metal noises, until it wasn't much bigger than a football. Then it floated up to the ceiling and remained there like a helium balloon that had slipped its string through a child's tiny fingers and escaped. The appointed committee sat silently, slack-jawed. The president remained composed.

"Did you bring a spare, Miss Flannigan, as I requested.

She nodded nervously.

"Well?" the president waited.

She reached under her chair and extracted a black case which she opened and removed the backup machine from. Then she placed it on the desk where the first one had been and took a slow deep breath.

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a great time lapse video of an icebreaker traveling the Antarctic waters. What really captured me was just how many different faces the ice can have, both in appearance and quality. Even today, there are still many corners of our own planet where the heart of an explorer can find some solace …

The Nathaniel B. Palmer is an icebreaker operated by the US National Science Foundation. Cassandra Brooks, one of the 37 scientists the ship can accommodate for missions of up to 75 days and deep in the Antarctic winter, shot this timelapse video of the ship doing its stuff over a two month period while traveling through the Ross Sea.

The video is the latest in a series of posts in which Brooks blogs about her experiences studying marine protection in the Antarctic at National Geographic. 

Check out this regular webcast on all things space related, Spacevidcast (also abbreviated as SVC), is a live weekly high definition video webcast, hosted by husband and wife team Cariann and Benjamin Higginbotham. Ben is also the master of all things video at SpaceX, so he is certainly in the thick of it when it comes to space news.

This particular segment talks about MarsOne, a project to send people on a one way colonization mission to Mars, funded as a reality TV show.

The mission statement for Spacevidcast is “Making space commonplace.” and their purpose as stated on their website is ” … to get all of planet Earth excited about space flight and living among the stars.” The topics covered are always space related, and usually right at the cutting edge of recent events of commercial space flight. Spacevidcast was awarded the Best Presentation of Space Award at the NewSpace 2010 conference.