Yesterday wasn't what I'd call a "good" day "off." Other schedule conflicts kept me from being productive in homework, and kept me from sleeping as much as I might have liked. Those are really the only things Wednesday is good for.
Today was a little better. Morning class made me get up early, but that's not awful. We discussed vector spaces and some related things, which I could stand to brush up on. Then there's the fact that there are girls in the class. The class marks the first time in a decade there have been girls in one of my classes. Or maybe it just seems that way. (In truth, there has been a girl in at least one class every semester that I can think of.)
After the morning class, Lee and I wasted some time in his office, searched out a Pepsi machine, and wasted more time in his office. I say "wasted" - the time of that break is such that it's hard to start on anything because lunch is looming, then there's not really time after you eat to do much. So "wasted" is the term I use. I wish I could get more done during that time, but it's just not arranged helpfully.
Then Inviscid Flow was about coordinates and divs, grads, and curls. It also has girls, two from math and one from the base. Actually, all my classes have girls in them - that, I think, is new for the past couple of years. I did homework in class and half took notes while Dr. Vakili talked.
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NASA can't win. They launch, and they took too big a risk. They hold off, and they're scared of failure or overly cautious. When did space travel become equivalent to a trip across town? Rocket scientists are held in high academic esteem for a reason. This stuff is hard. And in the last 20 years, we've lost 2 shuttles and crews. How many airplanes have crashed due to mechanical failures in that time? Cars?
Sorry, I happen to like space travel. For others. I have no particular wish to go into space. It'd be cool; I just don't think it's something worth pursuing as a personal goal.
Battlestar Galactica: one month from yesterday. More tomorrow.
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