moon traveller herald

Why I like Shadow Ticket - For a Wisconsin guy who lived in Milwaukee for two years, the Wisconsin part of this book is a big treat. Been reading Thomas Pynchon since V [actually, before that, the short story Entropy] and this book is just a thrill. It starts with an explosion ["a pineapple" in the 20s dialect] near the Lake. Eventually, a submarine is discovered in the Lake - an WWI Austro-Hungarian job that is running rum]. It’s always back to the Lake, the beer, the cheese and the Mob. The Milwaukee Mob appears in the first words of this book. This mob was a Franchise Outlet for the more prestigious Chicago operation…but if they got you, that distinguishment on the pecking ladder of crime meant little difference.   I like what I will call word flow, somewhat like stream of consciousness, most vividly represented by the Irish Modernist James Joyce. Thomas Pynchon is among few authors capable of such composition; in his manner, a novel can b...

  NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to the Moon 6:30 pm EDT Apr 1 No kidding! dd   [April 2, 2026] - After a yearslong parade of missteps, the United States yesterday launched astronauts toward the Moon. In the first such mission since December 1972, four voyagers dramatically bolted into the twilight sky above the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Fla.   The on-board crew operating the Orion spacecraft comprises NASA’s Reid Wiseman, mission commander; Victor Glover and Christina Koch; as well as Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. They are now in high Earth orbit, preparatory to a journey to the Moon.   The early flight included a brief loss in communications, and a control panel malfunction indicating problems with their craft’s toilet. This dashboard snafu was quickly toggled and solved.   Later today, the go/no-go decision will come on the plan to leave Earth orbit and head to its moon.   This manned return to Moon fli...