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I just had a nice, simple supper: lamb patties, basmati rice, and raw carrots. Per pound, the carrots were the most expensive, because I'm paying for the convenience of getting them already peeled and cut into a convenient size, and because I have access to markets that have chopped lamb and basmati rice at good prices. I'm pleased with myself for cooking it--and blueberry pancakes for our lunch today, and last night's salad (to go with the remains of the goulash ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude made Monday night and yesterday's lunchtime omelettes. Signs I'm feeling better: I'm cooking. So I am well-fed and content, with the last of a glass of apple cider (US meaning, not UK) next to me; Artemis is happy, because she got a bit of the lamb.
NASA has finally said good-bye to Pioneer 10, and I am oddly saddened. "Oddly" because it wasn't expected to last that long; it was launched before most LiveJournal members were born. It's just been there, carrying our instruments and our message out into space, for most of my conscious life. The spacecraft and the plaque are still there, of course (or we assume they are--there's no reason to expect them not to be), but its power has run down too much for it to answer the calls from home.
Pioneer completed its main scientific mission in 1973, sending home marvelous images of Jupiter, the first of the gorgeous spaceprobe photos of the outer solar system that we've come to take for granted. The last of the science mission was declared over in 1997, as various instruments fell silent, most having long outlived their expected service times. There's a mission summary at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1972-012A.html
cattitude made Monday night and yesterday's lunchtime omelettes. Signs I'm feeling better: I'm cooking. So I am well-fed and content, with the last of a glass of apple cider (US meaning, not UK) next to me; Artemis is happy, because she got a bit of the lamb.NASA has finally said good-bye to Pioneer 10, and I am oddly saddened. "Oddly" because it wasn't expected to last that long; it was launched before most LiveJournal members were born. It's just been there, carrying our instruments and our message out into space, for most of my conscious life. The spacecraft and the plaque are still there, of course (or we assume they are--there's no reason to expect them not to be), but its power has run down too much for it to answer the calls from home.
Pioneer completed its main scientific mission in 1973, sending home marvelous images of Jupiter, the first of the gorgeous spaceprobe photos of the outer solar system that we've come to take for granted. The last of the science mission was declared over in 1997, as various instruments fell silent, most having long outlived their expected service times. There's a mission summary at http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1972-012A.html