“I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch. I…
Tag: Space
Our Greatest Leap
“It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” – Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969, from the Moon. Earth, birthplace and home of mankind. This phrase is a mere burlesque version of our present state of being. Of the over 4.5 billion years of the existence of our planet, we have inhabited it for…
International Docking Adapter – The Gateway to Democratization of Commercial Space Transport
The installation of the International Docking Adapters (IDAs) on the International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most significant moments in commercial space transport. This is NASA’s metaphorical gateway into a future in which it’s crew goes to the ISS on America’s own space vehicles, unlike aboard Russian vehicles as they did till this point. The International…
KATTA. A testimony.
Public spaces. What are public spaces? Let’s re frame this. What makes a space Public? For me, an Ideal Public Space is the one where each individual of each age group has a scope of contribution. Right from the ancient times, city planners have been striving to balance movement of humans and urban/public spaces. From…