Neat!

CNet has a neat photo gallery up showing ten years of the ISS. It's easy to forget how much it's grown over time. And while everyone is focusing on the whole water recapture deal, maybe remember that it's a pretty significant development in human history? (I may have some minor quibbles about the ISS, but damn! It's a permanent habitat! In space!)

Congrats to SpaceX!

SpaceX just successfully launched a Falcon 1 rocket and achieved payload orbit. This was a test flight, but still it's the first successful flight of a private rocket to orbit. Huge step forward for private spaceflight!