Rocket man

My hubby is an astronaut wannabe. He dreams of stars and space travel. His huge collection of science fiction paperbacks, begun when he was a middle-schooler, feeds his imagination. If the day ever comes when space travel is open to the public (and hopefully for less than a cool million), he would be first in line. In the meantime, he satisfies his wanderlust with such sites as

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Some of the daily pics are astounding. They resemble abstract art more than images of the cosmos. Check out these to see what I mean:

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula

Infrared helix

Inside the elephant's trunk

The site also throws in some science along the way:

Water on Mars