Kids now have the coolest toys. Growing up, we had Lincoln Logs, Legos, Brick Blocks (generic Legos), and erector sets. My brother and I loved building things. But recently, we babysat a 4 year old, and she brought her magnetic tiles with her. These things are so much fun. We built rockets, towers, and a plain old houses. We used triangles to make squares when we ran out of squares. I don’t think these will every quite replace Legos for versatility (I don’t think I could make a ship out of them), but they are still a ton of fun.
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Mission to Jupiter
06
Aug
My love of the Astronomy Picture of the Day site means I’m excited about NASA’s new Juno Mission to Jupiter. Even better pictures than Voyager! A camera dedicated to a public feed so that we can all see what they are seeing! Sure, the probe won’t get there for 5 years, but imagine!
There will be 3 Lego figurines aboard Juno. They will depict Galileo, who was the first to discover 4 of Jupiter’s moons, as well as the Roman gods, Jupiter and his wife Juno.
It may not be a shuttle, but NASA is still doing some cool stuff.
