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Awesome Science

by on January 6, 2014 at 12:03 am

We’re back!

Except, well, we’re not back.

I’ve been working on a big project that’s been taking all of my time and energy, which unfortunately has left little time to fulfill my duties here at Mission Control. But the good news is that this project is of such utter awesomeness that when I get to tell you about it, I think you’ll understand.

That’s all I can say about it for now. Meanwhile, I’ll still be posting to the blog about goings on here at Mission Control, as well as some sketches and things. And I’ll let you all know what’s up as soon as I can. And I promise that Ellie, Jeff, and Muffin will be back!

Thanks to all of you who have been reading for the past three and a half years! Have a great 2014!

James Anderson

 

 

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Jeff’s Insides for Everyone to See

by on February 28, 2012 at 1:25 am
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Last week I mentioned the students from the local school visited the Strang Institute for their field trip*. While I was waiting for them to arrive I got a text message from our resident alien biology expert who goes by the name of Peanut. She’s pretty shy and rarely talks, but when texting it’s hard to keep her “quiet”. Especially on that day.

She had been interviewed by Awesome Science Journal** for an article about Jeff, Muffin, and all the others wandering across the surface of Planet X. She was texting me to let me know the issue had arrived and she wanted to show me. Peaking around a corner she made a tiny noise and held up the cover for me to see. I let her know how awesome she was and she just smiled shyly and ran back to her desk. I got a text moments later that said, “Thanx!”

* I’ll be posting more on their trip in the coming weeks.

** I thought the magazine went defunct in the 1980s. Apparently they’re publishing again. In fairness to ASJ, I’ll wait to post an excerpt from the article when the issue is no longer on the magazine rack.  🙂

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The Mystery of Planet X

by on January 27, 2012 at 12:01 am
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I was having a little discussion about the star that Planet X revolves around with Ellie reader Neutrino. It was pointed out to me that I’ve never actually stated which star it is except in some vague clue from time to time. Of course that was an accidental oversight on my part, and it took Neutrino to not only remind me, but also point out exactly which star it happens to be.

Another thing Neutrino reminded me was that Planet X’s parent star is only 200-300 million years old – not enough time for life to evolve. So the fact that there definitely is life there is not only an amazing discovery, it’s also a real mystery. Part of Ellie’s mission is to discover those answers. Anyway, Neutrino inspired me to go down to the archives and dig out this magazine article from the early 70s.

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“Strang” Tales of Science

by on July 15, 2011 at 12:05 am
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I went rooting through some old papers here at Mission Control and discovered two pages of an interview with Dr. Strang in a 1968 copy of Awesome Science Magazine. Click on the picture to read it!

Sorry, the rest of the interview is missing. But in the back of the magazine I found these classified ads under the cartooning heading (for reals). I’d have paid $4.95 to get an education in commercial art!

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