The trip was uneventful, except for an excruciatingly long and slow detour out in the desert in a long line of trucks and cars due to blocking off eastbound I-10 for and accident investigation about thirty miles west of Phoenix.

Obviously, I have an Intertube connection. I came in late due to the above, in the middle of a discussion of a tether system for earth-moon transport. I’m sitting next to Henry Cate, Jr. (who started the Carnival of Space series after last year’s conference) and am staring at the backs of Clark Lindsey’s and Jeff Foust’s heads.