Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge artist rendering
Most bridges in human history have been built for humans or their vehicles only. In the past few decades humans though have started building what are called land bridges or wildlife bridges to accomodate animals crossing over manmade structures like highways. These wildlife bridges help reduce vehicle collisions and help local wildlife thrive by providing safe ways for them...
h-e-b store front
To no surprise at all here in Texas, H-E-B has been named "Grocer of the Year" (or Grocery Store of the Year). Unlike another head-scratching "of the year" award recently given, this is likely to not cause any controversy whatsoever. "The Texas grocer's pandemic response this spring showed it could move mountains, while its response in recent months has...
spacex high altitude test starship in boca chica, tx december 9th 2020
Today Texas will go down in history for making it possible for SpaceX to reach their ultimate goal - putting humans on Mars. Maybe even a Texas shaped colony? The test flight of SpaceX's Starship went almost perfect reaching a high-altitude, falling back to earth, and starting the controlled decent that has made SpaceX a household name around the globe....
san antonio river walk holiday lights 2020
If you live in or visit San Antonio the River Walk is a must visit attraction and area of resaurants and shops. During the Christmas season they have over 100,000 lights hanging from the bald cypress trees and all around the River Walk. It is a site most Texans outside of San Antonio don't get to enjoy, especially with...
spacex starship boca chica texas
Tonight was a scheduled high-altitude test launch of SpaceX's Rocketship, a spacecraft designed for trips to the moon and Mars. Unfortunately the Raptor engine performed an auto-abort at the literal last second before liftoff and the test was scrubbed and postponed for tomorrow (December 9th). Even so we still get this gorgeous video of Starship preparing for liftoff with...