Phew! What a week. After the election last night, some members of GCSA are very happy, others are highly depressed. But I guess that applies to people all across America and the rest of the world. However, GCSA has never been about politics, so I digress…<\/p>\n
Good things and bad things are happening this week. Today, for example is Guy Fawkes day- a favorite amongst the GCSArmy. Unfortunately, it fell in the middle of the work\/school week so we are all strewn about our respective parts of the country. But rest assured, in our hearts and minds, fireworks are flashing.<\/p>\n
Despite the occurrence of a great holiday this week, there are some rather saddening events too.
\nThe latest Mars robot has entered it’s final days on the red planet. Temperatures are plummeting, snow is falling, and light is diminishing as Martian winter sets in. Because of these impossible conditions, Mars Phoenix has been drifting in and out of robotic coma for the past several days. It served for over 125 sols (128 days), an entire month longer than what was expected. Phoenix served well, and will be remembered. Below, I’ll leave you with the Guy Fawkes poem, and Phoenix’s epitaph…<\/p>\n
Oh, you wanted some GCSA news too? Okay.. let’s see.. By Sharp and Flame, Remember, remember the Fifth of November<\/strong>, R.I.P. Mars Phoenix<\/strong> Phew! What a week. After the election last night, some members of GCSA are very happy, others are highly depressed. But I guess that applies to people all across America and the rest of the world. However, GCSA has never been about politics, so I digress… Good things and bad things are happening this week. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mygcsa.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWell, a new member will be announced soon. He has worked with us before, and has earned his cast pin well. In addition to that upcoming announcement, I can say that this December will bring an epic monument… to all<\/em> of our sins, of course. And for the first time ever, technology from GCSA’s jet propulsion laboratory (GCSA-JPL) will be used in the field, to get the shots we need for this project. That’s right. Rockets with video cameras are required<\/em>. Believe. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
\nCarter<\/p>\n
\nThe Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
\nI can think of no reason
\nWhy the Gunpowder Treason
\nShould ever be forgot.
\nGuy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
\nTo blow up the King and Parli’ment.
\nThree-score barrels of powder below
\nTo prove old England’s overthrow;
\nBy God’s providence he was catch’d
\nWith a dark lantern and burning match.
\nHolloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
\nHolloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHands where we could not reach,
\nEyes where we could not see,
\nLife where we could not live-
\nYou are our pride.
\nAnd you will be remembered.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"