From space telescopes to tennis balls -- I did it all this weekend!

At left, I'm at a reception Friday night in East Lansing for Frank Ceppolina, the engineer in charge of figuring out how to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. He spoke on campus that afternoon but I could not attend his presentation. Jennifer and I did go to this reception, which was a lot of fun.

I got to talk to Frank for about 10 minutes. I think the most interesting thing he said was in regards to the James Webb Space Telescope, the device that will replace Hubble in 2014. I noted that the Webb is designed to be inaccessible to repair crews. But Frank said "don't be too sure!" I think he has a lot of faith in his engineers to figure something out if they have to.

This next photo (cell phone camera so a little blurry) is Brandon and me at the Franklin Tennis Club on Saturday night. We lost our match 3-6, 1-6. However, it was still great fun (although it would have been even more fun if I could have helped Brandon on to victory.) We play again in a few weeks and I'm hopeful that we can start a winning streak.