Donald Trump likes to brag on the campaign trail that he's the best at bribing politicians. He said, for example, "When you give, they do whatever the hell you want them to do." But then, when he got caught giving and getting exactly what the hell he wanted, he claimed that's not what happened.

What was going through your head when you decided that your flight from Detroit to Chicago would be the best time to cut your toenails. Ewww, gross.

Crew seemed like a nice idea to me. To my naïve eyes, it looked like a laid-back, social sport; I guess I put it in the same class as badminton, or canoeing. Boy, was I wrong.

At present, we can only aim interplanetary payloads to within 6 miles of a target at best. As those pre-packaged bundles will be arriving months or years before we will, it's not unreasonable to project that the first Mars mission might have a 1-2 month period dedicated to locating and assembling the various pieces of their habitat.

Making discoveries, breaking legs, breaking mountainsides and records: that's been that kind of month. A really good month, all things considered.