Potpourri LVIII

New from Hu: The Senate has decided to side with the Obama administration in retaining $500M in NASA funding, which the House had cut, pending the outcome of the Augustine panel's recommendations. That should make life interesting.

Welcome to Singularity University...a theoretical acceptance letter from Ray Kurzweil.

Robert Zubrin, a hero of mine and relentless supporter of sending humans to Mars, is not happy with the "detour" to the Moon, and wants to talk to the Augustine Panel about it.