Truism of the day

It is a human failing, to attribute the best of motives to those we know the least, and the worst to those we love best...

--Jacqueline Carey, "Kushiel's Dart", pp. 592

Productive and fun :)

After a string of dull or nearly-useless air traffic project trips, this week has been an excellent contrast. Honeybee is both more competent and motivated than the FAA or its contractors... and on this Mars drilling automation project, they're clearly working for me rather than being a peer organization elbowing for dominance. And while it still seems a bit weird to find a robotics company in Little Italy, I'm getting used to it.

But that's all window dressing. This week worked because of Honeybee's cooperation, and Howard's support plus team members in California loyally dialing-up WebEx at 6:30am PT... and because Pascal Lee was here Wednesday and Thursday. He and I essentially planned this summer's field season, redesigned the camp, and then changed the drill deployment so that it would work...

( Three months of Mars-analog project progress in two days... )

( Fun stuff, too... energy boosts )

( This morning, and home )