THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“By refocusing our space program on Mars for America’s future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it’s time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface.”

— Buzz Aldrin

BIRTHDAYS:

1569 Jakob Hassler, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire. Toccata

1778 Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era.

1856 J. J. Thomson, British physicist renowned for discovering the electron in 1897, identifying the first subatomic particle and fundamentally transforming the understanding of atomic structure.

1913 Alfred Bester, American sci-fi author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

SHOULD I LOCK MY FRONT DOOR? What time will interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS be closest to Earth tonight?

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration