By now only a few on this earth has not heard of how a 7^th grader, Lauren Rojas, has sent Hello Kitty Plush 93,000 feet up in the stratosphere as part of a science project.
Having looked at the video, she did an excellent job of presetting her experiment during the flight, the pictures are spectacular and hello kitty in her rocket is just so cute. The rocket parachuted back to earth 47 miles from the launch point, in a tree; a likely place for a kitty. Hello Kitty is safe and sound back on Earth. The video went viral and new report has been seen all over the world and on National TV.

Not to detract from Ms. Rojas feat, some in the media is reporting this is Hello Kitty’s first trip into (or near space). That honor really should go to Melissa whose Hello Kitty has flown with The Expedition 9 Crew in 2004. I quote from part of that post.

“This is to certify that Hello Kitty accompanied the Expedition 9 Crew in their long duration space mission aboard the International Space Station. This item was flown for the wonderful Melissa (last name omitted for obvious reasons).

The Expedition 9 Crew was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on April 19, 2004, at 9:19 a.m., aboard the Russian Soyuz Spacecraft TMA-4, and return to Kazakhstan on October 24, 2004, at 6:35 a.m. aboard the Soyuz Spacecraft TMA-4.”

I also thought Hello Kitty as Soyuz crew mascot aka Micro Gravity Indicator some time ago.

Still way to go Lauren for Hello Kitty first altitude Balloon mission.

Watch the Mission

Full Report : Hello Kitty says hello to space, thanks to Antioch teen’s science project

Newcon PDX is a new a multi genre convention (Anime, Fantasy and Science Fiction) during the weekend  of 29th and 30th December. Both my big Hello Kitties was my accompanying plushies. I had a great time. Not much kitty spotting this time.

With we  Males fans a rare breed I found it amusing of all places I would run into another male  fan. ( Van Shoes, Backpack and belt)

Medusa loves my Hello Kitty Plush

Click Here for Convention report and more pictures.

John 1

English Standard Version (ESV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was in the beginning with God. ³ All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. ⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

⁹ The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. ¹¹ He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. ¹² But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³ who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Merry Christmas to all.
By the way I am holding my new Big Kitty replacement. she isi much larger than the old one . Perhaps to big to bring her to the conventions.

It was very quiet on HKO today, no balloons or  special events.  Still I long on and spent some time with Kitty and Mimmy White. In addition this was a few day after the official release of the North American servers in 2009.

I also want to leave a shout out to  former Sailor Scouts guild members.

Happy Birthday Mimmy and Kitty