Incredible dancer, and, as I was lucky enough to talk to him once, a humble soul. This 1982 performance on Top Of The Pops to my favorite Shalamar song is the definition of A+. NASA level.

“People thought a rope was pulling me, they thought that I had, like, oil on the floor, they thought I had wheels on my shoes - people just couldn’t understand what was going on.”

Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF): Its purpose was to study the effects of space on a multitude of materials.

Every inch of its outside surface was covered with Science. 57 separate experiments, mounted in 86 trays, involving the participation of “more than 200 principal investigators from 33 private companies, 21 universities, seven NASA centers, nine Department of Defense laboratories and eight foreign countries.

This was in my top 3 of last year, right next to “Letter to Robin Kinross” and “Siedlung”. Thanks, Jonas.

eighteen touches, one strike.