“So far, nobody has been able to make space sushi. I think shelf life may be a problem.”
Japan space agency official Yoshinori Miyazawa on the gastronomic sacrifices made by Japanese astronauts (The Japan Times, 9 December)
“It is probably the single strongest library for space science and engineering in the universe.”
Nobel laureate astrophysicist John Mather on the proposed closure of the NASA library in Greenbelt, Maryland (Los Angeles Times, 8 December)
“What if it turns out you’re really Siberian and then, oops, your healthcare is gone?”
David Barrett of the Alaska Area Institutional Review Board on a…
