Space. The final frontier.

These are the ponderings of the Space-Minded Nerd. His/her mission is to explore strange, new technologies, to seek out new gadgets and new inventions, to boldly go where a few people have probably already gone before.

 Nerd's log: Moon Shoes

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These miniature strap-on trampolines might just get us to interstellar orbit, or into the outer troposphere at the very least. And look at the small child modeling them; she has reached a level of enjoyment that our earthbound existence can only imagine. Jump, small girl child. Jump like the wind.

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