Cross Country Chronicles

Some maybe wondering why I post about the Coronavirus in a blog devoted primarily to traveling.  Because viruses travel along with human...

Solar sails have been long-discussed as a way to propel spacecraft.  The sails exploit the fact that solar wind exerts pressure on a mir...

As you know on the first day of the new year, I publish the all-time favorites.   This year the top three from the 190 posts were: ...

Japan's Hayabusa-2 spacecraft has departed from the asteroid  Ryugu with samples of its soil and begun its year-long journey back to ...

Porto Rafti’s nautical club  Ν.Α.Σ.Π.Ο.Ρ   organizes several sailboat races during the summer every year with the last two crossing to th...

The dying Achilles ( Αχιλλεας θνησκων),  a marble statue in the grounds of Achillion Palace, in the island of Kerkyra, raises the questi...

In Ernest Shackleton’s epic journey to the Antarctica after their boat Endurance was trapped, he and five of his crew set sail on a 22-fo...