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Perseverance's First Cored Mars Rock in Sample Tube: Perseverance’s first cored-rock sample is visible inside this titanium sample collection tube in this image taken on Sept. 6, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption ›NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California received data that confirmed the historic milestone. The core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, making it available for retrieval in the future. Through the Mars Sample Return...

There were some real veteran campaigners backstage and I’m told they were all blown away by this crowd in Colorado. It really was like some big time rock show. Just a huge response for the governor... ...And then something very interesting happens. He moves away from the group of people just a bit. Maybe ten or fifteen feet or so. Just enough to have a little space to himself. And enough people notice that the area gets a lot more quiet, and they are trying to watch the governor without looking like they are watching the governor. They can all...

Gosh, what a nice (a sweetheart) woman she was. I believe her name was Gina. She called and talked to Rush about how big the crowd was at the Romney event in Red Rock CO. this week- she attended it. Apparently, it was bigger than the media is leading you to believe. Anyway, at the end of the call, Rush offered her a gift (turned out to be an IPHONE gift) that she refused and instead told Rush to give it to his next caller that was in the military.

I'm not sure that there is anything that is directly noteworthy about a massive crowd for a major-party candidate at the end of the presidential cycle. Both candidates will have at least 60 million people voting for them in this election, which means there are going to be lots of people who will show up for these kinds of events. But will they climb hills and mountains and trek out to the middle of nowhere to do it? The Denver Post put together this visually stunning video of Mitt Romney's event at Red Rocks, which also shows the difficulties that...

President Bush speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colo., Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. Bush is making stops in closely contested Western states this week on the way to the third and final debate with his Democratic opponent Sen. John Kerry in Phoenix on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)