Weekend Diversion: The Universe in your home (Synopsis)

“I’m coming back in… and it’s the saddest moment of my life.” -Ed White, at the conclusion of the first American spacewalk, June 3, 1965

Adventures are funny things: we look forward to them, we enjoy them to the fullest while we're on them, and then we revel in the experience of having had them once they're behind us. But there are some adventures, as Steve Earle would sing you, that are

Somewhere Out There,

that we'll never experience for ourselves. I'm talking, for the most part, about the far reaches of deep space.

Image credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI), C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt), NASA, of star LL Orionis in the Orion Nebula. Image credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI), C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt), NASA, of star LL Orionis in the Orion Nebula.

But what if you could bring these into your home, not just as framed prints, but as part of your permanent resident itself? From fabrics to wallpapers to gift wraps, this is now possible, easy and inexpensive from anywhere in the world!

Image credit: Spoonflower, via http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/3413491. Image credit: Spoonflower, via http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/3413491.

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