OKAY, I’m taking my daughter to the mall. Back later. Check out “>this NEXRAD loop showing the debris field and — I think — heavier debris falling at the beginning. I can’t seem to save this animated loop. If anyone can, please do. I assume they’re saving it, but you never know.

Via phone, my mother just reported that William Burrows (on NBC) called Congress an “unindicted co-conspirator” for its bad policy and budgetary neglect. That’s about right. Meanwhile Defense Tech asks what happens to the Space Station crew. And Virginia Postrel has local reports, and a link to local TV’s coverage on streaming video, which she says is quite good.