The cats helped my husband open his surprise space gift. They sniffed the edges, jumped in the box, and played with the discarded paper. In addition to all the cool stuff Santa sent him, Santa sent me a pack of space themed cupcake toppers. I love to bake, and these will fit the bill the next time I make snacks.

Here's his THANK YOU post:

Thanks so much for sending these space gifts. I had taken this exchange off, and my wife surprised me by signing up for me.

The prints are great from both a space theme and also from a graphic design perspective. Those will look super in my office. I’ve been making a lot of drawings at work this year, so the Lunar Lander print may have to keep me company at work for a bit.

The squeeze rockets are a bit anemic compared to the traditional Nerf blasters which use similar (but finless) darts. It is interesting to think that one of these darts could be expected to fly forever if launched while in space. I just watched a Youtube video where they get these darts up to Mach 2, and it punches through half inch thick pine board. Just think what a foam dart could do after it has been frozen solid in space, then released at Earth’s escape velocity of about Mach 32.5. Who would have considered a foam dart to be a deadly projectile?

The game looks cool too and is hopefully not as dangerous as those dart guns as long as we commit to playing it on Earth and not in orbit.