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Godspeed Atlantis
As I write these words, the launch sequencer called for a hold at the last...
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End of the Shuttle, Foam and Nerves
I always thought the shuttle was a mistake. Too many parties made demands on...
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How Barbara Morgan is like the Monke...
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New Orleans wins toss of space-flown...
The Saints are currently trailing in the Super Bowl. But they won the coin...
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Sale on used space shuttles
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A few words about mission patches.
Every manned American space mission, since the first Mercury flight has had a mission patch. I really don’t know what these patches are for. No astronaut actually gets confused about what flight (s)he’s on. In any case, these patches are symbols of America’s voyages above the planet. And they tell stories. Gus Grissom and the [...]
God in Space
Astronauts have, typically, been pretty quiet about religion. They are aware that they are public figures, and shouldn’t get themselves into unnecessary controversies. This became clear in 1968 when the Apollo 8 astronauts read from Genesis in lunar orbit…and were subsequently sued by an atheist. Since those days, we’ve seen a few cases of people [...]
Cheese to be sent into space (almost)
Everybody’s getting into the act. Now, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, British cheese makers hope to send some cheddar to the edge of space. Okay, so the astronauts didn’t find that the moon was made of cheese. That didn’t discourage Philip Crawford, chairman of the West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers group. [...]
