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Tag Archives: human spaceflight
Hail, Columbia!
In reading Bringing Columbia Home, the author referred to several videos — a surviving bit of cockpit footage, eleven minutes prior to the disaster, as well as a tribute video created during the recovery period. “There’s heavy grief in our … Continue reading
Bringing Columbia Home
Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Shuttle and Her Crew(c) 2018 Michael Leinbach and Johnthan Ward400 pages On February 1st, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the skies above Texas and Louisiana, some sixteen minutes from … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2000s, aviation, disaster, history, human space flight, human spaceflight, space shuttle
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Between the nonfunctional hospital wifi and the only decent television programs being overtaken by baseball, most of my entertainment last week was good ol’ fashioned books. Midnight at Chernobyl popped onto my radar after I watched the excellent HBO series … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, science
Tagged 1940s, 1980s, energy, espionage and commandos, evolution, history, human spaceflight, Jane Austen, Nuclear, psychology, Russia, science, women, WW2
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