A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label Aerospace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aerospace. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2026

Song Lyric of the Day (‘Eve of Destruction,’ on Returning From ‘Four Days in Space’)

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“Ah, you may leave here for four days in space But when you return, it's the same old place The poundin' of the drums, the pride and...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Flashback, January 1986: Challenger Explosion Rocks Space Shuttle Program

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With its new shuttle flight delayed repeatedly by high winds, a frozen hatch handle and other issues, the National Air Space and Space Admin...
Monday, August 10, 2020

This Day in Scientific History (Death of Robert Goddard, Secretive Space Pioneer)

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Aug. 10, 1945— Robert H. Goddard , a physicist who shook off academic bewilderment and even public derision to perfect the principles of...
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I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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