That’s how long it’s been since the first powered controlled flight at Kitty Hawk. On the hundredth anniversary, I wrote three separate essays. One at Fox News, one at National Review, and one at TechCentralStation. Unfortunately, the latter has succumbed to link rot.
It also proved something that’s been pretty obvious for years; Adam Schiff has been a serial liar from the beginning.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Schiff town hall erupts into cries of “liar” and “treason.” They’re not wrong. Unfortunately, his seat is probably safe in that district, which is why he can get away with this.
I’m encouraged that he wants to emphasize science and technology. This could create some useful Anglospheric alliances in space, particularly if he sets up a Royal Space Force.
[Update a few minutes later]
He’s going after the Beeb. That would be amazing if he could get rid of that pack of leftist hacks.
British space lawyer Joanne Wheeler has collected the thoughts of many current space leaders.
I think there are more false lessons from Apollo than valid ones. It really did create a damaging mindset for the next half century, from which we’re only starting to recover.
(Note, the format is a little confusing; the quotes come before, not after the names.)
I was alive then, a few months after Apollo 11, but I’d never heard the full story of what had happened there; I only knew that there was another music festival, like Woodstock.