Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee died horribly, from asphyxiation and incineration, in a test of the Apollo capsule. It caused a massive overhaul of the Apollo program, but less than two years later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
Back On The Air
Some of you may have noticed that my site was having problems for the past few days. They’re fixed for now, but all comments and trackbacks since last Wednesday or so are lost. They’re not irretrievably gone, but they’re no longer in the data base. This evening, I’ll point to old versions of the posts, with comments, so if anyone wants to reenter them into the data base, they can. I don’t have the time to do so.
The Spirit Was Willing, But The Flash Was Weak
It was a flash memory problem.
Don’t blame me for the bad pun–someone over at sci.space.policy came up with it.
For The Record
The San Diego Union-Tribune has set the record straight on my and Fox News’ supposed journalistic fraud and forgery.
How Much Will It Cost?
Clark Lindsey has some useful thoughts on all of the silly commentary about the cost of the president’s new space initiative. (If you’re reading this in the future, scroll down to the January 23rd entry)
That Didn’t Take Long
Boeing is already showing artists’ conceptions of their space exploration hardware.
[Via Clark Lindsey]
That Didn’t Take Long
Boeing is already showing artists’ conceptions of their space exploration hardware.
[Via Clark Lindsey]
That Didn’t Take Long
Boeing is already showing artists’ conceptions of their space exploration hardware.
[Via Clark Lindsey]
Boomers Mourn
Captain Kangaroo has died.
Mars, Inc.
Max Boot (who is apparently going to be a weekly columnist at the Daily Puppy Trainer–it’s nice to see them looking for a little diversity on their editorial page, and some viewpoints to the right of Bob Scheer) says that we should encourage private Mars expeditions.
[via emailer Robb Kestner]