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    May 13, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  1. Letters to the Editor - May 13

    It is senseless to place labels on Jesus Christ To the editor: I’m not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. With more and more frequency, twice in the past week or so, I read doubts about the existence of God and confusion over who exactly Jesus is....

    Tags: Bible, Space Programs, Christianity, Satellite Technology, Discrimination

    2. Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Mars or bust, Buzz Aldrin says

    Dancer, rapper, and, oh yeah, Man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin is talking, but are the right people listening? One of the original moonwalkers (“Michael Jackson always did it backwards!” Aldrin complained) challenged the United States to pick...

    Tags: Michael Jackson, Space Programs, NASA, Satellite Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    3. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. The wife stuff

    They were hounded by reporters sicced on them by NASA. Forced to lay their lives open to Life magazine. Panted after by every newspaper in the country. It got so bad that the vaunted wives of the astronauts in the American space program — which pervaded the national consciousness from Project Mercury in 1959 to the Apollo program ending in 1972 — had holes carved into the fences between their houses so they could visit each other without having to face television crews.
    They were hounded by reporters sicced on them by NASA. Forced to lay their lives open to Life magazine. Panted after by every newspaper in the country. It got so bad that the vaunted wives of the astronauts in the American space program — which...

    Tags: Space Programs, Science and Technology, Dining and Drinking, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lifestyle and Leisure

    4. Jun 7, 2013 |Column| Daily American

  4. Echoes From The Past

    In early April I was privileged to view a televised news story celebrating the arrival of the first cell phone 40 years ago. That antiquated gadget was a large, cumbersome piece of equipment — quite expensive and only affordable to a limited number of persons — in comparison to the small, refined cell phones people carry and depend upon today in a world that grows more hectic every year.
    In early April I was privileged to view a televised news story celebrating the arrival of the first cell phone 40 years ago. That antiquated gadget was a large, cumbersome piece of equipment — quite expensive and only affordable to a limited...

    Tags: Ford, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War I (1914-1918), Cell Phones, Science and Technology

    5. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Amazon's Jeff Bezos hails recovery of some Apollo F-1 engines

    Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer.
    Jeff Bezos: founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and now, bona fide ocean explorer. A year after vowing to send a team into the ocean to find F-1 engines from the historic Apollo 11 moon launch, Bezos announced Wednesday that the team had recovered F-1 engine...

    Tags: Amazon Kindle, Atlantic Ocean, Jeff Bezos, Space Programs, Amazon.com Inc.

    6. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Lowell Observatory: Can crowdsourcing fix iconic telescope?

    Is it possible to crowdsource an old telescope? The <a href="http://www.lowell.edu/" target="_blank">Lowell Observatory</a> in Flagstaff, Ariz., is about to find out.
    Is it possible to crowdsource an old telescope? The Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., is about to find out. Built by the astronomer Percival Lowell in 1894, the 24-inch Alvan Clark Telescope has been in continuous use for 117 years. About the turn...

    Tags: Astronomy, Research, NASA, Entertainment, Human Interest

    7. Mar 8, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Taking science to the masses

    Neil Shubin has the wide, happy eyes of a Muppet and the casual, ingratiating prattle of a car salesman. His thick, graying hair lends gravitas. He has written a new book, and on a bitter afternoon in Hyde Park he is explaining to me how he writes.
    Neil Shubin has the wide, happy eyes of a Muppet and the casual, ingratiating prattle of a car salesman. His thick, graying hair lends gravitas. He has written a new book, and on a bitter afternoon in Hyde Park he is explaining to me how he writes....

    Tags: Stephen Hawking, Matthew McConaughey, Harold Washington Library Center, University of Chicago, Roosevelt University

    8. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer

    Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...

    Tags: Lucille Ball, Los Angeles Unified School District, China, Pneumonia, Desi Arnaz

    9. Dec 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Wheels on the moon

    Framework
    NASA knew that in order to properly explore the moon, walking wouldn’t be enough. Astronauts needed to drive....
    10. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. NASA will remain a leader in human spaceflight, top official says

    NASA&rsquo;s human spaceflight program is &ldquo;alive and well,&rdquo; NASA chief Charles Bolden told a committee convened to explore the space program&rsquo;s future goals and direction.
    NASA’s human spaceflight program is “alive and well,” NASA chief Charles Bolden told a committee convened to explore the space program’s future goals and direction. “Those who question whether we can still lead in space...

    Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Science and Technology, Barack Obama

    11. Dec 22, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Cleanliness is key for robotic space explorers

    WATERTON CANYON, Colo. &mdash; The concrete-floored room looks, at first glance, like little more than a garage. There is a red tool chest, its drawers labeled: "Hacksaws." "Allen wrenches." There are stepladders and vise grips. There is also, at one end of the room, a half-built spaceship, and everyone is wearing toe-to-fingertip protective suits.
    WATERTON CANYON, Colo. — The concrete-floored room looks, at first glance, like little more than a garage. There is a red tool chest, its drawers labeled: "Hacksaws." "Allen wrenches." There are stepladders and vise grips. There is also, at one...

    Tags: Space Programs, Satellite Technology, Aerospace Manufacturing, Sneezing, Science and Technology

    12. Aug 18, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  12. Fabulous prizes promised in Allentown, but first fork over $333

    Jane Shroads has written 11 books, has traveled quite a bit, was a journalist in Rochester, and taught English as a second language for 20 years in Florida. Her husband, Jim, is a pilot and was one of the aeronautical engineers who helped put men on the...

    Tags: Credit and Debt, Allentown, Jamaica

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