Today is the thirty-second anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disasterThis disaster claimed the lives of ( Read more... )

Today is the twenty-sixth anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disasterThis disaster claimed the lives of ( Read more... )

Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disasterThis disaster claimed the lives of ( Read more... )

Courtesy of cynthia1960. I'm sure that folks are tired of the whole Gangnam Style videos and the song itself, but after what happened yesterday, this sort of video is needed. It's about NASA, sort of. :) Besides, it's just fun! :)

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On the other hand, there is this bit of positive memory that many of us have, and that some of the folks reading this blog will only know about from their history books.

'Nuff said. Just watch it.

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Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger disasterThis disaster claimed the lives of ( Read more... )

Like many of my older friends here on LJ and in the non-virtual world, I was raised on science fiction and space travel, both in the literary and the factual sense. I remember being fascinated and mesmerised by the programs of NASA and the Soviets, and loved to read books or see tv shows and documentaries about this sort of thing. I've shed tears ( Read more... )