Keith’s note: I was just on CNN on HBOMax with Jim Sciutto talking about Jim Lovell [Audio] transcript below.
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Posted inCongress, History, News, Shuttle News
Texas Is Engaged in Congressional Shuttle Rustling
Keith’s note: Instigated by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn from Texas, Congress is moving ahead with a plan to take Space Shuttle Discovery (which has been deeded by law […]
Posted inCulture, History, News, Personnel News
NASA Ignored Juneteenth This Year
Keith’s note: Up until last year NASA always made mention of Juneteenth and what it represents to NASA and to our nation. Not any more. Why is that Janet?
Posted inAstrobiology, Astronauts, Exploration, History, News
Listening To Santana On Wharton Ridge
Keith’s note: this just came out of my head as a stream of inter-related events. Some times I feel like Forrest Gump. Other times I am in Luke Skywalker mode. […]
Posted inHistory, News
That Time Wernher von Braun’s Rocket Tried To Kill My Father (Repost)
Keith’s note: As best I can collate the facts, on 18 March 1945, 80 years ago today, a V-2 missile was launched from Statenkwartier in The Hague in occupied Netherlands […]
Posted inAstronauts, History, News, Personnel News, Transition, TrumpSpace
Another NASA DEIA Thing To Purge
Keith’s note: Looks like this DEIA-oriented page at NASA.gov needs to be erased ASAP: “45 Years Ago: NASA Selects 35 New Astronauts On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA announced the selection […]
Posted inAdministrator Updates, Columbia, Culture, History, News, Personnel News, Safety, TrumpSpace
Janet Petro: Honoring Our Commitment to Safety on Day of Remembrance
Keith’s note: This was sent out to NASA employees. Note the way that Janet Petro signed this – with a standard “Embrace the Challenge.” closing. This was not on her […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
That Time A President Sent A Message To The Stars
Keith’s note: NASA just turned 66. Jimmy Carter just turned 100. Too bad NASA does not remember its own past – a past currently being sent to the stars.
Posted inHistory, News
Red Begonias, Blue Skies, and 9-11
Editor’s note: I first posted this on 10 Sep 2011. I used to run through the precise place where the plane hit the Pentagon when I lived across the street […]
Posted inPersonnel News
James Dean
Keith’s note: the archetype for NASA outreach – beyond space enthusiasts – was the original NASA Art Program during Apollo. It expressed in images what math and physics could not. […]