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- Carpenter's Flight
50 years ago today, Scott Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. He piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth. In this photo, taken on May 24, 1962, Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter looks into his Mercury-Atlas 7 spacecraft, the Aurora 7, before being inserted to begin the launch. Image Credit: NASA
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Powerpoint – Orientation
My day job is somewhat hard to explain to people so I generally try not to. One of the aspects of it is having to distill the essences of complex systems into key points that can be easily understood by … Continue reading
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TR – Art Appreciation
The good folks over at The Art of Manliness have taken the “motivator” comcept in a most acceptable direction. There are a wide variety of them on their site with various historical characters, as well as some other great daily … Continue reading
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Cultural Observations
At some point int he past I may have pointed you towards a number of different cultural observations that describe the way that our nation’s character has been shifting since the 1960′s. The interesting thing is that the cultural shift … Continue reading
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Aging
Aging sucks. I finally broke down and had my eyes checked… reading glasses suck. I am not giving in easily to father time, and will fight to the end. But, then things like this crop up and it puts this … Continue reading
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Situational Awareness
Now here’s some good advice that is basically self defence 101. “Exactly right,” I said, “Carrying a gun won’t do you any good if you don’t pay attention. The first thing you have to do is realize you live in … Continue reading
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TR – Action
The good folks over at The Art of Manliness have taken the “motivator” comcept in a most acceptable direction. There are a wide variety of them on their site with various historical characters, as well as some other great daily … Continue reading
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