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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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Boomershoot 2010
Finally a few minutes to put forth some thoughts on my Boomershoot adventure this year. I have given you some of the highlights of the efforts it took for me to get to Orofino for the event. This year my … Continue reading
Posted in Boomershoot
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Travel
Things have been busy lately, and not a lot of blogging happening. To give you a brief idea, I am writing this from a hotel room in Orofino Idaho. Yesterday I was in New York City. Between 4 PM EDT … Continue reading
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Unintended Consequences
The phrase of the year (or two), “Unintended Consequences”. I think we have certainly seen a lot of that out of our current administration. Today, we see reports of the transfer of significant military hardware within the middle east. Specifically … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, Politics, Terrorism
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Appropriateness
Go over to Alan’s web site and read this little post. It will only take a couple of seconds, I’ll wait. SnarkyBytes » Kurt Schlichter On Moral Equivalency. Are you back? Sometimes “Hell Yes!” is the most appropriate phrase in … Continue reading
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Obama Limiting Nuclear Responses
Wow, another surprise. I think most Presidents have always had contingencies and levels of escalations defined in their minds before they ever had to approach a situation involving the use of special weapons. This has to be the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics
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