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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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Category Archives: Security
Disaster Retrospective
Here’s an interesting post that the marketing guy over at “The Ready Nation” store put together. A bit of a disaster / readiness retrospective of 2010, on a micro level. People tend to think in terms of hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, … Continue reading
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American Mumbai
Over at Blackfive the team took a look at: It’s worth thinking through the problem this author raises: how would the U.S. handle a Mumbai-like terror attack? It’s an interesting post on how different the US is regionally, and why. … Continue reading
Posted in Security, Self Defense, Society, Terrorism
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Time for a New Secretary?
From reports this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano looks to have put her foot in it again. In fairness, the quote that is being latched onto is relatively benign. “It’s a big border,” she said. “It’s 1,960 miles across that … Continue reading
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