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• Hillary And The NASA Letter

  
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  Did she really get a letter saying “no girls allowed”? There’s no evidence of it, other than her repetition of the story (which doesn’t hold much weight with me, considering the source). As Jim Oberg points out, she certainly could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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• iPad Astronomy

  
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  I love my iPad Mini. It follows me everywhere and is the most wonderful little tool for reading books and magazines, creating music, studying Japanese, and exploring the Universe, to name only a few frequent uses I have for it. I have around 13 astronomy and space related apps on my iPad right now, including my ...
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• Nasa’s F-8 Digital Fly By Wire Program (part 2)

  
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  Part 1 here. Hardware and Software Development: Early computers, being the size of rooms and lacking reliability, were considered out of the question for use in a range of applications, not just aviation. The amount of work (calculations) these early … Continue reading →
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• NASA’s F-8 Digital Fly By Wire Program (part 1)

  
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  A quick history of flight control systems: December 17 1903, the Wright brothers make the first powered, sustained flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Cables and pulleys were the flight control system of the day. A system of pulleys and … Continue reading →
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• Late May Linkorama

  
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  A brief bit of mathematical malpractice , although not a deliberate one. The usually smart Sarah Kliff cites a study that of an ER that showed employees spent nearly 5000 minutes on Facebook. Of course, over 68 computers and 15 days, that works out to about 4 minutes per day per computer which … really isn’t ...
  3 weeks ago

• Inspiration: Rat Pack Pool Party

  
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  Although summer doesnt officially start until June 21, Memorial day always feels like the beginning of summer to me, and summer here in Texas means lounging by the pool. This year Im inspired by the old Hollywood kind of pool party — Mediterranean homes, tiled pools, striped cabanas, the California sun. Read on ...
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• These posters are great pieces of space history. And yes, it is...

  
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  These posters are great pieces of space history . And yes, it is a shame that there isnt this level of triumphant enthusiasm about space now. gerrygreek : Propaganda posters of the Soviet space program, circa 1958-1963 Powerful cold war propaganda or Nostalgic images of a begone era? Probably both. Never ...
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• Another great piece of space history.doubleshiny:“A quarter...

  
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  Another great piece of space history . doubleshiny : “A quarter of a century after Lt Uhura boldly went where no African American had gone before, her protogee returned the favor. Before blasting into orbit aboard the Endeavour in 1992, Dr Mae Jemison, the first woman of color in space, called actress Nichelle ...
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• Mars Rover Sets Distance Record

  
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  [Eugene Cernan on the moon:] “Okay, here we go.” [More]
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