Driving through the Triad on the way to Dragon*Con yesterday, right around Thomasville, I noticed a blue Dodge pickup truck with a very interesting political message on the tailgate. Neatly spelled out in precise white letters was the simple message: SOMEONE ELSE FOR PRESIDENT -- which sums up why I started the Anti-Campaign. I have no way of contacting the gentleman in the truck; he pulled off I-85S at exit 106 (Finch Farm Road). If anyone ...
(Cross-posted from the Space Warfare Forum.) (Earthrise from lunar orbit. NASA image. Click to enlarge.) Yesterday the White House released the new National Space Policy of the U.S.A., available in as a PDF file at the noted link. On a quick read-through, I didn't find anything to which I could strongly object. Even the much-anticipated (by the aerospace industry) relaxation of export restrictions did not come across ...
The state of North Carolina intends to be a "world-class player" in the aerospace and defense sectors, as Governor Beverly Perdue said yesterday at the "Aerospace Executive Forum" in New Bern. I was privileged to attend the forum, which was the third such event put on by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The Commerce team did a great job organizing everything; the event seemed to run perfectly. The forum actually began with a reception Thursday ...
(Disclosure, or Caveat: I don't have hard evidence to back this up, and I presume many of my friends on the left side of the political aisle would deny it. This is supposition on my part, grounded in my own perceptions of news stories, Internet postings, and conversations. I suspect I could find some documentary evidence if pressed to do so.) My question in this blog post stems from the vehemence with which the Tea Parties have been excoriated by left-leaning elements of the press ...
Twenty-five years ago today -- April 12, 1985 -- Space Shuttle Discovery, which is in space right now, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-51D. (STS-51D launch. NASA image.) The Discovery crew consisted of astronauts Karol J. Bobko, Don E. Williams, Margaret Rhea Seddon, S. David Griggs, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, and Charles D. Walker, plus astronaut/Senator ...
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