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Wars and Rumors of Wars
My Great-Grandmother died when I was in grade school. By then I had already gotten a bookish reputation, so she made sure I inherited two books from her library. The first was a religious book, ‘The Manliness of Christ’ published … Continue reading
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Flying New Spacecraft
Watching the commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope, the control team took a couple of days to just monitor how the new space vehicle was performing. That the spacecraft was operating a tad different than pre-mission predictions is not … Continue reading
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Reading List 2021 into 2022
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. – Ecclesiastes 12:12 KJV I read a lot. Technical journals (AIAA, ASME, ISSF), Aviation Week … Continue reading
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STS-108
It has been twenty years since the flight of STS-108 also known as ISS Utilization Flight (UF)-1. In retrospect, 108 seems just another routine, hum drum, typical ISS resupply/crew change/ assembly mission; there were so many of them on the … Continue reading
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Everything I Know About Orbital Debris – Almost
Terror. Trembling fear and anxiety. My buddies decided we should each jump off the high diving board at the community pool the summer I turned eleven. That diving board was not over 8 feet – possibly less – but at … Continue reading
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Main Engine Controllers
Recent unconfirmed media rumors about engine controller issues brought a long-ago memory to the surface. About 1991, the Chief of the Flight Director office decided that it would be good to have an exchange program between the Flight Directors and … Continue reading
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Exploding Stovepipes
stove·pipe /ˈstōvpīp/ noun noun: stovepipe; plural noun: stovepipes; noun: stove-pipe; plural noun: stove-pipes the pipe taking the smoke and gases from a stove up through a roof or to a chimney. an information conduit that traverses vertical levels efficiently but … Continue reading
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The Changing of the Guard
These days I take a lot of delight in my grandchildren. I have some pictures here . . . . Well, maybe not now. I also greatly enjoy my children – grown to adulthood; we have great conversations and they … Continue reading
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Will the World Go Back to Normal?
You cannot step twice into the same river – Heraclitus 540-480 B.C. Heraclitus says that we can’t ever step in the river twice; between footsteps the river changes – banks are washed away, new sandbars are formed, now more and … Continue reading
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Tracking Down Ghosts
I was recently contacted by some folks who were interested in – of all things – comments I made in a shuttle press conference some 8 or 10 years ago. These folks were concerned that I and the shuttle team … Continue reading
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