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Now that most of the primary actors have passed on, perhaps a real explanation for the loss of the Challenger can be brought to light. This was far more than a simple executive error like the Columbia loss. There was significant pressure on NASA to launch that day, which has gotten very little...

Many people are unaware that Neil Diamond wrote many of the Monkee's hit songs.

Something which I find fascinating is the liquid breathing the aliens used. This was years before anyone considered such a thing for deep diving. (See "The Abyss".) I don't remember the reason that they were breathing a liquid, but I think that one of the human captives had to breath the same...

Opportunity served long and well, providing us with a presence on Mars which inspired many. Exploring Mars remotely seems much more sensible for now, there is no rush to plant a flag there. Hopefully, we can build launch vehicles powerful enough to send a good size robot directly to Mars...

Is it dead? When I started to open a net reply to the 'Meet and greet' thread, I got a warning the thread was more than X days old, and not to necropost. Anyway, I am an old space enthusiast, but I have not tried the 'Orbiter' simulator yet. I was working through some old bookmarks, and...