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Posted by Robin on Jan 3, 2013 in Featured, People | Comments Off on Neil Armstrong

“One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Like most of the early astronauts, Neil Armstrong made his name as a test...

Posted by Robin on Jan 26, 2012 in Featured, Film | Comments Off on The Right Stuff, Movie

I’ll read anything Tom Wolfe writes. If I could get my hands on his grocery list, it’s probably more entertaining than 80...

Posted by Robin on Nov 3, 2010 in The Arts | Comments Off on Book: The Right Stuff

Every now and again you find an author whose work is both wonderfully entertaining and extraordinarily well written. That was my...

Posted by Robin on Aug 29, 2010 in History | Comments Off on History: America Sends a Man into Space

His name was Alan Shepard, and he was the second man – and first American – into space. His flight took place on May 5,...

Posted by Robin on Jan 8, 2010 in Americana | 2 comments

Remember all the hoopla back in April, 1990 when the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle? Yeah, I don’t...