Archive for May, 2011
RV-103 Ten Commandments
Recently, a family member told Rocketman that her husband and she were going to start their own form of “misadventures.” They were now empty nesters and felt it was time to travel the country full time in an RV and wanted some advice. After about an hour long talk [Read More]
“It is in the DNA of our great country to reach for the stars and explore. We must not stop.” – Commander Mark Kelly
Those were the words spoken by Commander Mark Kelly just before he lifted off on Endeavour’s final mission. It was a spectacular launch and a spectacular honest statement by Commander Kelly. Many people took his statement as a plea for our nation’s Human [Read More]
Obamaville
When I was a child in school and was learning about the Great Depression of the 1930′s, I remember seeing pictures of the shanty towns called “Hoovervilles.” Later on in life, I saw individual homes or shanties while visiting Mexico during a cruise, but [Read More]
Rotating Service Structure Rollback for Space Shuttle Endeavour
Davidgojr on Youtube did a wonderful time lapse video the the RSS rollback revealing Space Shuttle Endeavour in all her glory on Launch Pad 39A. Endeavour was being readied for her scheduled launch for April 29th, but the launch has been postponed to no earlier than May [Read More]
