ranma Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Three brave astronauts died 45 years ago in a launch pad fire. the gave their live so others could walk on the moon.
Harry P. Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 "We didn't start the Fire",..it was "Always burning since the world was turning,".....just FYI But my hats off anyway,. AGAIN... :-) Ian Good song...
Junkman Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) January 27 2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others. 1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty. 1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.. 1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. Edited January 28, 2012 by Junkman
ranma Posted January 28, 2012 Author Posted January 28, 2012 I was born in febuary 1967 . And I was in 12th grade when challenger blew up. 10 brave souls died my they rest in peace.
Darin Bastedo Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I was born in febuary 1967 . And I was in 12th grade when challenger blew up. 10 brave souls died my they rest in peace. There were seven astronauts on challenger. who were the other three?
Qwit Pushin Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 My dad passed away on this day in 2004. I try to do something positive on days like today to change the memory of it from sad to happy.
Eshaver Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 And now , we have a situation wherein our "Leader" thinks " Other" nations need to do the Space Race ............... Im depressed now . Ed Shaver
Dr. Cranky Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I still can't believe they've pretty much have dismantled NASA in my life time. Oh well, so much for intelligent life on any planet! Newt (Grinch-Wrench) says he wants to have a colony on the moon by his second term and that they then can apply for State status. And they say pharmaceuticals are not good for the imagination!
imatt88 Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 My first duty station was Grissom AFB, near Peru, Indiana and I was stationed in England when we lost the Challenger That was a long time ago
oldscool Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Thanks for pointing out the Apollo 1 disaster as those guys should always be remembered as national heros. gus
Art Anderson Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Purdue Alum Virgil "Gus" Grissom is memorialized at Purdue University by the naming of the Aerospace Engineering Building "Grissom Hall". Roger Chaffee, also a Purdue Alumus, has Chaffee Hall at the airport (Aviation Technology Campus of Purdue). Of course, there is the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, one of the largest buildings on the Engineering Campus (opened and dedicated in 2009), funded by gifts from members of the Purdue Class of 1955, Armstrong only reluctantly allowing them to name the building for him (Neil Armstrong is known for his not wanting to live in any sort of spotlight just for being the first man to set foot on the moon). This is a continuation of a tradition at Purdue, starting with Amelia Earhart, who was a frequent lecturer on the Purdue campus in the 1930's, and a special adviser to women students and staff while there. The plane she was flying when she disappeared over the South Pacific was funded by Purdue Research Foundation, at the leadership of David Ross, longtime engineering professor and trustee, himself the developer of the Ross Steering Gear which guided many a car and truck on our highways. Earhart is today remembered on campus by Earhart Residence Hall and by the presence of her personal belongings and papers in the archives of the Library. Art
Evil Appetite Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 And now , we have a situation wherein our "Leader" thinks " Other" nations need to do the Space Race ............... Im depressed now . Ed Shaver The Space race? Didnt that run, and wasnt it won...decades ago?
Eshaver Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 The Space race? Didnt that run, and wasnt it won...decades ago? Absolutely NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver
Bartster Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Absolutely NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!! Ed Shaver This is a matter of opinion rather than fact and should be an interesting debate. IIRC the original "race" was to the moon, which we indeed won....if you believe we were there. The collaborative effort of the international space station would indicate there is no present "race".
Guest Johnny Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 This is a matter of opinion rather than fact and should be an interesting debate. IIRC the original "race" was to the moon, which we indeed won....if you believe we were there. The collaborative effort of the international space station would indicate there is no present "race". Are you really naive enough to believe the "original" intent of the space race was really to go the moon???
Bartster Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 No, Johnny. That's why I said opinion!? We, as a nation, were led to believe it was a race to the moon. I don't harbor that belief at all. IMHO it is & always has been about military superiority. Another debate altogether.
Agent G Posted February 2, 2012 Posted February 2, 2012 Oh make no mistake, the "space race" was the perfect testing ground for all sorts of new military technology. G
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