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History On These Pages

A photo album from 50 years in space.

Apollo at Forty. A reflection by Jim Slade


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Letters to the President from the Editor and a trio of legendary spacemen.

Guest Editorials. By Walter Cunningham and Harrison Schmitt, Apollo Astronauts.

Editorial. Procrastination: Space

Editorial. Procrastination: Space. Part Two.


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Jim Slade Speeches.

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Welcome!

Click here for: History On These Pages. If I do say so, there is some wonderful reading here for those who love Aviation and Space. Take a close look at the list. Try stories like "Forty Minutes to Pearl," the Anzac Clipper's ironic "near miss." Or how about John Taylor's Aces & Eagles: "The Miracle of Y-29." It's the story of a man who flew one of the most famous fighter battles of WW2 Europe. But that's only the beginning. There's a big library here. Sit back and enjoy it.

The picture in our banner was taken by photographer James Vernacotola as space shuttle Endeavour raced into the night to join the International Space Station. It's led this page for quite a while, but it's so good, I can't bear to remove it quite yet. It heads up a photo restrospective on the American space program. See: Retrospective, Space.

Letters to the President. The Editor weighs in on the Obama space plan again, but of greater importance, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan state their opposition in an open letter.

And in guest editorials, former Apollo astronauts, Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7) and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17) examine the plan as well. They're not pleased, either. Click on: Guest Editorial.

Meanwhile..

New Jersey Correspondent, Bob Button remembers a lost love. See:My First Airplane. Ask him how he bought it.


Finally, why not look through our Feature Index to see if there's a story of interest to you even though it may have been published some months ago? There's a large volume and the subjects are varied.

As always, I'm very glad you dropped by. Come back often.



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