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Book Reviews

Monday, February 3, 2003

Death Happens, Even To Heros -- Comment()
...radio free beowulf writes: "This morning I read Moon Missions. It hit a nerve on what I've been feeling since I got over the initial shock of yesterday's accident. I will not call it a tragedy, because that word does not describe the event. These people died doing a job they loved, they died quickly, and they died doing a job that they knew could kill them. [...] Yesterday we; once again, had a chance to see how TV distorts reality. [...] Death comes to us all in it's own time. It is the one true, great unknown in our existence. [...] TV would do us better if it simply allowed us to see the truth of it. The problem is none of us want the truth. Instead we seek the hyper-real deaths of TV and the movies. No one moment has so defined my life as being present when my Grandmother passed away. For the first time in my life I came face to face with that scariest of truths, we all die, some of us just do it more publicly then others..."

Fueling rockets and candles -- Comment()
Light a Candle: "Just because it's a high-tech product doesn't mean it has to be made from high-price material. In 2001 NASA's Ames Research Center began testing a new rocket fuel made from a simple substance likely to be found in any home?candle wax." [Beyond 2000 - Daily Science News]

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Columbia facts: "Steve over at Saltire's got a comprehensive post about Columbia. Lots of interesting information there." (via Cory) [megnut]

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Shuttle sensors give up more clues: "The shuttle Columbia may have been shedding heat-resistant tiles as it flew over the US on its catastrophic re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere." [Google Technology News]

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The Edge: "What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world, and what is your advice on how I can begin to deal with them?" [John Robb's Radio Weblog]