Up before dawn to bring you thoughts from the right.
By Jim Lynch on May 3, 2007 in Non-political, People, Space | Comments Off
The words Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo still bring back strong memories of my youth. I knew the names of the astronauts and followed each new mission with rapt attention.
Today we have lost one of the original Mercury Seven, the only man to fly on all three early space programs, Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr.
Astronaut Walter [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 20, 2006 in Non-political, Space, Technology | Comments Off
I nearly missed the significance of today’s date. July 20th.
July 20th, 1969. I was thirteen and at summer camp — Camp Sandy Hill in Northeast, Md. on the Chesapeake Bay. (In 1976 I would work there as a counselor). There were no TVs at camp, at least not for the campers. But on this day [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jan 28, 2006 in Space | 4 Comments
The Crew of the Shuttle Challenger
Back Row: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judy Resnick.
Front Row: Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, Ron McNair.
It is hard to believe that it has been twenty years since the disaster of the Shuttle Challenger. For most kids entering college this year it’s a part of history that occured before they [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jan 28, 2006 in Space | Comments Off
If you would like to place the ribbon that I have at the top of the page on your site you can do so with these instructions:
1) Copy the image and place it on your server.
2) Place this bit of code in your css style sheet.
.lbanner {float:left; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px;}
3) Place this in your main [...]
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