State of denial seems to be a way of describing the view that many people have about the effects of human growth and activity on the environment. Three different sources of information are worth considering here: an article by Thomas Friedman, comments by Kofi Annan,...
In the last two posts I have discussed the space exploration and rocket development contributions of Wernher von Braun for the Americans and Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov for the Soviets. Each man is considered the person who led these respective countries into space....
In the previous post I focused on Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, the Chief Designer and brilliant engineer of the Soviet rocket program. In this post I want to talk about Wernher von Braun and his contribution to the American rocket and space program. My thinking is...
Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, featured in D. Cadbury's new book, SpaceRace, was the man unknown to the west who built the rockets that put the first satellite into orbit, the first man in orbit about the earth, as well as several rockets to the moon. Who was Sergey...
In July I wrote a post entitled God and Science which was prompted by Francis Collins book, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence of Belief. Collins, a Christian, outlines how a scientist-believer can integrate science and faith. Now Time Magazine has...
NASA adminstrators announced two days ago that they will design and carry out a daring mission in 2008 to repair and upgrade the Hubble Telescope which was launched 16 years ago. Two shuttles will be readied for the mission, one to be used if a rescue mission is...
