by Roger Balettie | Mar 3, 2013 | NASA, Space
“Mission Control” just ain’t what it used to be… When I was a young pup of a Flight Controller in the Space Shuttle Mission Control Center, there was a certain understanding, passed down from the “Old Guard” of Apollo-era Flight...
by Roger Balettie | Feb 22, 2013 | NASA, Space
Pioneers! O Pioneers! I came across this video… and between the visuals and Will Geer reading an abridged version of Walt Whitman’s classic poem “Pioneers! O Pioneers!”, it really struck a solid chord with me. One passage, in...
by Roger Balettie | Feb 20, 2013 | NASA, Personal
So – there are a number of my former NASA-ite friends (a few astronauts and at least one Flight Director) who have written or are writing a book about their times and experiences with NASA and the Space Shuttle program. Also – there is a *great*...
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