So… until just a few months ago, I considered myself to be a pretty solid Road Warrior — traveling up to 50% of the time for work, going from coast-to-coast here in the US and even half-way across the world without even batting an eyelash.
After a couple of months of involuntary travel-free time, I find myself on what *should* be an easy trip down to Houston for a few days… and *YAWN*, I am beat!
Thank goodness I don’t have a Thunderdome to deal with. 🙂
The Artemis I mission occurred 50 years after Apollo 17. What will it take to not have this happen again?
Another round of travel journals for a visit to the beautiful Cotswold region of England.
Santa Claus. Father Christmas. Kris Kringle. St. Nicholas. Papa Noel. Me.
“13 Minutes to the Moon” – an excellent BBC podcast focusing on the behind-the-scenes heroes of Apollo 11 and Apollo 13.
The space exploration advocacy website of Roger Balettie, former Flight Dynamics Officer in NASA’s Space Shuttle Mission Control Center.
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The Flight Dynamics Officer (FDO, pronounced “fido”) is a Flight Controller in the Mission Control Center responsible for the overall trajectory, or flight path, of the Space Shuttle and all related payloads or other space-bound vehicles associated with the Shuttle.
"Houston… Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
Since 1965, the Mission Control Center (MCC) has been the nerve center for America’s manned space program.
Space- and NASA-based blog entries.
The Artemis I mission occurred 50 years after Apollo 17. What will it take to not have this happen again?
“13 Minutes to the Moon” – an excellent BBC podcast focusing on the behind-the-scenes heroes of Apollo 11 and Apollo 13.
It’s been 40 years since the launch of STS-1, and the excitement of that day never faded.
