Author: Dr. Kenneth M. Beck

Boeing Museum of Flight exhibition for the  50th Anniversary of Apollo XI Look "vaguely familiar", Children of Star Wars?  As seen in numerous Star Wars episodes, "The Death Star" was to be the penultimate Mass Weapon of Destruction by The Imperial Fleet.  But what was it "modeled" after? The Vostok, of course!  During the late …

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  "Nova, Nova" an hymn sung by a female choir during the Anglican Mass includes the invocation - "I am but a handmaiden for the lord's will."   I receive, maybe 10-20 "hits" from 'bots, like this, every night to the Twitter feed of I Really Appreciate Science.  At first, I thought it was humorous; …

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           "Nova, Nova" an hymn sung by a female choir during the Anglican Mass includes the invocation - "I am but a handmaiden for the lord's will." Origin via Hindi from Sanskrit namaskāra, from namas ‘bowing’ + kāra ‘action’ "It is used both for greeting and leave-taking.  Namaste is usually spoken …

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By Mary Barra Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at General Motors "Our vision at General Motors is to create a world with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion. We know it won’t happen overnight, but given the upside of that future, we are pursuing our vision as aggressively as we can. "The automotive industry helped transform …

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I want to share with you a story told by Rosa Parks.  It has been affirmed by others. B-ham, AL (Birmingham, AL ) was one of the most viciously segregated cities in America. Whites bombed a church there, killing 4 little black girls. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was holding a convention in the city... …

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If you were not a living, breathing human, we would be at a complete loss.  They will rue the day they turned their backs on humanity. On this planet. A new video has appeared that tried to summarize "a short letter to investors," in an hour and a half.  From The CEO of Black Rock. …

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  Newton’s Space Saplings have found their forever homes on Earth. The next chapter in the life of these trees is about to begin at the Eden Project, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Brogdale Collections, Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Royal Parks and National Physical Laboratory, Rosliston Forestry Centre and the United Nations Office for Outer Space …

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After the last big dump, we are getting closer and closer to the 100% for the year.  With the frigid weather, and precipitation predicted for this week in the Seattle area and surrounding foothills, we should be very close indeed to the SNOTEL SWE for the year. A huge breakthrough in beating back the threat …

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