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ArsTechnica has a great story about NASA's early space program and how the tragic fire during Apollo 1's testing was a turning point for the program.
As Gus Grissom said, "The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." He was one of the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire.
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The Greatest Leap, Part 1: How the Apollo Fire Propelled NASA to the Moon
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The reason that every major university maintains a department of
mathematics is that it's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday December 09 2017, @03:51AM
First 69, while doing a backflip and eating a sandwich? OK, I guess that would be a furburger. Yeah, I'm up for that. But, it wouldn't be much of a murder mystery. I just broke my neck while attempting to get into the Guinness book of Solar System Records. ;^)