On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first human…
by Joel Hruska
The depths of the oceans, radioactive sites on earth, distant planets — there are some places people…
In my next life, will I be born on the Moon?
We were in a motel room in Port Arthur, Texas, my mother’s home town, visiting her parents on our annual summer homeleave from Tokyo, where my father’s job had taken us. There was just my dad and me and a television set on which watched a man step onto the face of…
Photo by NASAon Unsplash
This week is the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. That has gotten people excited about this adventure that mankind accomplished half a century ago. That made me think it was a good time to share some of my favorite books on…
Imagine that it’s July 20, 2019, and you are among 100 people randomly selected to celebrate the 50th…
About 50 years ago, in an age of anticipation and remarkable achievements, a man stepped out of a spacecraft and on to the…
Fifty years ago two dudes
walked on a desolate moon
Environment cues performance in a university library
Every now and again I have cause to get involved in one or other building project up here in Cumbria — not exactly…
I see much confusion in the media, both social and otherwise, about the benefits…
On an average Sunday afternoon in rural Northern California in the 1950s and 60s, long before pollution, gas shortages and gasoline expense were even thought of by most of us, it was common for families to pile mom, dad and the kids into the car for a “Sunday drive.” Sometimes the object was visiting friends and family: “dropping in” and expecting to…