The shuttle Atlantis has landed, ending the shuttle program
The shuttle Atlantis has landed, ending the shuttle program.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
The shuttle Atlantis has landed, ending the shuttle program.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Cheers! We were born the same year so the shuttle will always be my spacecraft, kind of like how the music that you listen to the most in high school sticks with you. We were all watching challenger live in classrom in 2nd grade. I am feeling better lately about the gap between now and whats next. I hope this official ending of the program will serve as positive motivation and inspire those working in the new space industry to rededicate themselves to excellence and find ways to grow. Then maybe hire me when they land the next huge space contract, I will keep the regulatory database and file room in tip top shape. Go team!
Hi Walter,
As we discussed earlier our Russian brethren, may beg to differ:
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-declares-era-soyuz-shuttle-133921047.html
Note the Title “Russia declares ‘era of Soyuz’ after shuttle”
O man well i hope it is a short “era of soyuz” or whatever people choose to call it , hah I guess that is a better name for it than the “era of nothing” , i just saw that soyuz means union in russian so as globalization changes everything it is living up to its name in new ways . everytime I look at an american flag it makes me wish the shuttle or something man-rated and built in the usa was still flying ^^
With the end of the shuttle program, the US ceases to be a space faring nation for the forseable future.
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