Six fires that changed the world
Six fires that changed the world.
Six fires that changed the world.
Tag: history
Six fires that changed the world
“A Dragon by the tail.”
The berthing of the privately-built Dragon capsule with the International Space Station on May 25 requires a bit of perspective to make clear the importance of this achievement.
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The television as envisioned by dreamers — before it existed.
The television as envisioned by dreamers — before it existed.
The television as envisioned by dreamers — before it existed.
The conflict between exploration and history
The Google X Prize has agreed to recognize the guidelines created by NASA for protecting the historic first landing sites on the Moon.
In glancing at the guidelines, I found it fascinating that it only mentions the Soviet lunar rover sites as an aside, noting their value but stating that
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“The Eagle has crashed.”
What might have been: “The Eagle has crashed.”
What might have been: “The Eagle has crashed.”
How the predictions for the year 2000 changed throughout the 20th century.
How the predictions for the year 2000 changed throughout the 20th century.
Not surprisingly, Arthur Clarke’s predictions were generally the best.
How the predictions for the year 2000 changed throughout the 20th century.
Not surprisingly, Arthur Clarke’s predictions were generally the best.
Almost sixty years after it was reported missing, a World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact.
Almost seventy years after it was reported missing, a World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact.
Almost seventy years after it was reported missing, a World War II RAF fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, has been discovered almost intact.
Twenty-two awesome pictures from history.
Twenty-two awesome pictures from history.
Twenty-two awesome pictures from history.
Photos of East Berlin, taken in 1990 and today.
Photos of East Berlin, taken in 1990 and today.
What is interesting to me is how delapidated East Berlin was in 1990 after forty years of communist dictatorship, and how completely those same spots have become revitalized by freedom and capitalism.
Photos of East Berlin, taken in 1990 and today.
What is interesting to me is how delapidated East Berlin was in 1990 after forty years of communist dictatorship, and how completely those same spots have become revitalized by freedom and capitalism.
The left’s Founding Fathers
A Lego replicate of the Antikythera Mechanism
Brooklyn memories
Lost world: Brooklyn memories.
In words and pictures this webpage captures well what the world was like for someone growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s.
Lost world: Brooklyn memories.
In words and pictures this webpage captures well what the world was like for someone growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Monkees reunion – Daydream Believer
An evening pause: R.I.P. Davy Jones. This reunion performance, which included Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Peter Tork of the Monkees, occurred on June 16, 2011 at the Beacon Theater, New York City. Less than a year later, Davy Jones had passed away.
Though the audio isn’t great, the joy of the song and those singing it comes through loud and clear. Go here to hear the song as performed in 1967.
An underground military bunker, all your own!
An underground military bunker, all your own!
An underground military bunker, all your own!
The shot heard round the world
An evening pause: Though this video is about Switzerland, its philosophy jives perfectly with the events that took place on this day, April 19, at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
Eleven ancient buildings built on a cliff’s edge.
Eleven ancient buildings built on a cliff’s edge.
Eleven ancient buildings built on a cliff’s edge.
George Washington has been declared the greatest military foe Great Britain ever faced.
George Washington has been declared the greatest military foe Great Britain ever faced.
George Washington has been declared the greatest military foe Great Britain ever faced.
The bodies in Ben Franklin’s basement
The bodies found in Ben Franklin’s basement.
The bodies found in Ben Franklin’s basement.
The world’s biggest atlas: Yours for only $100K.
The world’s biggest atlas: Yours for only $100K.
The world’s biggest atlas: Yours for only $100K.
The 100-year march of technology in one graph.
The 100-year march of technology in one graph.
The 100-year march of technology in one graph.
The report of an 80-year-old former U.S. Marine has provided the Chinese a clue to the whereabouts of the missing bones of Peking Man.
Life imitates pulp fiction: A report describing the memories of an 80-year-old former U.S. Marine has provided the Chinese a clue to the whereabouts of the missing bones of Peking Man.
Life imitates pulp fiction: A report describing the memories of an 80-year-old former U.S. Marine has provided the Chinese a clue to the whereabouts of the missing bones of Peking Man.
An expedition financed by Jeff Bezos, the founder of amazon.com, has found the rocket engines of the Apollo 11 Saturn 5 rocket.
An expedition financed by Jeff Bezos, the founder of amazon.com, has found the rocket engines of the Apollo 11 Saturn 5 rocket at the bottom of the Atlantic.
An expedition financed by Jeff Bezos, the founder of amazon.com, has found the rocket engines of the Apollo 11 Saturn 5 rocket at the bottom of the Atlantic.
An incandescent light bulb, stored in a time capsule for one hundred years, still worked
An incandescent light bulb, stored in a time capsule for one hundred years, still worked!
I wonder: Did the EPA try to arrest anyone for using it?
An incandescent light bulb, stored in a time capsule for one hundred years, still worked!
I wonder: Did the EPA try to arrest anyone for using it?
Crossing the Wabash Cannonball Bridge
An evening pause: Driving across the Wabash Cannonball Bridge going from Indiana to Illinois. The bridge is single lane, with a wooden deck, and over a hundred years old.
What’s really cool is how the driver is able to drive while holding his camera overhead through his sun roof.
The first Russian weather satellite, launched in 1969, is about to burn up in the atmosphere.
Some history comes to Earth: The first Russian weather satellite, launched in 1969, is about to burn up in the atmosphere.
Not only that, but the U.S. research satellite Explorer 8, launched in 1960, is also about to come down.
Some history comes to Earth: The first Russian weather satellite, launched in 1969, is about to burn up in the atmosphere.
Not only that, but the U.S. research satellite Explorer 8, launched in 1960, is also about to come down.
With the help of Google Earth, a lost section of the Great Wall of China has been discovered in the Gobi Desert outside of present-day China.
With the help of Google Earth, a lost section of the Great Wall of China has been discovered in the Gobi Desert outside of present-day China.
With the help of Google Earth, a lost section of the Great Wall of China has been discovered in the Gobi Desert outside of present-day China.
The USS Monitor gives up the faces of its dead
The USS Monitor gives up the faces of its dead.
The USS Monitor gives up the faces of its dead.
Gagarin was first. Here’s why.
Gagarin was first. Here’s why.
Gagarin was first. Here’s why.
A DNA autopsy of the Stone Age Iceman found in the Alps in 1991 has now told us something of his health and where his ancestors came from.
A DNA autopsy of the Stone Age Iceman found in the Alps in 1991 has now told us something of his health and where his ancestors came from.
A DNA autopsy of the Stone Age Iceman found in the Alps in 1991 has now told us something of his health and where his ancestors came from.
David McCullough – on George Washington
An evening pause: On George Washington’s birthday, an excerpt of a speech by David McCullough from September 27, 2005. As McCullough notes, even King George III himself knew the measure of the man. “He will be the greatest man in the world.”