Flying a foam composite rocket ship powered by laughing gas and burning rubber, Mike Melvill took off faster than a bullet over a ramshackle airport in the desert Monday and overcame serious malfunctions to become the first astronaut to reach space in a mission entirely funded by private entrepreneurs. —William Booth —Starship Private Enterprise: Rocket Plane Becomes First Civilian Craft to Reach Space (WashPost (registration, will expire))
I don’t like linking to The Washington Post anymore, since the site requires registrations and the links expire, but this is good writing, from the headline on.
Representing the Humanities at Accepted Students Day.
The daughter opens another show. This weekend only.
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