The Saturn V rocket on display at Kennedy Space Center, here showing the junction between the S-IC stage to the left and the S-II stage to the right. During a launch, these two stages would separate at a height of 67 km and a speed of 2390 meters/second. Having burned thousands of tons of kerosene […]
From our perch on the Sunday Bay chickee, Chris utilizes a bench as seating, storage, drying rack and table.
Having done our part to safely launch the shuttle (‘Booster?’ Go! ‘Guidance?’ Go! ‘Dorsi?’ G…g…go!) Chris and I made a beeline for the Everglades City and the Ten Thousand Islands. We caught a shower, ate some fried oysters, and rented a Grumman canoe from Ivey House. We paid about $35/day, including some water jugs and […]
Ah… a day of meat smoking… knocking the morning dew off the grill amid early birdsong… stepping out of the house into the sweet drift of wood smoke… putting together a big meal with friends… there is nothing like smoking a big piece of pork. Here are some suggestions to put you on the road […]
From a vantage point in Titusville, FL across the Indian River from the Kennedy Space Center, the first glow of the coming dawn was beginning to spread across the eastern horizon when the Space Shuttle Discovery roared into a still-starlit sky. This 6:21 am spectacle (STS-131; 5 Apr 2010) was the last time nighttime launch […]
