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50 Years Ago Today!

February 20, 2019February 3, 2019 20th Century US, American, NASA, NASA History, Russian Space Program, SPACE

We had egg on our faces. Those dirty Soviets had managed to beat us to it. On April 12, 1961 we were humiliated as

George W. Bush – Columbia Speech

February 1, 2019December 21, 2018 George W. Bush, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, STS 2

Their mission was almost complete, and we lost them so close to home. The men and women of the Columbia had journeyed more than

Godspeed Columbia

February 1, 2019December 21, 2018 George W. Bush, NASA, NASA History, STS

February 1, 2003 Rick D. Husband William C. McCool Michael P. Anderson Ilan Ramon Kalpana Chawla David M. Brown Laurel Clark High Flight Oh!

Remember

January 30, 2019January 28, 2019 MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

Lt. General Scobee.. A son remembers… “…In the years after Challenger, Rich Scobee embarked on his own military career as an F-16 fighter pilot.

Godspeed Challenger

January 28, 2019December 21, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan, STS

January 28, 1986 Michael J. Smith Dick Scobee Ronald McNair Ellison Onizuka Christa McAuliffe Gregory Jarvis Judith Resnick

Ronald Reagan’s Challenger Speech

January 28, 2019December 21, 2018 NASA, NASA History, Ronald Reagan

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today

Godspeed Apollo I

January 27, 2019December 21, 2018 Apollo Program, NASA, NASA History, SPACE 2

January 27, 1967 Virgil I. Grissom, Jr. Edward H. White, II Roger B. Chaffee High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of

My Greatest Christmas Eve – Ever

December 24, 2018December 21, 2018 Apollo Program, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL

The Pink Flamingo believes this may have been the most significant moment in my life. There are certain things that set the stage for

Apollo 8

December 22, 2018December 21, 2018 20th Century US, Apollo Program, CULTURE, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL, SCIENCE, SPACE, Technology

I fell in love with ‘space’ when I was just a little kid. Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968. The next night, my

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

October 26, 2018October 25, 2018 MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

Thursday morning, on Twitter, I replied to a small poll. Did I believe the moon landings were real. Of course I do. I may

First Man

September 1, 2018August 31, 2018 Apollo Program, CULTURE, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

There is a new biopic about Neil Armstrong staring Ryan Gosling. Sorry, I’ve heard his name, but have never seen anything he’s been in,

Buzz Aldrin’s WPost Editorial

July 21, 2018July 6, 2018 Advanced Systems, Apollo Program, Destroying NASA, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

Buzz Aldrin’s editorial was published on July 16,2009. There is one thing about Buzz Aldrin that has never changed. He, above everyone else who

The First Food & Drink Consumed on the Moon

July 20, 2018November 26, 2017 Apollo Program, Christian History, Episcopal Church, Faith, NASA, NASA History, Persecution

This was first published on July 20, 2017. The first food and drink consumed on the surface of a world other than Earth was

One Small Step

July 19, 2018July 6, 2018 Apollo Program, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

“One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” “…Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the Moon. Americans

For All Mankind….What Was That One Small Step?

July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 Apollo Program, Destroying NASA, NASA, NASA History

Once upon a time, a Democrat to said these words and ignited a dream that brought the United States its greatest moment. Sad, isn’t

They Call This “Space Porn”

July 7, 2018July 6, 2018 ISS, MAIN PAGE, NASA

The footage from the ISS is stunning. I don’t like the music, but it is well wroth watching. I finally muted the music, which

The Glory of Creation

June 29, 2017June 27, 2017 Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Catholic, Christian History, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Egyptology, Evolution, FAITH, Far Righ Loons, Geology, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Medical, Meteorology, Paleontology, Planetary, Psychology, Quantum Physics, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, Seismology, Sociology, SPACE, Vulcanology

Pink Flamingo ‘rerun’ week continues… This is from March 18, 2014. Did you know that the dastardly, ungodly Big Bang Theory was developed by

Space 101

May 4, 2017May 3, 2017 Advanced Systems, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, NASA, NASA History, Private Space Systems, Rush Limbaugh, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, Snowflakes, SPACE, Star Trek, Vulcanology

This afternoon Rush Limbaugh was bemoaning the fate of the Millennial Generation. They live in abject fear of imminent planetary destruction due to Global

PART I: A Pink Flamingo X-Clusive Expose: Democrats & Science

April 24, 2017April 23, 2017 Barack Obama, Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, NASA, New McCarthyism, Obama Administration, SCIENCE, Snowflakes, SPACE

Did you know Republicans have a tendency to be better informed about science than Democrats? This is the first of three parts examining the

Budget Cuts, NASA, the Arts & Hype

March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Met, Music, NASA, Obama Administration, Opera, OPERA, PERSONAL, POLITICAL, Recession, SPACE

I remember well the old NASA funding wars of the 1980s when the Democrats did everything they could not only to cut every science

Faith for Lent

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 CULTURE, FAITH, HISTORY, NASA, PERSONAL, SPACE

I’ve almost given up Lent for Lent, this year. I can’t even locate my Bible or Prayer Book! They’re packed in a box, someone

Godspeed John Glenn

December 9, 2016December 8, 2016 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, SPACE, Ted Williams

On February 20, 1962 my sister was having a birthday party. I thought it was to celebrate John Glenn’s Friendship 7 flight. My grandmother

Tired of the Harassment, Lies, Attacks

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 CULTURE, Destroying NASA, NASA, NASA History, SPACE

I was going to rant and rail about a truly nasty troll attack on Thursday evening. Then, I was hit with some of the

My Over-Indulgent Star Trek 50

September 9, 2016September 8, 2016 Art, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Science Fiction, SPACE, Star Trek

James Tiberius Kirk (the original) See #2 below – Faith of the Heart – every dream of the future Being able to grow up

Fifty Years Ago Today the World Changed

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 Art, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Music, NASA, NASA History, Science Fiction, SPACE, Star Trek

The Original Series (1966–69) The Animated Series (1973–74) The Next Generation (1987–94) Deep Space Nine (1993–99) Voyager (1995–2001) Enterprise (2001–05) Discovery (beginning 2017) The

The Moon Also Rises

December 14, 2015December 12, 2015 Advanced Systems, Barack Obama, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Destroying NASA, ECONOMY, HISTORY, ISS, Jimmy Carter, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Newt Gingrich, Obama Administration, POLITICAL, Private Space Systems, REPUBLICAN, Ronald Reagan, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, SPACE

It isn’t very often that we get to see our wildest dreams come true (or start to come true), but I just did. Back

Water on Mars

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 Advanced Systems, CULTURE, Democratic Party, Destroying NASA, ECONOMY, HISTORY, NASA, NASA History, Obama Administration, Planetary, POLITICAL, Republican Party, SCIENCE, SPACE, Star Trek

This is the game-changer, if we allow it to be. I can wax poetic about the discovery of running water on Mars. In order

The Most Important News of the Day: Clyde Tombaugh

July 15, 2015July 14, 2015 Destroying NASA, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Planetary, SCIENCE, SPACE

On Tuesday, Clyde Tombaugh visited Pluto, or at least his ashes did. When I was a kid, in school, we would order paperback books

John Glenn (hero) Verses Ken Ham (idiot)

June 8, 2015June 6, 2015 Astronomy, ATI, Bill Gothard, Christian Patriarchy Movement, CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, Christian Reconstructionism, CONSERVATIVE, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Evolution, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, Planetary, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, SPACE, Star Trek 6

“…”I don’t see that I’m any less religious by the fact that I can appreciate the fact that science just records that we

Where No One Has Gone Before…

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, NASA, NASA History, PERSONAL, Science Fiction, SPACE, Star Trek, Star Trek Inventions

Space… the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds… to seek out