“The Words That Made Us”, terrific and admiring account of the unprecedented brilliance in the founding of the US, ad well as a candid account of morally unsavory compromises.
Check out the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque NM if you have the chance. Sounds just like the book you are reading but with actual hardware you can look at and touch. Highly recommended. I was there last week and it is a magnificent museum."Nuclear America" traces the very first origins of the initial postulates and discoveries from seminal pioneers in chemistry and physics, related to the rise of weapons and peace time power generation. So good, ai'm saving it for a mini vacay with a hot tub and adult beverages next week. Already chewed thru 1/6th and forced myself to put it down.
Seconded on the recommendation.Check out the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque NM if you have the chance. Sounds just like the book you are reading but with actual hardware you can look at and touch. Highly recommended. I was there last week and it is a magnificent museum.
Excellent museum, I visited it during a business trip when it was still on Sandia base. I recall the building across the street was the "Combined Services Nuclear Weapons School", or sommthing close to that...Check out the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque NM if you have the chance. Sounds just like the book you are reading but with actual hardware you can look at and touch. Highly recommended. I was there last week and it is a magnificent museum.
https://www.nuclearmuseum.org/see/exhibits
BTW, I currently work with the grandson of Mr Oppenheimer .
I might have to read “Jaws” now.Just finished "Out of the Depths," a memoir by one of the USS Indianapolis survivors.
The writer specifically said he (understandably) refused to ever see Jaws and he now (also understandably) has a phobia of the ocean.I might have to read “Jaws” now.
Figured I'd add my $0.02...Hi Mike,
I can recommend two clubs in the general area that are both quite good (Not too many bad folks in rocketry!)
I fly with Austin Area Rocketry Group, when I can. Our main launch site is in Hutto TX, which for you looks like it would be (drum roll please...) 1.5 hours away! We fly on the first Saturday of each month. We've got a lot of people who can help with, and sign off on certs up tp Level 3, both Tripoli and NAR.
There is also Tripoli Houston who used to fly at an airfield in Hearn. Not sure if that info is still valid...
According to my map, Hearn would be about 1.75 hours away, so at least it breaks the norm!
It would be fun to see you at a launch!
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