December 15 2008—Onlookers got a close up look at Space Shuttle Endeavour as it coasted to the
Discovery and its seven astronaut crew will lead off 2009 by installing the last set of solar electricity panels on the International Space Station. Their crew patch is pictured to the left. The crew includes Japanese space veteran Koichi Wakata. A later mission this year will carry up the last section of
Space tourism, and a possible competitor for Virgin Galactic, was the subject of a recent interview I did for “Word of Mouth” on New Hampshire Public Radio. If you like, you can click here to listen…
http://www.nhpr.org/node/19602
On the book front, many thanks for all the kind responses to the Bob Edwards Show that aired the week after Endeavour’s launch. Bob and I talked about “Final Countdown” and he and his producers did a great job reporting on the night-time liftoff. Also, my first book signing was at the Southern Independent Booksellers Conference in
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