To some, north Alabama might seem like the last place you’d find a rocket garden. After all, the sexy aspects of NASA’s work happen in places like Cape Canaveral and Houston’s Johnson Space Center and occasionally Edwards Air Force Base in California. But before the boys at launch control can light the candle, someone has to design it. That’s where Huntsville comes in.
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The Space Shuttle: A True Southern Belle
July 8, 2011 
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As of the writing of this post, the shuttle Atlantis is climbing higher into orbit for the final flight of the Space Transportation System. While the decisions and the funding that brought the shuttle to bear on America’s space explorations came from Washington, she is no doubt a Southern girl at heart.
Read more Real Southern Quote: Dealing with the Impossible
July 6, 2011 1 Comment
Today’s Real Southern Quote comes to us from one of the greatest scientific minds of the last century … or any century for that matter.
Wernher von Braun ponders the meaning of the impossible…
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