Beginning in the mid-1950s, the Space Race produced two decades of US-Soviet rivalry as the two superpowers strove to claim mastery of space exploration. — Read on alphahistory.com/coldwar/space-race/
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The Last Leap of Sam Patch | Headlines and Heroes
The book by historian Paul E Johnson is a good read about the life of Sam Patch and 1820s, 1830s America. The Last Leap of Sam Patch. A blog post at "Headlines and Heroes" on 2018-10-02. — Read on blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/10/the-last-leap-of-sam-patch/
Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says | Space
SpaceX's Mars ships won't be ferrying just the super rich to and from the Red Planet, if everything goes according to Elon Musk's plan. — Read on http://www.space.com/elon-musk-spacex-mars-mission-price.html
Joe Thompson, PhD. 