45 Years Ago We Landed Men on the Moon | In Focus, The Atlantic
Apollo 11 lifted off on its mission to the moon on July 16, 1969 — 45 years ago today. Coincidentally, the International Space Station also celebrated a milestone this week. Last Saturday, July 13, marked 5,000 days of continuous human presence in space.
Apollo 11 launch
Life, After | New York Mag
For years, I’ve said I didn’t like Miles O’Brien, a well-known journalist who used to cover space for CNN. I can’t even remember precisely why anymore — it had something to do with the first time I flew on the Vomit Comet as a college student, and him being there as the journalist for another team, and something he did or said that rubbed me the wrong way. I figure it’s time to reconsider that opinion, because in the years since he was unceremoniously let go by CNN, he’s done several interesting stories that crossed my path.
Here are two things you need to know about life after an arm amputation: First, your center of gravity changes dramatically when you are suddenly eight pounds lighter on one side of your body. Second, while my arm may be missing physically, it is there, just as it always has been, in my mind’s eye. I can feel every digit. I can even feel the watch that was always strapped to my left wrist. When I tripped, I reached reflexively to break my very real fall with my completely imaginary left hand. My fall was instead broken by my nose, and my nose was broken by my fall.
In February, O’Brien’s left arm was amputated after a freak accident. This introspective piece about his life since is fantastic and moving.
In honor of their maybe-possible return, 10 essential Strong Bad e-mails | Ars Technica
YES. Just, YES.
