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Month: July 2004


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Sorry for the hiatus, but I’ve moved. Now residing in the reality-surrounded land of Ann Arbor, MI. (It’s an old joke; “Ann Arbor?” “Yeah, you know, the six square miles surrounded by reality.”) I’m back to technical writing, not that I’d left for long. I’m still working through the first week newness and computer policies […]

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Stunt Pilots Last Line in $300 Million Space Project

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How’s this for pressure? You’re a Hollywood stunt pilot on contract to NASA to catch a 500-pound canister returning from a three-year, two-million-mile mission containing particles ejected from the Sun. The project cost NASA $300 million and, in order to preserve the samples, you have to catch the parachuting canister with a helicopter under any […]