28 June 2007 – Steeljaw Scribe

space

ISS and Atlantis – as seen from the ground…

BySteeljawscribe 28 June 200729 June 2007

… 190 miles away as it were. Amazing the things amature astronomers can do these days. Latest example – take one Boston-area high school class, mix with the Clay Center Observatory‘s 25" telescope, a digital camera and adaptive optics and voila: More on adaptive optics here h/t: Chap and Danger Room

history lessons

Qualities of a Good Wingman

BySteeljawscribe 28 June 200728 March 2010

A little while back, lex spoke of the qualities of a good wingman. Today, comes the story (courtesy of a cell-, er, cube-mate) of another wingman, albeit from the other Service with pilots who fly jets, but compelling nonetheless. -SJS "Nearly all plumes of black smoke on dry lake beds are resulted from planned,…