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Movie Review: October Sky

Posted on May 19, 2014 by gcmouli

:Spoilers alert:  This is a very inspirational story (based on true life events) about four young boys from a mining community, who stumble onto building “hobby rockets”. They get into this by first watching the news about the first Russian rocket – Sputnik. Despite all odds of getting raw materials and equipment, these young boys…

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Space Shuttle Endeavour last leg

Posted on October 16, 2012 by gcmouli

The space shuttle Endeavour was retired last week, and is being transported to a museum in Los Angeles (LA). For the last 12 miles, it was actually transported through LA roads. Just imagine the awesome publicity that Toyota got. The da** trucked pulled the entire shuttle. For those folks, who do not live in the…

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One small dish for man

Posted on August 7, 2012 by gcmouli

Fantastic animated short film. It is films like these that make me so amazed at man’s creativity. Wow.   (via GAS)  

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The Discovery’s Last Ride

Posted on April 20, 2012 by gcmouli

I remember my visit to the Kennedy Space  Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. I remember to have just gaped at the space shuttle models and the launch pads and just thought in amazement of the number of times, this beauty has made ‘out-of-this-world’ trips — 133 to be precise! R.I.P Discovery. I am sure Smithsonian…

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Shuttle family photo

Posted on September 22, 2008 by gcmouli

An apparently rare occasion caught on film. Shown in the foreground is Space Shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad A. The shuttle in the background is Endeavour, on Launch Pad B. Currently, both shuttles are locked and loaded for launch, should something go wrong up in space with the October 11 Atlantis mission. As Tom explains…

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