Links for Wednesday 7 May 2008

May 7, 2008

Space Shuttle Destruct Switch - NASA Prepared to Blow Up Discovery - “Each time the space shuttle rises from its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., an Air Force officer waits anxiously for the first 2 minutes to pass safely. If the spaceship were to veer off course and endanger a populated area, this range safety officer would bear the terrible responsibility of flipping a pair of switches under a stenciled panel reading “Flight Termination.” The first switch arms explosives on the shuttle’s two solid rocket boosters. Flipping the second switch would detonate them, destroying the shuttle and crew.”

Can We Return Man to the Moon? - Time takes a look at what we’ll need to do as a nation to get man back on the moon, including an interview with Gene Cernan and Alan Bean.

This can’t wait to be featured in a Monday Maniacs segment, so take a look at this sicko (INTERPOL and BBC) wanted for sexually abusing boys between six and ten years old.

Lessons In Electric Circuits - Need to learn something about electronics, check out this free course which covers just about everything.

Posted in Daily Links