Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Not sure how I missed this anniversary. The cow pasture he launched his rocket is now a 9 hole municipal golf course and I used to hang out at Clark where he taught.

- He's become a joke,

- Shyam Sankar's Four 'Sputnik Moments.' 

- Tesla and LG Energy will build a $4.3 billion battery factory in Lansing Michigan. This is a big deal.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope ay resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I begin to speak only when I'm certain what I'll say isn't better left unsaid." - Cato

"How is it that American democracy is held as sacred, when most immigrants come here first to participate in its capitalism?"- Bhu Srinivasan

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." - James Clear

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Living deliberately is about awareness and purposeful action. If we take the necessary steps to craft each day deliberately, when our final day arrives we'll be able to look back at a life brimming with joy, fulfillment and satisfaction." - Shane Parrish

"And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert Godard

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

To make the last 12-months go full circle all we need is for Adam Schiff to try to call Jussie Smollett as a last minute surprise witness with supposed damning bombshell claims against President Trump... Just saying but the New England Patriots are still the defending Super Bowl Champions for at least the next 4-days. So we have that going for us (which is nice)... "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." - Benjamin Franklin... Heh Heh... Rio de Janeiro means "River of January." I wonder if somewhere there's a Rio de Febrero?... I still really want to see an Olympic ski jumping contest where all the athletes have to wear those flying squirrel suits. Have Red Bull sponsor it and the TV ratings would be huge... "It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert Goddard...

The Legacy of Sputnik

Charles Krauthammer has a very interesting read on what the ramifications of the Russians launching Sputnik may have been.

We had no idea how lucky we were with Sputnik. The subsequent panic turned out to be an enormous boon. The fear of falling behind the Communists induced the federal government to pour a river of money into science and math education. The result was a generation of scientists who gave us not only Apollo and the moon, but the sinews of the information age — for example, ARPA that created ARPANET that became the Internet — that have assured American technological dominance to this day.

I also find it highly appropriate to be having this discussion today on what would have Robert Goddard's 125th birthday.