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As we await the launch of Discovery, I can’t help but wonder: what is the point of the shuttle program? Does it contribute anything, really, to space exploration? To scientific discovery? It’s an orbiter  [more...]

Remember a while back when Congress, outraged by violence and sex on television, started making noises about requiring television ratings? The broadcasters, scared of this threat, voluntarily came up with a system  [more...]