A remarkably lifelike Audio-Animatronics figure of President Barack Obama enters the spotlight in a revised and refreshed Hall of Presidents show when it reopens July 4 in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. The addition of the countrys 44th chief executive is just part of the most significant update to this classic attraction since its 1971 debut in the parks Liberty Square. Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin helped develop the show with Disney Imagineers. In this …
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Barack Obama Joins Hall of Presidents at Disney’s Magic Kingdom
Is The Agency “Adrift”… Or, The President? Delays by the Obama administration in naming a permanent leader for NASA are reportedly bringing frustration and anxiety to both agency planners and US lawmakers.
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Holidaychatter – NASA Seems No Closer To Having A New Administrator
Another Truly Fascinating Interview From WAI 2009! Lt. Colonel Jacqui Marty is a woman to this nation owes a great deal… and yet, during an interview with Aero-TV, Marty spent a considerable time telling us about all those she feels a debt to. That’s the kind of person that flies an unarmed tanker into combat, time and time again, all over the world. An American Woman In Combat…
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Holidaychatter – Aero-TV Profiles A Woman In Combat — Lt. Col. Jacqui Marty (Part 1)
Like Before, Rocket Fails To Reach Orbit In Europe Sunday, President Barack Obama strongly criticized Saturday night’s failed missile launch by North Korea. The three-stage rocket — ostensibly an attempt to place a satellite into orbit — failed to achieve orbit and fell back into the Pacific Ocean without incident, according to the US military.
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Holidaychatter – Obama Condemns North Korean Missile Launch
Union Hopeful New TSA Administrator Will Agree The American Federation of Government Employees – a labor union that representing Transportation Security Administration workers – is hopeful that President Obama will make good on his campaign promise to appoint a new TSA Administrator who favors granting them collective bargaining rights.
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Holidaychatter – TSA Workers Want Right To Collective Bargaining
Aero-Terms! The solar wind termination shock is the shock that occurs as the solar wind hits the heliopause and its speed slows greatly (down to about 20 km/s).
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Holidaychatter – ANN’s Daily Aero-Term (03.27.09): Termination Shock
Discovery To Land Saturday; Atlantis Moves To Launch Pad Tuesday Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 31… three days after its sister ship Discovery is scheduled to land at KSC following completion of its STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
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Holidaychatter – Shuttle Shuffle: One Heading Home, Another Ready To Go
“These two pilots have told their story to the world since the remarkable events of January 15th, but at EAA AirVenture they’ll have the opportunity to talk in-person with fellow aviators on how their training, planning and airmanship skills were tested. There is perhaps no place better than Oshkosh where an audience would understand the decision-making process that took place in the cockpit that day and learn the lessons from these two pilots’ experiences. We eagerly look forward to welcoming them to ‘aviation’s family reunion’ at Oshkosh this summer.” Source: EAA Chairman and President Tom Poberezny. The cockpit crew from US Airways Flight 1549, involved in one of the most riveting aviation events in recent years, will share their experiences at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009, held at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh on July 27-August 2.
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Holidaychatter – Aero-News: Quote of the Day (03.27.09)
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