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* [[Diary (May | * [[Diary (May 13, 2020)|My online diary (May 13)]] | ||
* [[War Diaries (May | * [[War Diaries (May 13) (nonfiction)|War Diaries (May 13)]] - entries from historic diaries and letters | ||
== Are You Sure ... == | == Are You Sure ... == | ||
Revision as of 05:18, 13 May 2020
Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).
Diaries
- My online diary (May 13)
- War Diaries (May 13) - entries from historic diaries and letters
Are You Sure ...
... that the Soviet N1 rocket was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit; that the project was underfunded and rushed, and badly derailed by the death of its chief designer Sergei Korolev in 1966; that each of the four attempts to launch an N1 failed; that during the second launch attempt the N1 rocket crashed back onto its launch pad shortly after liftoff and exploded, resulting in one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions in human history; and that the N1 was kept secret almost until the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, with information about the N1 first being published in 1989?
... that I Am Curious (Texas) is a 1967 Swedish erotic geography film?
On This Day in History and Fiction: July 3
1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.
1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.
1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.
Permalink: July 3
COVID-19: Prophylactic mashup
Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses!
Even though the Social Distance and what it Imposes
If we do this well enough we'll flatten the Prognosis
Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses!
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