One reason we continue to return to Florida’s Space Coast, whenever work schedules and finances allow, is that each trip is an opportunity to discover something that we haven’t seen before. Today’s GRAIL scrub gave rise to yet another unexpected chain of events that ultimately led Doug to the U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum (SWOF, because who doesn’t want to acronymize things related to … Continue reading GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 5)
GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 1) GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 2) GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 3) And now, the next installment… Tonight, GRAIL still sits solidly on Florida’s Space Coast. Unacceptable levels of wind aloft forced the delay of today’s launch for 24 hours (or nearly 24 hours, as GRAILS’ launch window recedes by approximately 4 minutes each day). Another not launch certainly … Continue reading GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 4)
GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 1) GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 2) And now begins Part 3… Contrary to some predictions, Titusville is still here. At 8:00a.m. on a weekday morning, the McDonald’s on Route 1 still has a line of cars in the drive through. And they still launch rockets on the Space Coast. Big, powerful rockets that can send satellites out of Earth’s … Continue reading GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 3)
GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 1) Today, Doug is traveling to the Space Coast, making that cross-country SNA–MCO trip yet once again, though he’s going it alone this time. Doug will be en route for about nine hours, and Anna is booked solid with student conferences and teaching for nine hours, though these nine-hour stretches overlap so that we’ll probably be out of touch with … Continue reading GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 2)
In the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the bridgekeeper asks three questions, much like the security questions now used for credit card accounts. What is your name? Lofty Ambitions. What is your quest? GRAIL. What is your favorite colour? According to Crayola, America’s favorite color is blue. We suppose this bridgekeeper’s question calls for a separate post on color and the light … Continue reading GRAIL: Another Lofty Quest (Part 1)
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