In 2003, I wrote in a white heat an essay on Columbia's loss, which took on the shuttle's history. I submitted this to "Harper's" and "The Atlantic," neither of which bought it.
Unrevised save for the addition of photos, it can be found on my personal website here:
http://www.missedthesixties.com/what-the-shuttles-were-and-why-they-are-gone/
I post this link not for ego-boo, although a few comments (to the site, as well as here) would be appreciated. In some 2 years, the site (admittedly rather sparse, and rarely updated) has attracted no comments save some 16,000 of Spam.
Unrevised save for the addition of photos, it can be found on my personal website here:
http://www.missedthesixties.com/what-the-shuttles-were-and-why-they-are-gone/
I post this link not for ego-boo, although a few comments (to the site, as well as here) would be appreciated. In some 2 years, the site (admittedly rather sparse, and rarely updated) has attracted no comments save some 16,000 of Spam.