A Brief History On September 25, 1992, NASA launched a probe known as the Mars Observer, alternately known as Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, an unmanned spacecraft sent to study the surface, atmosphere, climate, and magnetic field on Mars. Unfortunately, in August of 1993 communication with Mars Observer was lost permanently, a costly failure. Today, we list several egregious space exploration failures and invite you to tell us which one you think was the worst. Digging Deeper Soyuz 1, reentry parachute failure, 1967, 1 cosmonaut died Apollo 1 Fire on Ground, 1967, 3 astronauts died Apollo 13, multiple failures caused Moon landing…
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A Brief History On September 25, 1961, the State of Wisconsin first required any new automobile made starting in 1962 to be equipped with front seat safety belts. While Nash Motors first offered this commonsense device in 1949, the rest of the United States was not required to have seat belt equipped cars until 1962, with shoulder belts required as of 1968. Digging Deeper Despite all cars having seat belts, drivers and passengers rarely wore them, even when annoying buzzers were included to “remind” people to wear the hated belts. New York paved the way with a law requiring seat…
A Brief History On September 25, 2018, comedian, actor and television maven Bill Cosby, “America’s Dad,” was sentenced to prison for the crime of aggravated sexual assault. He joins a long list of celebrities who have let their sexual urges either get them in trouble or stain their reputations. We have previously discussed such celebrities in prior articles and today we look at more such tainted personalities. Who would you add to this list? (Actor Bob Crane, perhaps?) Digging Deeper 1. Bill Cosby, comedian, actor. Not just alleged but convicted. By his own admission he administered drugs to women in…
A Brief History On September 25, 2019, we make good on our promise to readdress the subject of Types of Clothing Named After a Place, a follow up to our article of September 22, 2019. Today we will list yet another 5 types of clothing or material named after a city, country, region or other such named place. Be sure to tell us some of the many clothing, shoes, hats, material/cloths and other bodily adornments we have neglected so far. Digging Deeper 1. Ulster Coat, Ulster/Northern Ireland. An article of clothing associated with the Victorian and Edwardian Eras; this rough…
A Brief History On September 25, 2014, O’Hare Airport in Chicago regained its status as the World’s Busiest Airport, taking the title back from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Or not, depending on which source you cite. The Atlanta airport had been the busiest in the world for all of the 21st Century up until either 2014 or up to the present. The United States once had many of the busiest airports in the world, and some of the most modern and highest tech airplane launching sites but have slipped in recent years as other countries have built modern, higher technology airfields…
