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  • For Mankind

    Last week was the 56th anniversary of Apollo 11’s liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. While I don’t remember that historic mission, I do remember watching the later Apollo missions, glued to our color TV set (yes, we had a color TV set in the early 1970s). It was a time of extraordinary…

  • Fourth Draft

    After I completed the third draft of the novelization of SOS United States, I felt pretty satisfied with it. However, there was still something bothering me about the last six or so pages. I always sensed there was a missing element, some extra “Oh my God” moment. Since I wasn’t under a deadline to an…