Can see how smart you really are. Tonight borders is pleased to welcome mike mullane. The firstckets is book by Space Shuttle astronaut to talk about his experiences for adult audiences. Unlike prior astronaut looks which tend to be g rated, technical and sanitized, his story is refreshingly human and candid. Mullane becomes the story of an amazing dreams quest. Mullane was commissioned into the usa apps. The firstected as group of Space Shuttle astronauts. He currently lives in albuquerque, new mexico. Please give a warm borders welcome to mike mullane. [applause] mullane thank you very much, and good evening. I thought i would start by explaining what a shuttle launches like. Launch is like. I will read from a few passages, but extemporaneously i want to describe to you what its like to blast off into space. Was iequently asked, afraid sitting on that launchpad. And i replied, no. I was not afraid. I was terrified. It goes beyond being afraid, folks. Unlike a fighter jet where you ar
Friends on booktv who will be filming tonights discussion. We look forward to hearing any questions you have from mike tonight. We want fewer booktv viewers to hear your questions is also. Please wait for the microphone to come to you before asking questions so the booktv viewers can see how smart you really are. Tonight borders is pleased to welcome mike mullane. Riding rockets is the first book by Space Shuttle astronaut to talk about his experiences for adult audiences. Unlike prior astronaut looks which tend to be g rated, technical and sanitized, his story is refreshingly human and candid. Mullane becomes the story of an amazing dreams quest. Mullane was commissioned into the usa apps. He was selected as the first group of Space Shuttle astronauts. He currently lives in albuquerque, new mexico. Please give a warm borders welcome to mike mullane. [applause] mr. Mullane thank you very much, and good evening. I thought i would start by explaining what a shuttle launch is like. I will
police say he did wrong. the laundry list of this long, charges from the grand jury and we were talking serious charges, most of them felonies, this is the first break in the case that the family has been waiting almost three agonizing years. the grand jury indicted shermans attorney, gregory j moore, on charges he tampered with evidence, misled aliza and purposely lied to police light police, Aliza Sherman beach with nurse was stabbed repeatedly outside 75 you review plus on march 24th, 2013, she was to meet more at her office and her death at 5 25 p. M. was captured by Security Camera and was an image of the fluted killer, more now looking at one count each of tampering with evidence, telecommunications fraud, possessing criminal tools, obstructing business and falsification, two counts of terroristic threats and six counts of inducing panic, all business and falsification charges are felonies, we have watched agonizing anniversaries pass for the family waiting for justice, todays al
Presented. When she came back she shared her story with a world which is what you have to do when you were an astronaut. As part of a Public Relations thing. She most loved talking to children. She most loved the questions that children that asks first first because the pills were too embarrassed in the question eyes was how do you go to the bathroom in space . Sand lake cooked up a very simple explanation. Easy she said, its just like sitting on a vacuum cleaner. [laughter] sally also talked endlessly about what she had seen from space but the most important thing she saw was what she eyes described as the thin blue line encircling our planet and that is earths atmosphere. She said it was as if someone had taken a royal blue crayon and drawn a line around the planet and she realize from where she was sitting in space that without that thin line and she to me science sheds she would change the metaphor. As thin as the fuzz on a tennis ball or she would say is earth space suit but witho
Even better, the man has by doing so gained what we call street credit. Why is street cred important . Once you establish a reputation for the willingness and ability to use force and to be ruthless about it, you dont have to use force and conquer next time. You just establish a reputation as a nasty bastard and so people will, you dont have to wield power in order to have it. So he may stop here because he has now so much intimidated the ukraine that the ukraine will do his bidding. However, if he goes, if he goes farther, i dont think were going to do much about it either, because again, it is our periphery but his century. He is close. He is got the determination. He has got the street cred. How in the end will the game unfold . One, i dont think well use military force. Im pretty sure, to dislodge, to dislodge putin. To dislodge somebody is a hello of hell of a lot more dangerous than to slip in when nobody is looking. Too much risk. So both the u. S. And germany will use civilian