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The Space Race encapsulates both the best and the worst of aspects of U.S. history. On the one hand, there is humanity’s drive to learn and explore. All space programs have no choice but to celebrate the wonders of mathematics, physics, and engineering. (To put this into ’80s film terms: no matter how jock-ish an image an astronaut wants to put forth, it’s still nerds who get us into space.) Space exploration doesn’t just raise the possibility that humanity will find new homes across the galaxy, but it also leaves technological innovation in its wake.
But there’s still that other hand. The Space Race of the 1950s and 60s was the result of intense hatred and fear between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Many of the early aims of the program were baldly militaristic rather than scientific. At least one of the leading engineers was a former Nazi. And as idealistic as NASA was, it still enforced rigid racial and gender lines, refusing to allow qualified women to train as astrona
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When she was at her lowest, before becoming the sort of person who has the ear and admiration of premiers and governors, Emma Lee worked at a petrol station. It was 2011. She was 38. Sheâd âcrashed and burnedâ, as she describes it, losing her first marriage, her money, her mojo. After a successful career as an archaeologist, and a manager at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, her whole world had shrunk to the grey concrete forecourt at Woolworths Caltex in her home town of Wynyard, on Tasmaniaâs north-west coast. For 18 months she healed, slowly rebuilding herself and, from behind the kiosk counter, finding the inspiration for a new approach to Aboriginal rights â a method that would, only four years later, start to bear fruit with then Tasmanian premier, Will Hodgman.
Marion County library calendar for Feb. 17-23
Ocala Star-Banner
Wednesday
Celebrate Every Day: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Reddick Public Library, 15150 NW Gainesville Road, Reddick. Free. From Dragon Appreciation Day to Crossword Puzzle Day, we are celebrating! There’s something happening every day this branch is open, so check with us and celebrate! All ages welcome. Call 352-438-2566 to register.
Shake, Rattle and Read: 10:15. and 11:15 a.m. Headquarters-Ocala Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. A variety of stories, songs and activities for young children with caregivers. Ages 5 and younger. Call 352-438-2560 to register.
Story Time Adventures: 10:30 a.m. Belleview Public Library, 13145 SE Highway 484, Belleview. Free. A variety of stories, songs and activities for young children with caregivers. Call 352-438-2500 to register.