@best_roag Pete, before you completely retire. Would you ever consider having a guest star on a TV show playing yourself. What about Simpsons or Family Guy. Maybe one of the characters would want to meet you. At the end of the episode, you would play the drums. What do you think?
October 5th marks the birthday of Robert H. Goddard – one of the most important figures in the history of human space exploration and the man whom @NASAGoddard is named after. Goddard was more than a talented physicist, inventor and engineer – he was a visionary who turned concept into action, launching the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. The giant leaps made in human spaceflight over the last century would not have occurred without his many technical developments and theoretical contributions. #AProudSalute to Robert H. Goddard, the man who ushered in the Space Age!
My family and I celebrated #VeteransDay today at the @CondorSquadron where I was honored to be inducted a member.
Thank you for this honor. Veterans Day is always special. On this day we stop to honor those in uniform, who serve us in America’s Armed Forces – who understand freedom, honor, duty, and what it means to defend our country. Without these Americans and their supportive families, we would have no freedoms. America’s way of life is challenged every day, and defended every day. So, today, we say thank you, and I say thank you to all our veterans. For myself, I graduated West Point in 1951, third in my class, and headed for Korea. By God’s grace, I shot down two MIG-15s and got back home… began supporting space activities in the US Air Force, eventually travelled to the moon with Neil and Mike. For all of that, I am grateful – especially to the veterans I served with. But the message I want to leave you with today is forward looking. We need to keep teaching our history, what it means to be a veteran, how important that job is. Freedom rests on what Shakespeare called “the happy few,” those who know what freedom and sacrifice mean, who rise when they are called, who step up, and who believe in the ideas that have gotten us to this point, freedom, honor, duty, and selfless service. Today, I salute our veterans. Happy Veterans Day!
Photos: Jerry Cowart of the Condor Squadron;
Video: Anca Aldrin
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