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Yep, you won’t want to miss the June guest editorial and you will find it here.

It has been over 10 years since I was at the space museum, but when I was there I notice a strange thing that has stuck in my mind ever since.  In one of the display cases was a crystal pyramid.  It was just sitting there and seemingly had nothing to do with what was being displayed, no tag describing why it was there, just sitting there as decoration or for some unknown reason.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) – NASA engineers have completed work on a 92-acre launch complex that will serve as the test site for abort flight tests of the Orion crew exploration vehicle.

That is the spacecraft that is planned to take astronauts back to the moon.

The complex at White Sands Missile Range will allow NASA to test the system that will pull the vehicle’s crew to safety if there’s an emergency on the launch pad or during the opening minutes of flight.

Personnel from the missile range will provide support services, including logistics, infrastructure, data collection, operations and management during each simulated launch. The site includes a launch pad, ground support equipment and an assembly building.

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