Space station commander remembers 9/11

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  September 11th at 12:00 PM  | 

I have published and republished my remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. I don’t feel it is as poignant as are those of some of my RedState colleagues, so I keep looking for new remembrances. This year I found the recollection of the only American not on earth on 9/11. “The smoke seemed to have an odd bloom to it at the base | Read More »

Happy First Moon Landing Day

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  July 20th at 08:21 AM  | 

Remembering Tranquility Base. It’s been 39 years since we heard those famous words announcing that humans had finally reached another world: “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. When mission commander Neil Armstrong finally took the “small step,” I was watching in the Fillmore West in San Francisco. In a corner of the huge | Read More »