If there are two things the French team likes to do outside of working hours, it’s going into Baikonur on Saturday night to party until the wee hours and to go into town at any time to see something new. (I must admit to a weakness for the latter, myself.) Yesterday, events conspired to combine [...]
An incident from my days as an engineer made a deep impression on me.
It was the day after the 1984 Academy Awards, during which Milos Forman’s film Amadeus had walked away with the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. Exchanging morning pleasantries with my boss, I jokingly noted that [...]