MattAlbers.com » World Events http://www.mattalbers.com matt albers' internet crib. California native, software engineer, sports lover. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:25:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Pluto we hardly knew thee http://www.mattalbers.com/2006/08/24/pluto-we-hardly-knew-thee/ http://www.mattalbers.com/2006/08/24/pluto-we-hardly-knew-thee/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:35:21 +0000 mfalbers http://www.mattalbers.com/wp/2006/08/24/pluto-we-hardly-knew-thee/ Pluto: And then there were eight816solarsystem550x440.jpg

]]> http://www.mattalbers.com/2006/08/24/pluto-we-hardly-knew-thee/feed/ 0 The Challenger Remembered http://www.mattalbers.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-remembered/ http://www.mattalbers.com/2006/01/27/the-challenger-remembered/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:04:03 +0000 mfalbers http://www.mattalbers.com/wp/2006/01/27/the-challenger-remembered/ I can still remember sitting in my 8th grade classroom watching the Space Shuttle Challenger launch. Everyone was in shock after the explosion. It was surreal at the time, just like nine eleven.

“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”
— President Ronald Reagan

Shuttle Mission Archive

7 myths about the Challenger shuttle disaster.

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Hopefully soon the Iraq military will be sufficiently trained and we can bring our soldiers home. And although I oppose war, I support our troops.
Here are some amazing accounts and pictures from the front lines.

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