With the shuttle mission era officially over, there’s been lots to read about flying. Here are a few articles and posts I enjoyed:
1. Google’s race to the moon: a bigger X prize
2. I love this picture of the shuttle over the Bahamas
3. Popular Science on the future of flying, circa 1926
And this picture of the shuttle’s plasma trail during its final re-entry, taken from the International Space Station, is just plain crazy:
