From Contentions: The Price of One Leak, by Gabriel Schoenfeld. From RealClearPolitics: The Power & Promise of American Realism, by Condoleezza Rice. From the Philadelphia Inquirer: A positive story from the Iraq war, by Kevin Ferris. Two From Defense Tech: Blues out of San Fran? by Pinch Paisley. Rescue Chopper Rumble, by Christian Lowe. Bonus Audio File: Missile Defense, the U.S. and Europe, NPR with Nathan Hodge.
From Ares: An hour after liftoff, the combined 7.5-million-lbs. of thrust of the two ATK solid rocket boosters and three space shuttle main engines (SSMEs) interacted with upper atmospheric winds to form magnificent calligraphy in the sky above the launch site. Photo by Carleton Bailie for Aviation Week.
