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Only at full speed. Always shining. Luck but always on the move. Played mostly today and in the future. Drive it on t w. The people of the world for information they provide the opinions they want to express t. W. On facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. Canaveral florida july 1990. 3 men set off on one of the greatest adventures in Human History their goal to move. Back the back of the global hundreds of thousands were there to watch. Big. League. The cold war was in full swin...

Armstrong knew from the very start that he wanted to be a pilot later he worked various jobs to earn money for flying lessons and earned a student flight certificate on the day he turned 16. he also made his 1st solo flight later that month. in 1947 armstrong enrolled at purdue university and studied aeronautical engineering his tuition was paid for by a federal program in return after graduation he was required to complete 3 years of training and service in the u.s. navy. afterward armstrong re...

A federal program in return after graduation he was required to complete 3 years of training and service in the u.s. navy. afterward armstrong returned to purdue earning a degree in aeronautical engineering in january 1955. years later armstrong married jenna cierra whom hed met at purdue. he wasnt yet thinking about space travel he was now starting a career as a test pilot. in october 1957 the soviet union shocked the world by launching the 1st satellite called sputnik. at that time many in the...

Havent seen too much of the famous campus variety. i want to go to this issue of the more expensive a school is the higher its ranking or the belief by many applicants that this is a school -- this is an issue that the authors of freakonomics point out, sometimes the more something costs the public think it must be better. dont you have to change the culture of that? >> i think its changing from under higher ed and its about time. economists have technical terms for it. my wife would call it the...

Associate professor at purdue, he is with us by phone, and presidential historian, and gulf coast environment, douglas brinkley. professor, how do you get your calculations? how bad do you think this is? >> well, i can, i can certainly explain, answer the first question. the second question, i guess i would have to leave to others. so to briefly walk you through where this calculation comes from, its -- based on a measurement technique of fluid measurement technique, particle image velocity symm...

Larry, thanks very much. breaking news -- potentially chilling news. a leading expert, has examined this video of oil gushing into the gulf of mexico and what he says is horrifying. the like which the coast guard estimates at 5,000 barrels a day could be far worse. ten times worse. and thats the bottom end of his estimated range. which means that this expert is talking about at a bare minimum the equivalent of one exxon valdez every four days. his name is steve worley, associate professor at pur...

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