#ComposerChat,former NASA moonflight engineer, photography, sound recording, baroque, classical music, piano, cembalo, screenplay writing, cats, F1racing.
LittleRock, Arkansas, USA
Joined July 2009
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Happy Birthday Brahms and Tchaikovsky classicalmusicwithbigmike.co… @Eddissimo #TchaikovskyChat #BrahmsChat #ClassicalMusic @OnlyClassical @AllClassicalPDX @KingFM @HoustonPubMedia @ClassicalToday @jaynordlinger @Lileks @arthurbrooks
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Starship orbital test flight's primary expected time is today. The launch window is expected to open at 8 am in Texas (13:00 UTC - 15.00 CEST).
These are the Super Heavy and Starship expected trajectories
[watch: spacex.com/launches]
[📹 Cindy Pom]
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Today in 2014 NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star, about 580 light-years (180 parsecs) from Earth.
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Today in 1492 Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
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Today in 1969 Bernadette Devlin is elected MP for Mid Ulster, standing as the Independent Unity candidate; at 21 years old, she is Britain's youngest ever female MP and the third youngest MP ever
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The Olmec civilization was the first great Mesoamerican culture, flourishing along Mexico's Gulf coast around 1200-400 B.C. Known for their incredible artistry, they created monumental stonework and cave paintings.
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Barry Marshall was sure that Helicobacter pylori caused peptic ulcers, but since it was illegal to test that on humans, he drank a Petri dish with the bacteria, developed ulcers within days, treated them with antibiotics and went on to win a Nobel Prize bit.ly/2DLjgLj
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In October 1971, a physicist and an astronomer took 4 cesium-beam atomic clocks aboard commercial airliners. They flew twice around the world and when reunited, the sets of clocks were found to disagree according to the predictions of the relativity theory bit.ly/2rbNBQt
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Today in 1939 pop singer Dusty Springfield, whose real name is Mary O'Brien, is born to Irish parents in London
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Remembering Harry Anderson
October 14, 1952 ~ April 16, 2018
#NightCourt #DavesWorld
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Today in 2019 approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change
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On what would have been Alan Bean's 91st birthday, born March 15th 1932.
Bean: "Be out in a minute..."
Conrad: "All right. Let me know so I can photograph you."
Bean became the 4th man on the Moon.
Another great shot that didn't quite make the cut for #ApolloRemastered book:
What do you think about this statue of “young #Bach” in Arnstadt? Created to mark the 300th anniversary of his birth.
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I cannot say enough about how wonderful this disc is. Especially @Stewartgoodyear's riveting performance of the Hailstork concerto, which contains one of the loveliest slow movements you'll ever hear. And Ms. Falletta's conducting is truly inspired. Buy this!
Listen to the music of contemporary American composers Adolphus Hailstork and @dannyelfman on the latest Naxos release from the @BPOrchestra. Now streaming on @AppleMusic.
LISTEN NOW: Naxos.lnk.to/ElfmanTW
