In our era of (what we consider to be) highly advanced forensics and criminal investigations, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that even in a relatively short time past, much of our modern forensics was still very much in its infancy.  In Stolen From the Garden, author William Swanson reopens some old wounds by revisiting a Continue reading

Rod Pyle’s Innovation the NASA Way is a very successful book on two levels. First, this is a very nice summary of NASA’s history, hitting the highlights (Gemini, Apollo, Voyager, Skylab, ISS, Space Shuttle, etc) — the successes — and touching briefly on the catastrophic failures.  You could certainly write volumes on any one of Continue reading