Good morning.
Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of seventy-five.
Whitewater’s Park & Rec Board meets at 4:30 PM this afternoon.
They’ve seen better days, and I think that the future of space travel will be mostly private flight, but it’s still a memorable date:
On this day in 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space. NASA has since sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have yielded vital information about the solar system and universe. It has also launched numerous earth-orbiting satellites that have been instrumental in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to global communications.
NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s October 4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I. The 183-pound, basketball-sized satellite orbited the earth in 98 minutes. The Sputnik launch caught Americans by surprise and sparked fears that the Soviets might also be capable of sending missiles with nuclear weapons from Europe to America. The United States prided itself on being at the forefront of technology, and, embarrassed, immediately began developing a response, signaling the start of the U.S.-Soviet space race.
Puzzability starts a new series this week, from 7.29 to 8.2, entitled Last Laughs:
Last Laughs
For your amusement this week, we started each day with the name of a TV star who won an Emmy for his or her lead performance in a comedy series. Then we replaced all the letters in each word—except the last letter—with asterisks.
Example:
***Y ****R ****E
Answer:
Mary Tyler Moore
Here’s Monday’s puzzle:
**Y *****O