Launching a vehicle is an incredibly complex endeavor. It isn’t just the years of planning, design, analysis, testing, re-design, and manufacturing. Everything must be designed to the proper requirements, tested to the right tolerances, and then built according to the design specifications. Those are just the complexities to build the launch vehicle. But the launching of the […]
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At their first harvest, the Pilgrims sat down with the Indians for a feast of Thanksgiving. We are all familiar with the story. They said a prayer of thanks to God for providing for them. But we tend to forget the true circumstances surrounding this first harvest. In September 1620, the Mayflower set sail from England with
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Guest Blog by Gordon Sterling Years ago, I was with the family visiting the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, TN. As I looked over the different styles of paintings, I realized there is a metaphor of the different styles of paintings and the different ways that we approach the study of God. At the
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I was excited the past few weeks in our homeschool history lessons to teach my children about Mohamed and the founding of Islam. Yes, you read that correctly. Over the past two years we have studied most of the major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, and now Islam. We’ve even covered ancient religions like
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As we are finally at the end of this election cycle, it is important for us to step back and consider what all has taken place in this election season. I think if we had to describe what it has been like we’d all have to agree it was filled with hate, anger, and tension.
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On December 11, 1998 NASA launched the Mars Climate Orbiter Probe on a 9.5 month, 416 million mile journey where it would study the climate, atmosphere, and surface changes on Mars. On September 23, 1999 the Mars Climate Orbiter Probe began its planned orbital insertion maneuver. Four minutes after the main engine burn began, communication was lost with the Probe and
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When you think about other world religions, they all have some prophet or messenger who was delivering an important message – either from god or how to reach god. And eventually all of these prophets and messengers dies. Buddha died in 949 BC. Confucius died in 479 BC. Mohammed died in 632 AD. Joseph Smith,
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With the election coming up, we need to take a moment to think through some important principles about the United States Presidential election. 1. Politics are important to religion. Many people within the church try their best to stay out of political discussions. Honestly, in this kind of political climate, who can blame them? But as believers,
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When I first started working at NASA, it was overwhelming to see what all I needed to learn about the design of a launch vehicle, especially as a systems engineer. Since my job was to find any issues in the interfaces between systems, I needed to have some understanding of how each system worked. However,
We are in a fierce battle of ideas. All of the actions going on in our nation and across the world all go back to the ideas we are being taught and are continuing to teach. Our thoughts are important because they direct our actions and behavior. This is why we are to “take every thought captive
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