{"id":1580,"date":"2013-08-24T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2013-08-24T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T20:17:58","slug":"the-future-of-the-space-history-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/the-future-of-the-space-history-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the Space History Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started my space history series of blog entries five years ago this month<\/a>. I’ve never claimed that it was authoritative or museum-quality, or even particularly complete. But since I’ve concentrated on hitting events on their 5-year anniversaries, I’ve gotten to the point that I would be repeating entries.<\/p>\n

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\n(If you want museum-quality coverage of space history, you’re better off going to a museum. “Air and Space Museum” by Rob Crawley, on Flickr via Creative Commons.)<\/em><\/p>\n

For instance, I posted about today’s anniversary of the Explorer 5 launch five years ago<\/a> (although then I missed the event by one day). But I don’t see the point of repeating things I’ve already catalogued, so the nature of the series is going to have to change.<\/p>\n

I plan to be more selective about entries from now on. I may pick out select incidents that are particularly important to me, or I may pick more contemporary items to highlight. I haven’t decided exactly how I want to proceed.<\/p>\n

If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them! For instance, yesterday Guy Stewart suggested this story about Lunar Orbiter 1 taking the first picture of Earth from the Moon<\/a>, which happened 47 years ago yesterday. Great story, Guy!<\/p>\n

So, to sum up: Many thanks to everyone who has enjoyed the series, and let us know what you think we do from here on out!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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