{"id":689,"date":"2011-11-24T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=689"},"modified":"2013-02-12T05:44:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T10:44:51","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-oh-and-some-space-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/happy-thanksgiving-oh-and-some-space-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving! Oh, and Some Space History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wishing you and yours a most Happy Thanksgiving! <\/p>\n

Walking the dog this morning, I thought about things for which I’m thankful — the list is long, and I’m sure I didn’t think of everything. More things are coming to mind even as I type this.<\/p>\n

I think it’s good for us to pause, reflect, and express appreciation for what we have — especially family and friends — rather than being bitter and resentful over things we don’t have. The Apostle Paul wrote that he had learned how to be content in every situation;* I’m not quite there yet, but I hope to be.<\/p>\n

So, may we all find things for which we can be truly thankful, today and every day.<\/p>\n

[BREAK, BREAK]<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, the promised “Space History”…<\/p>\n

Twenty years ago today — November 24, 1991 — the Space Shuttle Atlantis<\/em> lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on a Department of Defense mission.<\/p>\n

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\n(DSP satellite being tilted to its predeployment position in the shuttle’s payload bay. NASA image.)<\/em><\/p>\n

\nDuring mission STS-44<\/a>, astronauts Frederick D. Gregory, Terence T. \u201cTom\u201d Henricks, James S. Voss, Story F. Musgrave, Thomas J. Hennan, and Mario Runco deployed the third Defense Support Program (DSP) missile warning satellite. <\/p>\n

Without going into too much detail, DSP satellites stare at the earth, looking for the infrared signatures of rocket exhaust that would indicate ballistic missile launches.<\/p>\n

Which, if nothing else, perhaps we can all be thankful for eyes in the sky that are watching out for sneak attacks.<\/p>\n

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\n*Philippians chapter 4.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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