Four hundred years ago today, Galileo discovered the fourth of the Galilean moons (which he wanted to call Medicea Sidera after his patron), Callisto.
So, I’m watching Moon Rising, which is pretty entertaining,
and at 0:40 the word “Bloomfield” jumps out at me.
October 6, 1997 – Commander Jim Wetherbee and pilot Mike Bloomfield brought Atlantis down to a picture-perfect landing at 5:55 p.m. EDT on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center. The deorbit burn occurred at about 4:48 p.m. EDT. This landing of Atlantis marked the 40th landing at KSC in the history of Space Shuttle flight. It was the seventh landing of the Shuttle at KSC this year.
“STS-86 Atlantis, 87th shuttle mission” The Ultimate Space Place
5:55 on runway 15, yo!
Another Bloomfield, Maurice, is mentioned briefly in David White’s super-rad Sinister Yogis, which I’m currently reading. And who could forget “A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations” author Lincoln P. Bloomfield?
The delightful slice of Pittsburgh I inhabit was apparently named “for the wildflowers that once populated its terrain” and not for New Jersey Governor and jagov Joseph Bloomfield, who led his state’s militia against local tax activists during the Whiskey Rebellion.
Have fun and cuídate.
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