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This article in the WaPo is really interesting. The key factor that affects driving habits isn’t population density, public transit availability, gasoline taxes or even different attitudes. It’s wealth.
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the Apollo 1 spacecraft, killing astronauts Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White. After the fire NASA spent 2 years investigating, improving the program, and appearing before Congress to justify the program. A divided Congress, the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and much [...]