Nathalia Holt, The Atlantic: Private Spaceflight and the Legacy of the Challenger Disaster
Thirty years after the shuttle explosion, the U.S. is once again excited about sending civilians into space.
The morning was so cold that icicles lined the railings and tower of launch pad 39-B, forming a freezing fringe of ice around the Kennedy Space Center. Slowly, the warmth of the morning sun melted the ice, sending the sound of dripping water across the launch complex. At 11:38 a.m., on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger left Earth with a thunderous boom, surrounded by pillars of billowing exhaust.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 28, 2016
Obama losing credibility with Syrian opposition leaders -- Nahal Toosi, Politico
Islamic State and WMD: A Future Nightmare? -- John Mclaughlin, OZY
Are the Syrian Democratic Forces any of the above? -- Benedetta Argentieri, Reuters
After Abbas: The coming Palestinian bloodbath -- Benny Avni, New York Post
How China Is Building Bridges With the Middle East -- Ting Shi, Bloomberg
Malaysia's utterly bonkers corruption scandal, explained -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX
In Tunisia, the sole Arab Spring success, economic woes reignite unrest -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM
Uganda: When Democracy Doesn’t Count -- Helen Epstein, New York Review Of Books
A dangerous moment for Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire -- Lucian Kim, Reuters
Lurching Right: The Escalating Fight for Poland's Future -- Jan Puhl, Spiegel Online
Will Refugee Crisis Doom the EU? -- Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
Haiti Aftershocks: Is the earthquake-stricken country’s flamboyant President a savior or a rogue? -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
Clinton Quietly Building Her Own National Security Council -- Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Is Saudi Arabia finally willing to rescue the oil markets? -- Matt Egan and John Defterios, CNN
The Shipping News Says the World Economy Is Toast -- Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg
The Difficulty of Talking About Doomsday -- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
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