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Tachyon

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« #526 : 12-09-2020 21:18 »
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Absolutely. Ah, maybe it's time to finally read the copy of The Right Stuff that's been sitting on my bookshelf for about five years at this point...
For some reason I have a strong memory of reading a passage near the beginning, though I don't own the book. Perhaps I thumbed through a copy at a bookstore or friend's house? One bit I seem to recall described a common practice among test pilots of that era: non-stop cross-country road trips with everyone drawing driving duty and swapping time behind the wheel every few hours, stopping only for food, fuel, and bathroom breaks, grabbing catnaps in the back seat. Back seats were considerably more spacious back then  I was an infant in the late '50s when my parents last participated in these epic trips so clearly have no first-hand memory, but fortunately I had a chance to take a cross-country trip with my with my dad in the early '60s, in his black Chevy Impala, and though the details have faded, the recollection of spending some exclusive quality time with him brings a smile to my face.
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