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A Lockheed SR-71Blackbird reconnaissance plane from the National Air and Space
Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center at Dulles international Airport.
Hundredth Anniversary of Flight
Celebrated
Kat Kauffman
The Lance
Man has wanted to fly since ancient times. Leonardo DaVinci
came up with some of the first concepts for a flying machine back in the
sixteen hundreds. Since then there have been many attempts to try to fly,
none of which succeeded until two brothers managed to get their single
man plane in the air.
On December 14, 2003 the hundredth anniversary of the Wright
brothers’ flight was celebrated in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. President
George W. Bush gave a speech at the North Carolina Commemoration.
Many other major-cittes^aiound the country held tlieir own celebrations.
Washing^Ti’D.C opened the National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport on December
15, 2003. This new museum is larger than theoriginal Smithsonian
National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. This museum con
tains planes from all different eras of flight. Housed in this new museum
are planes from the First and Second World Wars, the Korean Conflict,
Vietnam War, the Gulf War and present military planes. There are also
passenger planes, concept planes and personal planes on display. NASA
has donatedthe shuttlecraft Enterprise to the museum and other space cap
sules. There are also many other displays, such as different engines that
have been used in planes throught time and a model control tower that
shows how a control tower works.
There have been many great advances in flight from one-person
prop planes to jet planes that can carry over two hundred people; from
planes that can barely go above thirty-five miles an hour to super sonic
planes that can break the sound barrier. These great advancements in tech
nology have led to putting men on the moon and robots on other planets. It
took humans hundreds of thousands of years to learn exactly how to fly
and in less than a century we have been able to achieve all of these great
marvels.
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State of the Union Address, say
ing, “The same moral tradition
that defines marriage also teaches
that each individual has dignity
and value in God's sight.” So it
seems we are back to the religious
opposition to same-sex marriage.
This might also lead one to believe
that the currently accepted Federal
definition of legal marriage has
less to do with law, and more to do
with moral tradition. This bothers
me, but it positively outrages my
friend Bill. For those of you who
don’t already know Bill’s thoughts
on the matter, please allow me a
quote: “Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment of
religion...” This is the first section
of the first amendment. Basically
this amendment says please keep
your religion out of my laws. In a
free country I should be allowed to
love who I want, when 1 want, and
how 1 want. If we continue to
oppose same-sex marriage based
on the Book of Leviticus, what
laws will we see in the future? A
ban on clothing made from two
different materials? Outlawing the
consumption of fat from any ani
mal that has died? Maybe we
could make it illegal to eat a pig. I
think Bush might rethink this
whole Biblically based law thing if
we threatened to take his pork
chops away.
In conclusion, if your God
says same-sex marriage is a no-no,
fine. I respect your right not to
marry them in your churches, but I
ask for the same consideration.
Respect my right to marry them in
my justice-of-the-peace offices.
Whatever your decision, stop clog
ging up my inbox.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise, donated by NASA to the National Air and Space
Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Intemaional Airport in Washington
D.C.
A Piper Cub plane from the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Center at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C.
A Korean Conflict fighter plane from the National Air and Space Museum Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center.at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C.
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