- RCA Mark II Demo LP (original post)
- John Preston sounding ominous Part 1
- John Preston sounding ominous Part 2 (25:59 with above link)
- (Track 5) Foster: "Hillbilly Band Medley" MP3 (3:23)
- (Track 7) Irving Berlin: "Blue Skies" MP3 (1:55)
- JSTOR article from A Critical Celebration of Milton Babbitt at 60 (CU access required)
- JSTOR article Ussachevsky on Babbit (CU access required)
- MP3 excerpt from Left To His Own Devices (piece dedicated to Babbitt by former Columbia student Eric Chasalow
- paper on above piece by Eric
from Rowan Gerety:
from Thomas Lewin:
- synthmuseum on the RCA Mark II
- aonther RCA article (with rca_blue.aiff)
- Steve Layton home page
- page about Michael Wertmueller
- zenph.com
- Peter Taussig Bach piano
from Smilin' Sam Pluta:
- aphex twin monkey drummer
- rca synth - huh?
- 1950's optimism about nuclear power
- Richard Feynman is my hero
a general downward trend in grandiose thinking
did this era of positivism end with the demise of the superconducting supercollider?
- SS
the space shuttle - not thinking big enough?
Griffin has recently implied the decision to develop the Space Shuttle and International Space Station was a mistake by saying, "It is now commonly accepted that was not the right path. We are now trying to change the path while doing as little damage as we can."
the goal of apollo was to put men on the moon - the goal of the shuttle was to do upper orbit space research (which is kind of boring)
Grandiose Education!!!!
Dr. Griffin holds seven degrees, and is pursuing his eighth. In chronological order of attainment, Dr. Griffin's degrees include:- BS Physics (The Johns Hopkins University, 1971)
- MS Aerospace Science (The Catholic University of America, 1974)
- PhD Aerospace Engineering (University of Maryland, College Park, 1977)
- MEng Electrical Engineering (University of Southern California, 1979)
- MS Applied Physics (Johns Hopkins University, 1983)
- MBA Master of Business Administration (Loyola College in Maryland)
- MEng Civil Engineering (The George Washington University, 1998)
Dr. Griffin was also working toward an MS in computer science at Johns Hopkins University before being appointed as NASA chief. Dr. Griffin has been a professor at various universities, teaching courses in spacecraft design, applied mathematics, guidance and navigation, compressible flow, computational fluid dynamics, spacecraft attitude control, astrodynamics, and introductory aerospace engineering. He is the lead author of more than two dozen technical papers, and is co-author with James R. French of the graduate astronautical engineering textbook, "Space Vehicle Design." ISBN 1-56347-539-1 Dr. Griffin is also a general aviation flight instructor and pilot, and part-owner of a small airplane.