When I was last down at Edwards AFB, I also spent some time at what is now known as Armstrong Flight Research Center. Before the name change in 2014, it had been famously titled the Dryden Flight Research Center. During my time with the awesome public affairs team there, a photo on the wall grabbed my attention. It was an incredible image of one of NASA's two Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with the Orbiter Endeavor mated to its back as it flew over a gorgeous desert landscape. But what made the shot so amazing was how the perspective was from directly above, looking down.

I was told that the photo, taken in December of 2008 as Endeavor made its voyage back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was one of the most beloved in at the installation and that it was shot by one of NASA's most acclaimed photographers, Carla Thomas. If I remember correctly, the photo was planned ahead of time and executed perfectly from the back seat of Armstrong's F/A-18B. The aircraft had rolled inverted—or near inverted—to capture the unique angle of the loaded-up SCA.

Educational Materials
Dysautonomia International has prepared the following educational materials which you can print out and use to help raise awareness.

Dysautonomia In General

• 10 Facts About Dysautonomia
• What Is Dysautonomia? - two page flyer
• What is Dysautonomia? Newly Diagnosed Patient Brochure
• Diagram of the Autonomic Nervous System - If reproducing this image, please including the following credit to Dr. Aaron Vinik: Copyright (c) 2012 Vinik.
• Principles of Autonomic Medicine - This 709 page book was written by autonomic neurologist Dr. David Goldstein from the National Institutes of Health. It covers all forms of dysautonomia, testing, treatment and more.

POTS

• 10 Facts About POTS Flyer
• Summary of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome - four page summary with detailed information, including citations to peer-reviewed literature.
• Invisible Illness/POTS School Presentation Slides - created by a student living with POTS, Breanne Camberlin, these slides can be used or modified by students for use in school presentations introducing classmates and teachers to the concept of "invisible illness" and POTS.
• POTS Symptom Form - a two sided form that can be used to list symptoms and other important info for ER or office visits. This form also explains the basics of POTS for the doctor and explains where they can obtain more information.
• POTS Medical Accommodation Wallet Card
• Exercise Guide for Dysautonomia Patients

The use of an IRCM system to protect NASA's prized shuttle-carrying 747s during its 1983 visit to the Paris Air Show and other stops along the way is certainly intriguing. What started out as a technical interest for us turned into something of a Cold War mystery. The big question remains: what intelligence led to such a drastic measure being taken and who supplied that intelligence to NASA?

Intended to make carbon taxes more popular, the scheme doesn't make an impression.

Naturally, this move led to a huge outcry outside (and apparently inside) Google, and now, the company seems to be backing down from most of the harsher terms of the initial announcement. First, Google is launching a survey of affected G Suite users—apparently, the company is surprised by how many people this change affected. Second, it's promising a data-migration option (including your content purchases) to a consumer account before the shutdown hits.

“Our culture is a trap and makes women feel terrible about themselves,” she wrote in January 2021. “How our culture defines beauty makes it impossible to keep up with. Women are overly sexualized. I know from the worst kind of experience. … To this day I need to write reminders of why I’m worthy that have nothing to do with my physical appearance to convince myself that I’m enough.” //

But notice that, while Hefner’s turtleneck is certainly modest, it’s still striking and it certainly isn’t ugly. That’s because — as she seems to sense — the opposite of hypersexualization isn’t frumpiness, it’s beauty! //

True beauty has a confidence that doesn’t seek validation in naked sex appeal or in self-congratulatory ugliness. It’s dressed in the clothing equivalent of what Edmund Burke called the “decent drapery of life,” which renders beauty by both revealing and concealing. //

Not only is beauty real, it’s a good, desirable thing. Defined rightly, it’s part of the lovely vocation of womanhood and femininity. It’s something to be curated, not rejected (or injected). And that is empowering.