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If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. — Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, 1926 – 1967 Technorati Tags: space

Whitbread award

Hilary Spurling takes Whitbread Award – BOOKS – MSNBC.com: LONDON – Biographer Hilary Spurling was the surprise winner in Britain’s lucrative Whitbread Book Awards Tuesday.Spurling, 65, came out on top for her book, “Matisse the Master,” the second volume of a biography she had written about the great painter. “Matisse the Master : A Life Continue reading Whitbread award