At some point, I need to actually start writing this paper

[elspethdixon]

On the one hand, my copy of Burt Rutan's book about SpaceshipOne has finally gotten here. On the other hand, I can't find my book on high altitude balloon flights. I liked that one - it was the most readable, with the least amount of "Elspeth tries to understand literal rocket science in order to read these six paragraphs of technical detail about the X-15."*

I hope I left it in my desk at work - I'm not looking forward to the idea of ordering a new copy off Amazon when all these books are hella expensive.


*My degree is in Library Science, not actual science. You could ask why I'm writing a paper on the development of high altitude flight - it would be a very good question. I blame my father, because he was the one who volunteered me to do it.