1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

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Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

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  • Ground Zero After Osama

    I work at Word Trade Center 7, so on the day after Osama got iced here’s what I saw.

    There were more media trucks than I’ve ever seen before.

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    Some tv journalists broke apart from the pack and cornered some construction worker

    ground zero media circus after osama

    Some small entrepreneurship has taken place

    ground zero media circus after osama

    “Talent” (a jargon term for talking heads and other on-camera personnel) was striking poses and emoting all over the place

    ground zero media circus after osama

    Cops were reluctantly serving as tour guides

    ground zero media circus after osama

    Construction workers were having lunch

    ground zero media circus after osama

    Some more small business ventures

    ground zero media circus after osama

    And some more “talent”
    ground zero media circus after osama

    My favorite part was a small collection of support personnel sitting in trucks with open doors, surrounded by blinkenlights, going around their business

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    ground zero media circus after osama

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    Nom nom nom

    ground zero media circus after osama

1972 Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Mars 2 probe

worth a read

Mars For The Rest of Us — a weekly-or-more deep dive on the technical side of Mars exploration: rocket propulsion, microbiology, mission architecture, and everything in between. Written by Maciej Ceglowski.

Read it on Substack →