Watchdog raises possible Kushner link to $700M rescue loan
The taxpayer-funded loan was made on the grounds that the company's operations are critical for maintaining national security. The panel members questioned the decision to deem YRCโs business vital to national security. Ramamurti asked Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin whether he had had contacts with Kushner or his staff regarding the YRC loan. He called the loan to YRC โa fast-tracked, extremely generous loan that just so happened to helpโ Apollo as YRCโs creditor. To qualify for the national security aid, companies should be performing under defense contracts of the highest national priority or operating under top-secret security clearance.
Buzz Aldrin tweets shout-out to University of Michigan Marching Band
ANN ARBOR Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin just made the University of Michigan Marching Bands year. He retweeted Monday their performance at Michigan Stadium during the Oct. 27 Michigan vs. Notre Dame game in which they formed a NASA formation at half time. Michigan Band tweeted, So glad we got the opportunity to collaborate with @NASA, @JimBridenstine, and @UMengineering!Aldrin replied with a fun fact that all of Apollo 15s crew were Michigan alumni. Like what youre reading? Sign up for our email newsletter here!
Her software put men on the moon
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The first footsteps on the moon belonged to two men, but they may never have made it there if not for Margaret Hamilton. The software engineer developed the onboard computer programs that powered NASA's Apollo missions, including the 1969 moon landing. Who is Margaret Hamilton? The software's emergency preparedness is thought to have helped save the mission, Hamilton wrote. Hamilton never left the Earth's atmosphere, but without her groundbreaking software, it's unlikely that the American flag would've been planted on the moon in July 1969.