One of the advantages of writing for this blog: You might get blasted into space
Navy Lt. Cdr. Victor Glover, who contributed columns here and here to Best Defense, was just selected to be an astronaut. So first, a Best Defense 21-gun salute! And let’s hope he remembers to contribute a guest column from outer space. I would love to have a bureau on Mars. Here’s the whole list of ...
Navy Lt. Cdr. Victor Glover, who contributed columns here and here to Best Defense, was just selected to be an astronaut.
Navy Lt. Cdr. Victor Glover, who contributed columns here and here to Best Defense, was just selected to be an astronaut.
So first, a Best Defense 21-gun salute! And let’s hope he remembers to contribute a guest column from outer space. I would love to have a bureau on Mars.
Here’s the whole list of the new crop of space cadets.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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