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California's NASA Community Reacts

By Andy Bowers

Published February 1, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Palmdale, Calif., where the space shuttle Columbia was upgraded in 2001. Palmdale is near Edwards Air Force Base, which was the original landing site during the space shuttle program's infancy. It is still the alternate landing site.

Andy Bowers

Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.

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War Language

Andy Bowers

NPR's Andy Bowers examines some of the language used to describe the war in Iraq, including the frequent use of the phrase, "shock and awe."
Sir Francis Drake's Fake Brass Plate

Andy Bowers

One of California's great historical mysteries apparently has been solved by researchers who spent 11 years studying the origins of what is known as "Drake's Plate." NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the origins of an elaborate hoax by fun-loving historians. See a photo of the bogus plate, and learn more about the search for the real artifact.
Playing California's Budget Game

Andy Bowers

California's record $35-billion budget deficit is anything but a game, but a Sacramento Bee columnist has made it one. Daniel Weintraub challenged his readers to study where the money goes, and then plug their proposed spending cuts and tax increases into an online budget game. NPR's Andy Bowers reports on some of the novel solutions players came up with.