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Post by scooter on Jun 20, 2007 0:39:25 GMT -4
I never would have imagined, with all the technology and laptop hardware of today, they still have the old COAS technology in use, from the old Apollo days. What works...works. Great view in the NASA TV replays today. Marvelous flyover here tonight in COS.
So, why was Apollo impossible?
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Post by Count Zero on Jun 20, 2007 0:41:35 GMT -4
COAS?
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Post by james on Jun 20, 2007 0:57:46 GMT -4
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Post by JayUtah on Jun 20, 2007 1:11:27 GMT -4
Simple, effective, and reliable. Better is the enemy of good.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Jun 20, 2007 3:13:56 GMT -4
Like my mum always says, New and improved never is.
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Post by Tanalia on Jun 20, 2007 5:27:56 GMT -4
Or as one famous engineer phrased it:
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.
-- Montgomery Scott
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Post by sts60 on Jun 20, 2007 9:38:29 GMT -4
And when you see them removing the Orbiter's toilet for postflight maintenance, you will never complain about having to fix your toilet again.
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Post by bazbear on Jun 27, 2007 1:02:22 GMT -4
And when you see them removing the Orbiter's toilet for postflight maintenance, you will never complain about having to fix your toilet again. Oye vay, that puppy must be quite the contraption lol edit-we've come a long way from the "Catholic condom"....or have we?  |
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