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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Feb 16, 2012 0:27:16 GMT -4
Nice one carpediem. I suspect the current absence of Doctor Socks from his known haunts means only that he is currently pontificating at some other forum, playing expert with all the the knowledge he didn't have until he came here. A newish user over at Delusional Idiots going by the handle "oooooooooo" recently asked forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=190827&page=83Said user then got all uppity when it was suggested the line of questioning was familiar.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Jan 26, 2012 23:52:57 GMT -4
Several years ago some reputable users got into a conversation regarding the delta-V possible from a urine stream. I'll let them remain anonymous.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Jan 26, 2012 23:50:53 GMT -4
Some people like to organize their socks, pair them up, fold them and neatly put them away.
I just dump all the socks into a drawer in a big wad.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Jan 22, 2012 16:24:06 GMT -4
The original specs for the Space Transportation System included several different vehicles, plus a space station. Instead, Congress/Nixon authorized NASA to build a single vehicle and attempt to use is as the truck, bus and space station all in one.
Like most one-size-fits-all solutions, the Shuttle was a poor fit but looked okay at a distance.
I'm frankly glad the Shuttle has been discontinued as it forces development of a replacement launch system. It had it's time but that time is over.
NASA managed to use the Shuttle well in spite of the intrinsic limitations, but it was too expensive, too fragile and prevented other developments.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Jan 12, 2012 15:10:49 GMT -4
I have taken photos of distinct boot and shoe prints made in dry soil of a couple kinds. One was in fluffy fine silt in Montana, every body called it "moon dirt" because it was so weird. I've also taken similar pix of crisp prints in the silt in my yard. You should have collected several samples for specific analysis. Who knows. The stuff may have been good to debunk some of the hoax claims. I brought back plenty of samples, but then I washed my uniform and cleaned my boots I took pictures.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Jan 11, 2012 13:48:50 GMT -4
I have to suggest you invest in a tripod, I think I need some Sea Legs tablets. Seriously! I have taken photos of distinct boot and shoe prints made in dry soil of a couple kinds. One was in fluffy fine silt in Montana, every body called it "moon dirt" because it was so weird. I've also taken similar pix of crisp prints in the silt in my yard. I took this one in Mexico, down on the Yucatan. The "soil" there is composed almost exclusively of particles of limestone, formed by erosion from larger pieces. Because the limestone dissolves it has very complex shapes, rough surfaces and jagged edges. We don't have a camera adapter for RocketBoy2.0's microscope so I can't show it, but even beach sand from limestone is surprisingly unround.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 23, 2011 16:33:47 GMT -4
To be fair, they did have other means of storing data besides punch cards, even back then. I would think it obvious that I'm being facetious to even suggest it. jayutah said: But isn't it a wonderful mental image? Doing photoshop with manually generated punchcards is the only thing I could think up that's sillier than faking the entire Apollo record using the computer technology of the day. Rather than debunking this particular claim I prefer to mock it. Usually I post an image of the gantry at Langley and describe it as the mechanism to move the stylus for the crude wacom tablet they used to manipulate the images. Because, as we all know, pixels were a full yard wide in the early 70's.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 22, 2011 14:23:19 GMT -4
{sings} "Three fecal containment bags..."
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 22, 2011 14:20:15 GMT -4
Tsialkovsky, as it seems you won't be admitting your errors, I guess you must be slaving over your CGI workstation - that one you have been using since the 60's and 70's. So how are the example images coming along? Do you need some help? I'm actually pretty handy with photoshop, and .. well.. I suspect you might need it... Be patient. He has a lot of work ahead of him. I estimate 5000 to 10,000 cards would be required per image.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 21, 2011 13:04:53 GMT -4
Happy Solstice, everyone!
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 19, 2011 20:21:07 GMT -4
Phantom - maybe you should come out from the rainforests of Uganda for sometime. Here outside we had all the basic techniques of photomanipulation in early 70s (and before that we did not need them when producing Apollo pics) - and we have used these methods in Phantom and Tarzan movies. If you could have come to my country, I could have made university lectures about 3D perspectives, adding/removing and putting together image materials, tone adjustments in data borders, processing of scanned images, etc. For me it takes one day per mission to prepare images exactly like the Apollo pictures ... I only need LM and space suites - and few puictures of CM and Earth... Which I don't quarrante are the details of topography (my mountains will bee smooth), shadows if simultaneous orbital image data is missing, and details of vehicles as long as I don't have them in by backyard gravel pit. "Even in Wikipedia" argument does not apply here. Pokrovsky's theories were put to Wikipedia and they weree removed within few hours and his personal Russian page was hacked and destroyed - this is so called US democracy and liberty - freedom to express.... I'm confused. Are you trying to claim that the photos could be manipulated using technology of the early 70's? How many punch cards would it take to store one photograph? And what happens if you floor-sort the deck? Oh, I know! Gene Cernan ends up with an antenna growing out of his head!
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 17, 2011 2:22:54 GMT -4
Wow. That was short and useless.
The OP made reference to another forum, btw, SodLikeProductions. I visited it once when it came up on a google search for something.
Seems to be made up of Icke forum rejects. Quite belligerent.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 14, 2011 3:43:35 GMT -4
Personally, I think Iran-Contra was more embarrassing than Watergate. I mean, everyone knew how self-serving Nixon was, and Watergate was basically all about Nixon. But Iran-Contra was in many ways going counter to the beliefs our government is supposed to hold dear. Then again, I think just about the entire Bush the Younger administration was more embarrassing than Watergate, but I know your mileage may vary on that one. For clarity I refer to the 1st 4 years as the "Cheney/Rumsfeld administration." After the reelection they pretty much left him hanging out to dry, so I call those 4 years his administration.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 14, 2011 3:35:38 GMT -4
There were few problems with Apollo: 1) Saturn V was not able to carry such a payload to even low earth orbit (physical limitations and some Russian investigations); Given that you've chosen a screen name and avatar of the man who created the equations relating to your claim above, I'd ordinarily expect some equations proving your point. But since you've misspelled his name I'm not holding much hope. Perhaps you could provide references or citations for the above claim (and for the claim of "Russian investigations" relating to it) to prove you're not just making stuff up?
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Dec 2, 2011 12:30:53 GMT -4
Awesome pictures, thanks!
I even like the errors, like the water, the edge distortion in #33 and the misalignment on the kid -- it reveals the technique. The landscapes are nice, but I really like the portraits. Those are marvelous!
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