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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 21, 2008 18:05:48 GMT -4
Not seen Earthstorm but I will have to watch it now as my imagination cannot encompass how it could be worse than Armageddon. I'll do the same Tough I don't know what risk this poses, I want to remain sane a bit longer...
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 21, 2008 17:00:39 GMT -4
For me, the worst movie about space is, without a doubt, Armageddon (Willis et al). It is so awful, that when it is showing on TV, I get a very bad headache, stomachache, and a pain that I won't tell for the respect I owe to all of you. So bad, that I qualify it as what an space program of such magnitude is not (and never will be as long humans be humans).
The best movie about space, for me, is 2001, A Space Odyssey The runner up is Deep Impact
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 21, 2008 10:53:47 GMT -4
Well, if the LHC plan doesn't work out for the evil Illuminati, they could always just nuke the world to death. ;D
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 21, 2008 8:09:33 GMT -4
Actually no we don't need big huge rocket to get into space sorry but you are incorrect. So Wan Hu really flew in that chair with rockets to the moon?
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 20, 2008 22:12:13 GMT -4
Experiments delayed because of one magnet's quench, very sad. Hopefully they will fix it for Christmas, so we will have a nice black hole waiting in the lawn for us. ;D. Seriously, I do hope that the problem is fixable otherwise I will get sad...sad...
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 20, 2008 21:22:55 GMT -4
Thanks for your replies, I had a quite good afternoon reading and seeing all the links and docs you posted, thanks.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 19, 2008 15:55:12 GMT -4
Has anyone any article about the Apollo docking system? I am curious about the mechanism used for docking, the tunnel and all the bits of this system.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 14, 2008 21:21:08 GMT -4
Well, coming to the forum after reading that sad news, tough it might be a current suicide that happened when the LHC was tested. Picking up the thread, I can recall my teacher's words about each great discovery and/or new theory. He told us on one class that most discoveries happened within the first 30 years of a century. So I believe it is a good time to be alive and to have Internet, so we can watch it as it happens. Here, the news of the test were just another curiosity due the very tough times my country is living.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 10, 2008 0:23:29 GMT -4
Here is an interesting site with lots of coolies photos from Soviet probes. Some, especially from the film return missions, are almost as breath taking as Apollo. Those are great photos, thanks. The Mars and Venus photos are simply spectacular.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 7, 2008 22:41:27 GMT -4
Regarding photographs without crosshairs. From the Apollo 11 ALSJ: 112:20:56 Aldrin: Roger, Houston. Tranquility Base. We're in the process of using up what film we have, and I'm just getting ready to change the primary ECS canister. Over. [They are finishing up magazines 37/R, taking AS11-37-5460 to 5555, and 39/Q, taking AS11-39-5792 to 5839. Journal Contributor Bob Farwell has selected frames from Magazine 37/R for a pan covering both windows. Note that Farwell's construction involves a certain amount of artistic license because neither Neil or Buzz actually had an unrestricted view from side to side, as shown by pans assembled from Magazine 39/Q images for the CDR window and the LMP window. Exercising a bit more artistic license, Farwell has created an enhanced version by using pre-EVA image AS11-37-5452 to fill the a gap in the post-EVA coverage below Neil's window. Finally, Farwell, modified Figure 10.12 from the Lunar Sourcebook to provided a rough comparison with the assembled pan. Farwell has provided a fuller discussion of the assembled pan and related items.] [Frame 5480 shows the view out Buzz's window, including the flag and the TV camera. Note the cluster of boulders in the background. These may have been ejected from West Crater.] [ All the photos taken at this time are out the forward windows except AS11-37-5506 to 5509 which are photos of Earth taken out the rendezvous window over Neil's head. These may be the Earth photos that Neil remembers taking - rather than AS11-40-5923 and 5924, the two taken out on the surface, probably by Buzz. Note that none of these photos have reseau crosses, indicating that they were taken with the IVA (intra-vehicular activity) Hasselblad. The EVA Hasselblad was purposefully left outside.] Thank you very much, I appreciate the time you take to answer my questions As a personal observation, I think that the photographic record of every Apollo mission is priceless. I am happily surprised by the quality of the pictures, the best evidence we set foot on the moon.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 7, 2008 16:39:44 GMT -4
I have a question about some photos of Apollo 11. As far as I know (been wrong many times) they took the Hasselblads with the reseau plate in the Eagle. However, the photos taken by Aldrin and Armstrong in the LEM after the EVA do not have the fiducials that are very visible in all the moon photos. Was there another camera for them? Please, do not take me for a novice among the HBs, it's only my curiosity about gear taken up there.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 6, 2008 18:25:57 GMT -4
In the very unlikely event of taking an F1 up there, if they manage to start the engine, the only thing that could happen is a mad spinning of the wheels and no movement at all. No air, no downforce; 1/6 gravity, not enough mechanical grip. The guy waving the checkered flag at the Finish line will be very bored. Well, surely, a F1 car on the earth also has no downforce when sitting stationary on the starting line, and yet they somehow manage to get started. I was under the impression that the downforce issue on an F1 car was to do with high speed stability on the straight and grip through the corners, not to get the car even to move off the starting line. It is a combination of both, downforce and weight. For the start (the most critical part of the race) the weight of the cars and the temperature of the wheels are the most important factors to get the car moving. I believe that at about 120 kmph (first gear , or the first three seconds) the downforce of all the aeropack is enough to double the weight. Considering that the moon has dust all over, the mechanical grip required to start moving is not present.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 6, 2008 13:14:24 GMT -4
True, but ingenious nonetheless. A plus to that is that you have very high (relatively speaking) quality frames (though filtered by the cam filter). With NTSC, quality is sacrificed for the sake of color and speed.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 5, 2008 22:12:11 GMT -4
Magnificent! But, as mentioned before in the forum, the HB will say that NASA modified the picture in order to cover their deceive.
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Post by smlbstcbr on Sept 4, 2008 22:11:47 GMT -4
I don't think he has a mental illness, he just wants the moneys. Think about it, he had a job at affiliate TV station, now his name is known (both revered and cursed) by millions. His DVD's sell like hot cakes and he probably has quite a bit of spending cash. Capitalism wins again! Only to demonstrate that the liver sells more than the brain... ;D
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