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Post by ottawan on Nov 11, 2005 21:24:55 GMT -4
One simple question . . . or maybe an observation. . . . are there absolutely no qualified science teachers left in the world?
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Post by ottawan on Nov 2, 2005 20:17:44 GMT -4
Good point gdwarf!! Mind you, it is probably cheaper NOW to fake it than to actually go, so after the next landings a whole new "hoax theory" crowd will no doubt emerge
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Post by ottawan on Oct 28, 2005 21:01:29 GMT -4
Player piano's!!!
Bob, thanks to one of them I learned how to sing "Bicycle built for two".
Daisy . . Daisy . . . give me your answer do . . . . . . .
Yikes.
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Post by ottawan on Oct 28, 2005 20:24:28 GMT -4
Again, thank you gentlemen.
Ammunition to bring the children into the fold.
They do trust those who know of what they speak.
Fox airs the other view.
Such is life.
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Post by ottawan on Oct 28, 2005 18:23:59 GMT -4
Thanks Jay!
From what I glean from all of that is that what used to be stored in a single room now resides inside a chip!
This will help me try to explain to my nephews friends how the technology allowed us to go to the moon.
I have tried to lead them here and elsewhere but it is like flogging a dead horse.
Thanks again.
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Post by ottawan on Oct 28, 2005 17:46:55 GMT -4
I enjoy reading your posts guys because it helps me learn more about the past that I lived through and that I witnessed.
Being a history and english major there are many scientific things that still confound me.
I think it was Bob who commented that the younger generation have a problem with equating a computer with a PC. I liked that observation.
One term has eluded me, though I must admit I have not done a lot of research on it.
What, exactly, is "core-rope technology"?
I hope I got the phrase right.
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Post by ottawan on Oct 23, 2005 14:11:55 GMT -4
You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.
And . . .
You can lead a HB to knowledge but you cannot make him think.
I rest my case.
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Post by ottawan on Nov 27, 2005 19:22:55 GMT -4
You crack me up!!!
What result?
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Post by ottawan on Nov 27, 2005 17:48:20 GMT -4
True Kos ;D But it's difficult to convince some people otherwise
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Post by ottawan on Nov 27, 2005 16:57:14 GMT -4
Margamatix, once again you miss the point.
The New York Times RETRACTED their article, and did so symbolically, after the success of Apollo 11.
There is little doubt that a rocket can function in a vacuum. Even as a layman, not a scientist, I can figure it out.
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Post by ottawan on Nov 27, 2005 16:33:07 GMT -4
I take it Margamatix has not heard that the New York Times retracted their article that had stated rockets cannot function in a vacuum shortly after the success of Apollo 11.
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Post by ottawan on Oct 1, 2005 14:50:11 GMT -4
Thank you.
I did.
I'm still missing your point. (Perhaps because I am old and thick)
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Post by ottawan on Oct 1, 2005 14:12:01 GMT -4
Where did you look on the internet?
What are your sources?
Do you have any links?
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Post by ottawan on Sept 30, 2005 9:13:05 GMT -4
Point of order again.
There were spacewalks on all three of the "J" missions to retrieve film canisters from the SIM Bay. The spacewalks were conducted by Al Worden(15), Ken Mattingly(16) and Ron Evans(17).
The first Apollo spacewalk was Rusty Schweickart testing the PLSS on Apollo 9 while Dave Scott did a stand-up EVA in the hatch of the CM.
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Post by ottawan on Sept 29, 2005 16:44:16 GMT -4
Just a point of order.
You're 7th "milestone" is in error. The craft did not "rendezvous" as they were not capable of altering their orbits.
They were launched a day apart into the same orbit and came no closer together than 3.1 miles.
That was Vostok 3 with Andrian Nikolayev and Vostok 4 with Pavel Popovich.
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