( edit ) Also of interest ( to 'rocketfans' at least ) is that the Mercury program also used the Redstone rocket and it's variant the Jupiter. Rumor suggests it inspired Lost In Space writers to call their craft the Jupiter 2, which was called Gemini 12 in a pilot take.
The Redstone wasn't much more advanced than the German V-2 ...
It used the same propellent - same type guidance system - similar type engines...
Thanks to Operation Paperclip ....
Bill
edit - surprised Alan Shepard was willing to get on top of the thing )
How was your Train ride through Michiganistan ?
Hope the train wasn't hit by any IED's or anything .....
It was fine, except for the rapidly declining weather conditions. Started out in nice sunshine, but as we went across Indiana the clouds built up, and by the time we got to Holland, it was drippy fog.
Annie:What have you got against whit? It's a perfectly good word. It describes the amount of common sense that most of us don't have
It's a lovely word David :) I haven't the least bit against it... not one whit in fact :) but I needed the other one in order to insult Mike with it... :) Was that wrong of me? :))))))))))
I suppose not.
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When I guessed Einstein, I was being semi-facetious. Or I thought you were going for the hidden-in-plain-sight...
Whatever your reasons... they are an inspiration to me :) good link btw :))))))
I hear he now wants to play a Bond villain. That should be interesting. Is he getting bored with physics?
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and hope you feel better soon! And IF it is your birthday today... HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You're a day younger than my son who turned nineteen yesterday :)
Yes! You are finally correct. I am, however, just a few years older than your son. If you take the 29 I claim and add his 19, you arrive at the truth.
As for childhood innocence, I lost that when I found out that the mince pie and sherry we always left out for Santa was scoffed by dad, and the tooth fairy was mum.
My other half tried to play the tooth fairy once... total disaster :) He's rubbish as the easter bunny too... talk about shattering your children's illusions right from the start :)
My father was always the tooth fairy. My doubts were confirmed when I lost a tooth and put it under my pillow without saying anything. In the morning, the tooth was gone, but I found it on the floor under the bed.
I haven't had a working turntable for over 15 years now
I gave my daughter mine. Still works! :)
I have a turntable that still worked the last time I tried it, but it's been a few years. (Actually, I think it's not all that old. IIRC, I had to buy a new one with a built-in pre-amp after the stereo died and the new one didn't have a phonograph input.
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This picture doesn't want to load for me at work. I don't know why. The very last one didn't load at first, but did after I started to work on this reply. Maybe it will after I post.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
I must buy a new atlas, my one from 1956 has most of Africa coloured pink!! Although that might have been because I spilled some cherryade over it in 1957 ....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to your son AnnieT :-))
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That's for our American friends... in case they get disorientated by a map without the USA on... :)
Yep, the poor dears tend to do that and run round in ever decreasing circles like a demented oohmagoolies bird. Ever since they rebuilt the White House the place has gone to pot .... and in San Fran literally in the 60's. That's the trouble with these Colonials give 'em an inch and they take a short measure :-))
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For those who listened to the Village People's instructions, you know precisely how many times you were told to go west
Ummmm, wasn't it the American author Horace Greeley that said "Go West, young man" ?
As for Easter bunnies, no we passed on that one, too much hard work for dad to hide them in the garden. Then when we didn't find them all and it rained later, you got a soggy sticky mess.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Phew, that's a relief. There is a town called Holland in Indiana. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) @Anniet :
those threads fit so terrific. I can see myself in that. Thanks for making those for me, I'll take back my 'witch' comments .... :-) :-)
As a Hi-Pi : I'd probably be going on about 'zero field energy', NSA encryptions, Area 51 and/or the CIA ( of course, no looney cred without A51/CIA paranoia lunch snak-pak ), solar boson collectors, and neutrino harmonics in the lounge room.
[ I would probably have to pause for thought as to where all the UFO's went after mobile phones that take pictures turned up. Oh, just throw Quantum in. You can hand wave anything away with a Quantum Heisenamuthingy .... ]
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
As a Hi-Pi : I'd probably be going on about 'zero field energy', NSA encryptions, Area 51 and/or the CIA ( of course, no looney cred without A51/CIA paranoia lunch snak-pak ), solar boson collectors, and neutrino harmonics in the lounge room.
... do you know something I don't? *pause to re-read own question* SNOOOORRRT!! *eyebrow reverberation strength* *pause to gather shreds of dignity* probably hard for you to tell what with the enormous density involved... and the scintillating pace... :)
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Clyde Crashcup
Nice suggestion tbret :) Thank you! SO good to see you're taking this seriously... Here... HAVE A TWINKLY STAR WHY DON'T YOU!?
... and a porcellanidae...
... and some numbers...
105419341965197420091118
... I was going to put spaces in... *pause to remember why I didn't* oh yes... because I couldn't be bothered... :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
So, what we have in those numbers is a clue, is it? And I would imagine them to be all sorts of things. Then I stared at them a while...
There's the combination to my high school gym locker.
And an old girlfriend's telephone number.
Oh, and that other girlfriend's IQ.
There's the street number of the house I grew-up in.
But I think what you must have been shooting-for was to tell us that we're looking for a Chinese scientist since those are my "lucky numbers" according to my last fortune cookie.
Ok, so without spaces I had to break-out the slide rule. No, not Fibonacci numbers unless you cleverly disguised them by using a substitution cipher. No, not the answer to the Ultimate Question.
Then it hit me.
105419341965197420091118 is what you get if you subtract 8985556213524569 from 1.003974963317654e+16 !!!
RE: ( edit ) Also of
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The Redstone wasn't much more advanced than the German V-2 ...
It used the same propellent - same type guidance system - similar type engines...
Thanks to Operation Paperclip ....
Bill
edit - surprised Alan Shepard was willing to get on top of the thing )
Hi Annie !
RE: Hi Annie ! Hi Bill !
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Hi Bill ! :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
Clyde Crashcup
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Clyde Crashcup
Bill wrote:How was your Train
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It was fine, except for the rapidly declining weather conditions. Started out in nice sunshine, but as we went across Indiana the clouds built up, and by the time we got to Holland, it was drippy fog.
I suppose not.
I hear he now wants to play a Bond villain. That should be interesting. Is he getting bored with physics?
Yes! You are finally correct. I am, however, just a few years older than your son. If you take the 29 I claim and add his 19, you arrive at the truth.
My father was always the tooth fairy. My doubts were confirmed when I lost a tooth and put it under my pillow without saying anything. In the morning, the tooth was gone, but I found it on the floor under the bed.
I have a turntable that still worked the last time I tried it, but it's been a few years. (Actually, I think it's not all that old. IIRC, I had to buy a new one with a built-in pre-amp after the stereo died and the new one didn't have a phonograph input.
This picture doesn't want to load for me at work. I don't know why. The very last one didn't load at first, but did after I started to work on this reply. Maybe it will after I post.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
I must buy a new atlas, my
)
I must buy a new atlas, my one from 1956 has most of Africa coloured pink!! Although that might have been because I spilled some cherryade over it in 1957 ....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! to your son AnnieT :-))
Yep, the poor dears tend to do that and run round in ever decreasing circles like a demented oohmagoolies bird. Ever since they rebuilt the White House the place has gone to pot .... and in San Fran literally in the 60's. That's the trouble with these Colonials give 'em an inch and they take a short measure :-))
Ummmm, wasn't it the American author Horace Greeley that said "Go West, young man" ?
As for Easter bunnies, no we passed on that one, too much hard work for dad to hide them in the garden. Then when we didn't find them all and it rained later, you got a soggy sticky mess.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Phew, that's a relief. There
)
Phew, that's a relief. There is a town called Holland in Indiana. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) @Anniet :
those threads fit so terrific. I can see myself in that. Thanks for making those for me, I'll take back my 'witch' comments .... :-) :-)
As a Hi-Pi : I'd probably be going on about 'zero field energy', NSA encryptions, Area 51 and/or the CIA ( of course, no looney cred without A51/CIA paranoia lunch snak-pak ), solar boson collectors, and neutrino harmonics in the lounge room.
[ I would probably have to pause for thought as to where all the UFO's went after mobile phones that take pictures turned up. Oh, just throw Quantum in. You can hand wave anything away with a Quantum Heisenamuthingy .... ]
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
erm... RE: As a Hi-Pi :
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erm...
... do you know something I don't? *pause to re-read own question* SNOOOORRRT!! *eyebrow reverberation strength* *pause to gather shreds of dignity* probably hard for you to tell what with the enormous density involved... and the scintillating pace... :)
Nice suggestion tbret :) Thank you! SO good to see you're taking this seriously... Here... HAVE A TWINKLY STAR WHY DON'T YOU!?
... and a porcellanidae...
... and some numbers...
105419341965197420091118
... I was going to put spaces in... *pause to remember why I didn't* oh yes... because I couldn't be bothered... :)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
RE: ... and some
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Fine... fine... thanks for the twinkly...
So, what we have in those numbers is a clue, is it? And I would imagine them to be all sorts of things. Then I stared at them a while...
There's the combination to my high school gym locker.
And an old girlfriend's telephone number.
Oh, and that other girlfriend's IQ.
There's the street number of the house I grew-up in.
But I think what you must have been shooting-for was to tell us that we're looking for a Chinese scientist since those are my "lucky numbers" according to my last fortune cookie.
Ok, so without spaces I had to break-out the slide rule. No, not Fibonacci numbers unless you cleverly disguised them by using a substitution cipher. No, not the answer to the Ultimate Question.
Then it hit me.
105419341965197420091118 is what you get if you subtract 8985556213524569 from 1.003974963317654e+16 !!!
We're getting closer.
...closer to needing prescription medications.
OK, accessing non-Nobel
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OK, accessing non-Nobel assigned lobe, IMHO 105419341965197420091118 suitably spaced is :
1054 - the Crab nebula supernova
1934 - ? Fritz Zwicky's 'frozen star' hypothesis
1965 - ? Dick Feynman's Nobel
1974 - ? Taylor - Hulse pulsar
2009 - ?
1118 - ?
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Fritz Zwicky died in 1974,
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Fritz Zwicky died in 1974, too.
Edit: 1054 - the Crab nebula supernova; recorded by the Chinese