A (1m 14.8s) video that shows the launch. About 28.5 seconds into the video, it disappears into a cloud, and the light from the exhaust diffuses through the cloud.
The commentary at 1:01-ish:
"Well, a fantastic, successful launch by the looks of it, Mark, for Cryosat."
Subsequent cautiously optimistic comments. Video ends.
What I got from the video -even though there's no scale- was: damn, that's a thin rocket.
Which leads me to the question: aren't designed-for-space rockets normally fatter than this? A quick link to "rocket widths through the ages" would be appreciated.
I think you misread the article. The Tesco buyer is a Tesco employee who buys for Tesco. It wasn't a customer buying from Tesco who complained.
I initially misread this too. But the question then arises: what does this have to do with the customer loyalty database? Did the buyer insist on the alteration after an analysis of the database?
It's not clear from the article that this is so - it appears to be an inapt anecdote.
On the subject of the customer database, I wonder if/how this will affect Jack Cohen's original, um, vision statement: "Pile them high, sell them cheap".
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A (1m 14.8s) video that shows the launch. About 28.5 seconds into the video, it disappears into a cloud, and the light from the exhaust diffuses through the cloud.
The commentary at 1:01-ish: "Well, a fantastic, successful launch by the looks of it, Mark, for Cryosat." Subsequent cautiously optimistic comments. Video ends.
What I got from the video -even though there's no scale- was: damn, that's a thin rocket.
Which leads me to the question: aren't designed-for-space rockets normally fatter than this? A quick link to "rocket widths through the ages" would be appreciated.
This pic is less blurry.
This is mentioned in a chapter intro in the book "Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind", by Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen.
I can't recommend that book enough.
I think you meant -40C... :-)
I initially misread this too. But the question then arises: what does this have to do with the customer loyalty database? Did the buyer insist on the alteration after an analysis of the database?
It's not clear from the article that this is so - it appears to be an inapt anecdote.
On the subject of the customer database, I wonder if/how this will affect Jack Cohen's original, um, vision statement: "Pile them high, sell them cheap".
Harrumph.
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