OK, According to NASA, there were 18 Shuttle/Mir missions. However, none of them occurred prior to 1991. Therefore ASTP was the only Soviet-US joint mission.
US Manned Space Missions from 1961-1991: * Mercury - 6 * Gemini - 10 * Apollo - 11 * Skylab - 3 * ASTP - 1 * Shuttle - 44 (per Wikipedia)
Soviet Space Missions from 1961-1991 (per Wikipiedia, includes ASTP): 66
That gives 141 missions. So out of 141 manned missions before the fall of the Soviet Union (your timeframe: "during cold war"), exactly 1 (or 2, depending how many times you count ASTP) were joint.
Would you care to explain how 1 out of 141 is the norm?
So about 3 missions (ASTP and maybe a couple of visits to Mir) out of 80-100 missions was the norm?
Disclaimer: I don't know the exact number of Shuttle=>Mir missions, nor have I counted the total number of space missions. I am making what I believe to be reasonable guesses as to the entire total of manned US and Soviet missions between 1961 and 1991.
Yes. My opthamologist and I discussed this in detail. My distance vision was about -7.5 in both eyes. I figured I could live with the inconvenience of reading glasses, if it turned out I needed them.
He also asked me if I wanted monocular vision (one eye tuned to distance, one eye tuned to close up). I knew that was an option, but I play softball, and I wanted to maintain the best possible depth perception.
I have no complaints. I was merely making an observation.
If anyone in the San Fernando Valley area is considering LASIK or PRK, and wants a real opthamologist, not a laser surgery factory, let me know, and I'll give you his name.
Yep. Unfortunately, after I had my vision corrected -- PRK -- my close-up vision (which used to be good; myopia cancelled the presbyopia) is now shot and I need reading glasses about 50% of the time.
Oh well, one of these days, I'll probably qualify for those new replacement intraocular lenses, with variable focus.
you had to watch 1 ad... every 30 minutes of talk time.
"Yes, I understand. To close this deal, we need to... Hang on. I have to click on....
[silence]
Hello? Are you still there? My stupid phone interrupted the call to make me click on this ad."
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I assume you mean "so it's not entirely without precedent".
In my opinion a decent wristwatch is the most beautiful piece of technology in existence. Even better than lasers :)
Well, duh! You don't need a shark to use a wristwatch.
And CowboyNeal accounts for half of all that user weight.
Linux = cheap (dollar-wise).
Windows = expensive (dollar-wise).
Pick one.
What? You got a problem with us geezers? Get off of my lawn, y'darned kid!
Do you realize that the reason why Obama got this Peace Prize was because he was not Bush and yet he got elected?
Do you realize that Bush wasn't running?
That's what the widget model is for. There are a couple of widgets for grabbing video.
Bad choice of words. This sort of interface could certainly bring new meaning to the phrase "Killer App"
Is the word "Thank you"?
That certainly gives new meaning to the line "Resistance is futile, Number One"
http://xkcd.com/644/
Mod parent up. I had the same thought.
Can anyone explain this alphabet soup?
As the ancient Romans might have said (assuming they spoke modern English): "Who shall log the loggers?"
Follow up.
OK, According to NASA, there were 18 Shuttle/Mir missions. However, none of them occurred prior to 1991. Therefore ASTP was the only Soviet-US joint mission.
US Manned Space Missions from 1961-1991:
* Mercury - 6
* Gemini - 10
* Apollo - 11
* Skylab - 3
* ASTP - 1
* Shuttle - 44 (per Wikipedia)
Soviet Space Missions from 1961-1991 (per Wikipiedia, includes ASTP): 66
That gives 141 missions. So out of 141 manned missions before the fall of the Soviet Union (your timeframe: "during cold war"), exactly 1 (or 2, depending how many times you count ASTP) were joint.
Would you care to explain how 1 out of 141 is the norm?
So about 3 missions (ASTP and maybe a couple of visits to Mir) out of 80-100 missions was the norm?
Disclaimer: I don't know the exact number of Shuttle=>Mir missions, nor have I counted the total number of space missions. I am making what I believe to be reasonable guesses as to the entire total of manned US and Soviet missions between 1961 and 1991.
Dude, that's the perfect sig for that post on this story.
Oh... also, I'd actually been wanting to get my eyes fixed since 1994 -- after the Northridge Quake, and I couldn't find my glasses for about a day.
Only took me 13 years to decide I could afford it.
Yes. My opthamologist and I discussed this in detail. My distance vision was about -7.5 in both eyes. I figured I could live with the inconvenience of reading glasses, if it turned out I needed them.
He also asked me if I wanted monocular vision (one eye tuned to distance, one eye tuned to close up). I knew that was an option, but I play softball, and I wanted to maintain the best possible depth perception.
I have no complaints. I was merely making an observation.
If anyone in the San Fernando Valley area is considering LASIK or PRK, and wants a real opthamologist, not a laser surgery factory, let me know, and I'll give you his name.
Yep. Unfortunately, after I had my vision corrected -- PRK -- my close-up vision (which used to be good; myopia cancelled the presbyopia) is now shot and I need reading glasses about 50% of the time.
Oh well, one of these days, I'll probably qualify for those new replacement intraocular lenses, with variable focus.
/* You are not expected to understand this */
you had to watch 1 ad ... every 30 minutes of talk time.
"Yes, I understand. To close this deal, we need to... Hang on. I have to click on....
[silence]
Hello? Are you still there? My stupid phone interrupted the call to make me click on this ad."
Did you Pay Lars yet?
I'm still trying to figure the Constitutional basis here. My guess is that they're using the "Interstate Commerce" figleaf again.
The red giant would tend to be more massive, so the white dwarf would orbit it.