But a pissed-in suit would be perfectly appropriate for the 50th anniversary of Shepard's flight.
While lying on his back for hours waiting for his 15-minute flight, he had to relieve himself into his suit. After that incident, NASA started putting urine collection bags into the spacesuits.
I didn't see regarding the nature of their work there, just a blanket statement that scientists don't receive the Peace prize. And in the case of Norman Borlaug (mentioned by the poster before me), he received the prize for his work in agronomy, because helping increase the world's food supply helped provide benefits in the effort for world peace.
The sensors I am aware of detect minute amounts of alcohol which diffuse out of the bloodstream and through your epidermis. The actual sensor technology can be a self-generating fuel cell (like a flammable gas detector), or an optical absorption type affair, but both would be equally disrupted by surface contamination with alcohol.
What about those people who are constantly using those alcohol-based hand sanitizer products? Will their car assume that they are drunk and refuse to start?
where old Ronnie Raygun actually seemed to be kinda, sorta, human.
Perhaps he felt some guilt over his planned use of the "Teacher in Space" as a talking point in his canceled SOTU address? Will we ever know how much the administration's desire to capitalize on the event contributed to "launch fever" on the part of NASA management?
Tubes are still the best way to generate great gobs of RF power from simple circuitry with low component count. This is why they still find application in applications including broadcast transmitters (radio and TV), induction and dielectric heaters, MRI and CT scanners, and microwave ovens.
No, they aren't much on portability, but in some ways tubes are superior to solid state under emergency conditions. A transmitter with a tube final stage will happily work into a less than optimally tuned antenna (high VSWR), that would cause a solid state broadband amp to shut down or destroy itself. Tubes are also resistant to ESD (and EMP). Back during the first Gulf War, the US military had all kinds of problems with the front end circuitry in radio sets being destroyed by static charges developed on the antenna during sandstorms. They ended up recommissioning old tube type receivers (R-390A/URR), which held up just fine.
He was alone in lunar orbit for more than a full day while Conrad and Bean landed on the moon. If he took advantage of his solitude to "rub one out", he probably would have done so while on the far side of the moon, where his biomed telemetry couldn't be monitored by Houston.:)
His crewmates also had some porn stashed with them on the moon. Playboy images were inserted into the lunar surface checklists used during the moonwalks.
There were a few incidents of "frank language" during the Apollo program. On Apollo 10, Gene Cernan let fly with a "Son of a Bitch" and a few other expletives when the lunar module veered out of control for a few moments due to an improper guidance system setting. This caused a minor stir back on earth, with religious conservatives and other prudes taking NASA and Cernan to task for allowing such vulgarity to be broadcast into their living rooms.
On Apollo 16, John Young was caught on VOX while dropping a few F-bombs and complaining to his crewmates about flatulence caused by the space food. He didn't know the mike was live...
And Pete Conrad was well known for his "colorful use of language", as well.
From a technology standpoint, Kodachrome has just as much reason to still be around as the 8-track cassette - none.
Technically, Kodachrome film has no equal. Some of the newer films (like Fuji Velvia) can begin to approach it for initial image quality, but absolutely NOTHING comes anywhere near Kodachrome for permanence of the finished image. 50 year old Kodachrome slides often look just as good today, even without special storage conditions.
8-track audio cassettes, OTOH, were crap from day one. Packing 8 8 audio tracks across a single piece of 1/4" tape resulted in lots of background noise, bleedthrough into adjacent tracks, and limited bandwidth. The "endless loop" design was prone to breaking at the splice or jamming up the transport. About the only thing that 8-track had going for it was ease of use, in an era when most tape recorders were reel-to-reel types, which needed to be threaded by hand before playback.
In the case of Kodachrome, developing the film produces a POSITIVE image. Kodachrome was a slide film, afterall.
The processing for Kodachrome is FAR more involved than other slide films, because the color dyes are actually added during the processing, rather than being present in the unexposed film itself.
No doubt that these improved solid rockets would still be inferior to LH2/LOX liquids, but still a significant improvement to current solid rocket technology. Solids have the advantage of storability and simplicity of construction/low cost. They will continue to have wide application for the foreseeable future.
If you are interested in reading some stories about really exotic fuels/oxidizers, check out the book "Ignition!" by John D. Clark. Chlorine Trifluoride, anyone?
Think it can't happen? They did it already once with a whole class of model rockets...
What class of model rockets might this be? If you are referring to the ATF trying to regulate high power rocket motors as explosives, we took them to court over that, AND WON.
Sprawling land development, the proliferation of lawyers, and suburban soccer moms are doing a lot more to curb model rocketry than the government these days. It's getting harder to find a large enough open field to fly even A-C motor Estes-type rockets anymore. The days of being allowed to launch at town parks and school football field is pretty much over. But if you join a club and are willing to drive to a suitable launch site, the hobby is probably at the most vibrant point since the moon landings. Certainly the court victory over the ATF has energized the high-power end of the hobby.
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They would need to tie it all in with the Wall St. commodities speculators who get to cash in on it, as well.
ATMs (and many other things) use GPS as a highly accurate master clock.
for the increased gas prices that they're currently attributing to the Mideast revolts.
No way that a motherboard in a cardboard box is going to pass the various RF emission tests for FCC or CE certification.
But a pissed-in suit would be perfectly appropriate for the 50th anniversary of Shepard's flight.
While lying on his back for hours waiting for his 15-minute flight, he had to relieve himself into his suit. After that incident, NASA started putting urine collection bags into the spacesuits.
You just need a more specific kind of book.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/20067785/7797489-Eco-Defense
Plenty of detailed instructions on neutering heavy construction equipment.
Such a mixture is sometimes referred to as "Rocket Candy", because you can make your own solid fuel rocket motors from it:
http://www.jamesyawn.net/
http://www.nakka-rocketry.net/
http://sugarshot.org/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/
Well, if you consider physicians as "scientists", then you need to include Albert Schweitzer (1952), and Doctors Without Borders (1999)
But you said:
and, scientists dont get PEACE prices, fool.
I didn't see regarding the nature of their work there, just a blanket statement that scientists don't receive the Peace prize. And in the case of Norman Borlaug (mentioned by the poster before me), he received the prize for his work in agronomy, because helping increase the world's food supply helped provide benefits in the effort for world peace.
Linus Pauling, 1962
Joseph Rotblat, 1995
The sensors I am aware of detect minute amounts of alcohol which diffuse out of the bloodstream and through your epidermis. The actual sensor technology can be a self-generating fuel cell (like a flammable gas detector), or an optical absorption type affair, but both would be equally disrupted by surface contamination with alcohol.
What about those people who are constantly using those alcohol-based hand sanitizer products? Will their car assume that they are drunk and refuse to start?
where old Ronnie Raygun actually seemed to be kinda, sorta, human.
Perhaps he felt some guilt over his planned use of the "Teacher in Space" as a talking point in his canceled SOTU address? Will we ever know how much the administration's desire to capitalize on the event contributed to "launch fever" on the part of NASA management?
Tubes are still the best way to generate great gobs of RF power from simple circuitry with low component count. This is why they still find application in applications including broadcast transmitters (radio and TV), induction and dielectric heaters, MRI and CT scanners, and microwave ovens.
No, they aren't much on portability, but in some ways tubes are superior to solid state under emergency conditions. A transmitter with a tube final stage will happily work into a less than optimally tuned antenna (high VSWR), that would cause a solid state broadband amp to shut down or destroy itself. Tubes are also resistant to ESD (and EMP). Back during the first Gulf War, the US military had all kinds of problems with the front end circuitry in radio sets being destroyed by static charges developed on the antenna during sandstorms. They ended up recommissioning old tube type receivers (R-390A/URR), which held up just fine.
Tubes may rule, but they won't last long run like that.
You peak the GRID, and dip the PLATE.
He was alone in lunar orbit for more than a full day while Conrad and Bean landed on the moon. If he took advantage of his solitude to "rub one out", he probably would have done so while on the far side of the moon, where his biomed telemetry couldn't be monitored by Houston. :)
His crewmates also had some porn stashed with them on the moon. Playboy images were inserted into the lunar surface checklists used during the moonwalks.
It did get hit twice by lightning, though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12
SCE to AUX, FTW!
Your argument might be valid if there were large numbers of left-wing lunatics running around carrying guillotines.
There were a few incidents of "frank language" during the Apollo program. On Apollo 10, Gene Cernan let fly with a "Son of a Bitch" and a few other expletives when the lunar module veered out of control for a few moments due to an improper guidance system setting. This caused a minor stir back on earth, with religious conservatives and other prudes taking NASA and Cernan to task for allowing such vulgarity to be broadcast into their living rooms.
On Apollo 16, John Young was caught on VOX while dropping a few F-bombs and complaining to his crewmates about flatulence caused by the space food. He didn't know the mike was live...
And Pete Conrad was well known for his "colorful use of language", as well.
From a technology standpoint, Kodachrome has just as much reason to still be around as the 8-track cassette - none.
Technically, Kodachrome film has no equal. Some of the newer films (like Fuji Velvia) can begin to approach it for initial image quality, but absolutely NOTHING comes anywhere near Kodachrome for permanence of the finished image. 50 year old Kodachrome slides often look just as good today, even without special storage conditions.
8-track audio cassettes, OTOH, were crap from day one. Packing 8 8 audio tracks across a single piece of 1/4" tape resulted in lots of background noise, bleedthrough into adjacent tracks, and limited bandwidth. The "endless loop" design was prone to breaking at the splice or jamming up the transport. About the only thing that 8-track had going for it was ease of use, in an era when most tape recorders were reel-to-reel types, which needed to be threaded by hand before playback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPvF1MOU2kE
In the case of Kodachrome, developing the film produces a POSITIVE image. Kodachrome was a slide film, afterall.
The processing for Kodachrome is FAR more involved than other slide films, because the color dyes are actually added during the processing, rather than being present in the unexposed film itself.
No doubt that these improved solid rockets would still be inferior to LH2/LOX liquids, but still a significant improvement to current solid rocket technology. Solids have the advantage of storability and simplicity of construction/low cost. They will continue to have wide application for the foreseeable future.
If you are interested in reading some stories about really exotic fuels/oxidizers, check out the book "Ignition!" by John D. Clark. Chlorine Trifluoride, anyone?
Think it can't happen? They did it already once with a whole class of model rockets...
What class of model rockets might this be? If you are referring to the ATF trying to regulate high power rocket motors as explosives, we took them to court over that, AND WON.
Sprawling land development, the proliferation of lawyers, and suburban soccer moms are doing a lot more to curb model rocketry than the government these days. It's getting harder to find a large enough open field to fly even A-C motor Estes-type rockets anymore. The days of being allowed to launch at town parks and school football field is pretty much over. But if you join a club and are willing to drive to a suitable launch site, the hobby is probably at the most vibrant point since the moon landings. Certainly the court victory over the ATF has energized the high-power end of the hobby.