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Pardon an insensitive question, but: why is this important to you? You consistently maintain that NASA is a fraud. By that reasoning, Carpenter and Glenn are both frauds as well, and therefore not deserving of notice.
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I never maintained that we didn't put men in space, only that we didn't go to the moon.
They were brave that sat atop an intercontinental ballistic missile and hoped for the best.
NASA has done some remarkable things, Voyager for example, but Mercury was the bravest.
Then the Apollo mission that followed showed how unprepared they really were.
That is why after Apollo they had to go for the Gemini missions.
And why were they so concerned about radiation when doing the Hubble repairs if they had previouslly been to the moon safely?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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The Gemini program consisted of ten flights in 1965 and 1966: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_program[^]. The Gemini missions were basically test beds to develop technology used for Apollo.
The Apollo program began in 1961, with first flight in 1968, and ran through 1972: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program[^]. The intent for Apollo was to develop a three-man craft capable of reaching the moon. It did so, several times.
Dalek Dave wrote: And why were they so concerned about radiation when doing the Hubble repairs if they had previouslly been to the moon safely
Radiation shielding inside a spacecraft, even a 'tin can' like the Apollo command module, is quite a different thing from shielding in an EVA suit.
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People always assume that others would do as they would do.
... But not everyone is a tory accountant.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote: is quite a different thing from shielding in an EVA suit
Just like they wore on the moon's surface?
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Dalek Dave wrote: That is why after Apollo they had to go for the Gemini missions.
Huh?
Time for a little tuneup on the Tardis, Dave. Gemini was the test program that allowed Apollo to proceed. Yes, there was a bunch of overlap in the development cycle, but not the launch cycle. Sure, we faked the landings just to make the Russians pee their collective pants, but the orbital bits were real. Hubble repairs were dangerous because of the EVA time required - a tin can is pretty good shielding, but a plasticized cloth suit isn't so great.
The moon walk times were faked, of course, just a few miles from where I live. At least the landscape is identical. There would have been very little radiation exposure here, unless you count IR and UV, which can quickly kill you if you're not wearing an air conditioned suit, or a sunscreen of at least 30 SPF. They didn't have sunscreen lotions back then, hence the suits we saw on TV.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger, Apollo started YEARS before Gemini, so perhaps my TARDIS is working adequately 
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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1962 - 1961 = years?
No, really, I want to do my own tax return this year!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Dalek Dave wrote: They were brave that sat atop an intercontinental ballistic missile and hoped for the best.
I read somewhere that one astronaut was asked what it felt like to sit on top of the most complex machine ever created. His reply: how would you feel sitting on top of something that was the product of the lowest bids?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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The real pioneers of space. R.I.P.
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Yeah... I still remember the teacher rolling a TV into the classroom every time one of those magnificent 7 went into space so that we could watch their progress all day. The Mercury missions were only hours long - nothing like the 6 month assignments we see today. Imagine yourself in Scott's place, being asked to sit on top of a poorly controlled hydrogen/oxygen explosion, many of which you'd just recently witnessed exploding on the pad, and entrusting your family jewels to the care of a government contractor who got the job by bidding the lowest price. That takes some big, brass cojones, heavy medication, or an IRS agent pursuing you for a "little chat" to accomplish. Talk about the "Right Stuff." The Apollo guys had it easy...
Thank you, Scott, for showing us all that, if we really screw things up here, going somewhere else is possible. Maybe not easy, but neither was what you did easy. Godspeed, old friend...![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Will Rogers never met me.
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It was an exciting time for all of us, all of America would sit in front of their TV's or Radio's and watch/listen with wonder and amazement and the accomplishments of these guys.
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Tomorrow, I am slated to have my current laptop switched out with a new one. It will have a 'standard' image meaning no development tools; I will have to reinstall them myself.
We have been told that the contents of our 'My Documents' folder has been replicated to the network and will be available.
Being as trusting as I am, I am diligently copying said folders to a network share for insurance and running a scan of all installed applications to use as a check list for reinstall.
Upon receipt of the new equipment, the old will be wisked away to be recycled.
What is your procedure when receiving new equipment?
Tim
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1) Check for the presence of a growing virus threat: if the Win8 virus is detected, the HDD should be reformatted immediately...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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If the unit has died, I take out the HDD and use a cable to get all data I need off of the drive. If the drive is in good condition, I will put it in a housing and use it as an external drive.
If the unit is good, I just boot it and copy things to an external drive.
I usually keep old desktop towers to install Linux on for use as file servers (I have one that seems to have a graphics card issue, so I cannot really do anything with it right now, because I cannot see the installer. I have another identical tower with no HDD [I put it in the now non-functional tower] but with a hopefully working graphics card. I just have been too lazy to actually get around to working on it)
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Make a list of installed software.
Put both on the network and while continuing with the old one I starting to install main development tools.
When all the big players on there places I switch computers. Every time I bump into a missing peace I install it.
After 2 weeks I can drop the old computer...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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At work, plug it in next to my main computer so that I can keep working at about 80% on my old computer for the several days that my new one just needs an occasional click of the next button to keep the installers chugging away. Then after the installs, initial code downloads from source control, etc are all done the two swap places for a few weeks until I'm sure I've gotten everything I need off the old one and that it's safe to send in for a wipe. The last time I did it, the thing I discovered was missing a few weeks after the switchover was my GPG private key. Not having it wouldn't've been a disaster; but losing access to a few of the things I encrypted with it would've been a pain. (Although scrapping all the irRational failware apps that weren't allowed to be configured to use LDAP authentication instead of local login databases has made it much less of an issue than it used to be.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
What is your procedure when receiving new equipment?
Drop coffee on it!! 
normally, install approved development tools and a couple of different software that I paid for personally.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I don't bother reinstalling everything I had installed. I just install VS, Chrome and Firefox, and after... I just start using it until I find something is missing and I just install it when I need it. Too much time spent reinstalling... I can't be arsed losing my time with corporate laptops "standard" image...
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From science fiction to science fact, or just plain delusional?
The US Army is working to develop "revolutionary" smart armour that would give its troops "superhuman strength".
It is calling on the technology industry, government labs and academia to help build the Iron Man-style suit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24474336[^]
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They've been talking about stuff like that for ages now. Just do it.
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Me think we are still at least a decade away in material science for a practical, light and resistant material that can be easily worn by soldiers.
Gregory.Gadow wrote: It is calling on the technology industry, government labs and academia
Nothing is better than the National Military-Industrial Complex.
I'd rather be phishing!
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If you have the ability to build that why not just build robots and then wars can just be a battle between robots and no need for killing anyone.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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