Fifty years ago today
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Have a read about the kiwi who was in charge of the rocket propulsion lab that got man on the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)
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@jegga said in Fifty years ago today:
Have a read about the kiwi who was in charge of the rocket propulsion lab that got man on the moon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickering_(rocket_scientist)
There was a doco about him on discovery a while back. A genius
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The majority of roads around North Harbour Industrial Estate in Albany are named after the space programme including William Pickering Drive but also Beatrice Tilsey, Apollo, Orbit, Constellation, Vega, Antares, Triton, Canaveral. Speaking to the developer they were originally going to be fruit to reflect the areas orcharding history but obviously a space nut got involved and full credit to them! Much rather work in Triton than Nashi
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@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
@NTA said in Fifty years ago today:
@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
Come on guys, get creative. This could be the best "discussion over beers" thread in ages.
We need something like the moon landing to focus the human spirit. Don't listen to the naysayers who say it's a waste of money, we need aspirations
What if I let you put solar panels on the moon you blinkered fuck?
They will anyway. ISS uses solar and battery extensively already 😉
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@NTA said in Fifty years ago today:
@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
@NTA said in Fifty years ago today:
@mariner4life said in Fifty years ago today:
Come on guys, get creative. This could be the best "discussion over beers" thread in ages.
We need something like the moon landing to focus the human spirit. Don't listen to the naysayers who say it's a waste of money, we need aspirations
What if I let you put solar panels on the moon you blinkered fuck?
They will anyway. ISS uses solar and battery extensively already 😉
Known as Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS). Coincidence? I don't think so....
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There is a live steam that kicked off about eighteen hours ago with the action from fifty years back.
On phone, but the website was apollo 11 live for org or something similar. YouTube link below I think. 🤔
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@booboo said in Fifty years ago today:
@taniwharugby said in Fifty years ago today:
faaake!!
Nearly posted this in the conspiracy thread ...
there was something about all those shadows in the wrong place or direction or just not being there at all argument though
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@Nevorian said in Fifty years ago today:
@booboo said in Fifty years ago today:
@taniwharugby said in Fifty years ago today:
faaake!!
Nearly posted this in the conspiracy thread ...
there was something about all those shadows in the wrong place or direction or just not being there at all argument though
Easily explained by those not naive enough to be sucked in by conspiracy nuts. Same with all the hoax “proof”
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@Kirwan said in Fifty years ago today:
@Nevorian said in Fifty years ago today:
@booboo said in Fifty years ago today:
@taniwharugby said in Fifty years ago today:
faaake!!
Nearly posted this in the conspiracy thread ...
there was something about all those shadows in the wrong place or direction or just not being there at all argument though
Easily explained by those not naive enough to be sucked in by conspiracy nuts. Same with all the hoax “proof”
Yeah, light doesn't just come from the main source and that's it. Funnily enough it reflects, mostly off white or silvery shiny things...
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@Kirwan said in Fifty years ago today:
@Nevorian said in Fifty years ago today:
@booboo said in Fifty years ago today:
@taniwharugby said in Fifty years ago today:
faaake!!
Nearly posted this in the conspiracy thread ...
there was something about all those shadows in the wrong place or direction or just not being there at all argument though
Easily explained by those not naive enough to be sucked in by conspiracy nuts. Same with all the hoax “proof”
Sheeple
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@jegga said in Fifty years ago today:
This twitter thread about the moon landing was quite thought provoking
Does a sandwich taste better if it’s cut diagonally or at right angles ?
Seriously, wtf is wrong with the NYT? Can't we just celebrate this incredible achievement?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Owned pretty badly here;
"USSR and post-Soviet Russia combined? 4 women astronauts since 1963. The USA? Almost 50, including all these firsts: mother, Chinese-born woman, payload specialist, married couple, black woman, hispanic woman, shuttle pilot and commander, ISS commander, and teacher. Also oldest. "
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@Kirwan said in Fifty years ago today:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Owned pretty badly here;
"USSR and post-Soviet Russia combined? 4 women astronauts since 1963. The USA? Almost 50, including all these firsts: mother, Chinese-born woman, payload specialist, married couple, black woman, hispanic woman, shuttle pilot and commander, ISS commander, and teacher. Also oldest. "
Yep, but since when has the NYT allowed facts to get in the way of a good virtue signal. Should also be noted that the USSR never actually put anyone on the moon.
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Yeah those whacky misunderstood soviets , this podcast gives a rundown on how awful their space program was . Basically the cosmonaut was given a craft so badly made he refused to go up in it and he was told if he didn’t they’d make his friend Gagarin go up instead . He died cursing them over the radio and there’s a picture of the worst open casket funeral ever in the link.
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@jegga the article you posted has a link to an update that refutes / questions a lot of the original.
The US were similarly cowboy-ish. I've just finished listening to 13 minutes to the moon and multiples sources are quoted as saying Apollo1 should never have flown although ironically the disaster was the reality check the program needed
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@jegga said in Fifty years ago today:
Yeah those whacky misunderstood soviets , this podcast gives a rundown on how awful their space program was . Basically the cosmonaut was given a craft so badly made he refused to go up in it and he was told if he didn’t they’d make his friend Gagarin go up instead . He died cursing them over the radio and there’s a picture of the worst open casket funeral ever in the link.
Just read that and there's a link in the first paragraph that basically calls out the whole thing as bulshit.