Things that make you :)

[PaulRhB]

Life lessons . .

 

[J. S. Bach]

23 hours ago, melmerby said:

Did you know that there are 13 Nasa spec Hasselblad Cameras on the Moon?

They only brought the film packs back.

I see the logic in that, probably to save the weight on lift-off from the moon; even with the moon's much lower gravity thirteen Hasselblads could make a difference.

[Ozexpatriate]

33 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

probably to save the weight on lift-off from the moon;

Yes

 

33 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

even with the moon's much lower gravity thirteen Hasselblads could make a difference.

Not all 13 in one mission. There were six missions that landed - so likely not more than 3 left behind per mission. (I'm surprised it's more than two per mission - there were only two astronauts at a time.)

 

Three lunar rovers were left behind and they had television cameras, in addition to the six LM descent stage/landers, not to mention Alan Shepard's golf balls.  There's a lot of stuff up there.

 

I had forgotten that five S-IVB (Saturn V top of stack) were intentionally crashed for seismology experiments.

 

Edited October 15, 2023 by Ozexpatriate

[PhilJ W]

11 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Yes

 

Not all 13 in one mission. There were six missions that landed - so likely not more than 3 left behind per mission. (I'm surprised it's more than two per mission - there were only two astronauts at a time.)

 

Three lunar rovers were left behind and they had television cameras, in addition to the six LM descent stage/landers, not to mention Alan Shepard's golf balls.  There's a lot of stuff up there.

 

I had forgotten that five S-IVB (Saturn V top of stack) were intentionally crashed for seismology experiments.

 

The men in the moon must think we're a right bunch of litter louts.😄

[durham light infantry]

12 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I see the logic in that, probably to save the weight on lift-off from the moon; even with the moon's much lower gravity thirteen Hasselblads could make a difference.

 

Isn't it to do with the weight on re-entry, it has to be right for splashdown in the right area. Apollo 13 command module was underweight on earth return because they didn't collect any lunar material, and had to ballast with items from the lem.

Underweight means overshoot, overweight means undershoot.

[kevinlms]

Clive Palmer's yacht has run aground in Singapore. Let's start a collection!

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/clive-palmer-s-40-million-super-yacht-runs-aground-in-singapore-20231016-p5ecsb.html

[ikks]

17 minutes ago, kevinlms said:

Clive Palmer's yacht has run aground in Singapore. Let's start a collection!

https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/clive-palmer-s-40-million-super-yacht-runs-aground-in-singapore-20231016-p5ecsb.html

I can't read the article as " I am not a subsciber" but I would suspect he he would have been standing on the part of the yacht that hit the ocean floor😀.

Still he was going to build a replica of the Titanic, so I guess this just may have been "practice"😊.

Lovely fellow our Clive.....not!!😇😇.

Mike

Edited October 16, 2023 by ikks

[kevinlms]

20 minutes ago, ikks said:

I can't read the article as " I am not a subsciber" but I would suspect he he would have been standing on the part of the yacht that hit the ocean floor😀.

Still he was going to build a replica of the Titanic, so I guess this just may have been "practice"😊.

Lovely fellow our Clive.....not!!😇😇.

Mike

Sorry couldn't find a free version of the story - but save your subscription money to The Age for Clive!

[newbryford]

For those of a certain age. (Celebrating 65 years of Blue Peter)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/BluePeterMoments/zxbcqyc

[KeithMacdonald]

25 minutes ago, newbryford said:

For those of a certain age. (Celebrating 65 years of Blue Peter)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/BluePeterMoments/zxbcqyc

 

Oh my!

The one with the baby elephant is still hilarious.

But the one with John Noakes climbing Nelson's Column is still a frightener!

 

 

[KeithMacdonald]

Something else just caught my eye. Auntie Beeb thought it necessary to warn us.

 

Quote

Contains behaviour which could be imitated

 

Not sure what to make of that.

Could? Or should? Or would?

 

[chris p bacon]

5 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

But the one with John Noakes climbing Nelson's Column is still a frightener!

IIRC he had to do it twice for the camera crew. 

[uax6]

5 minutes ago, chris p bacon said:

IIRC he had to do it twice for the camera crew. 

But did Shep have to 'Get Down'?

 

Andy G

[KeithMacdonald]

[CameronL]

My son has just had to give up his chosen path because of fallen arches 

 

It can be a real problem for an athlete.

 

So they tell me. I know it's a real problem for an architect.

 

 

 

Edited October 17, 2023 by CameronL
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[J. S. Bach]

Or a bridge-builder!

[melmerby]

On 15/10/2023 at 23:23, Ozexpatriate said:

Three lunar rovers were left behind and they had television cameras

AFAIK the very first colour TV camera was a monochrome one with a rotating colour filter on the front.

Very much Logie Baird type colour, as IIRC he tried that on his mechanical TV system.🙂

[KeithMacdonald]

[J. S. Bach]

????

[Sidecar Racer]

17 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said:

????

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_cake

 

 or for the joke , my dearer cake .

Edited October 18, 2023 by Sidecar Racer

[newbryford]

7 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said:

 

3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

????

 

My dearer cake........

[The Johnster]

Dave's American, chaps!

 

As in, 'Madeira' cake as a pun for ' my dearer' (dearer meaning more expensive in this context, because it's £3 not £2) cake.  Possibly a usage of 'dearer' not common in the US, and a bit archaic here, the sort of thing my grandparents' generation might have said but I reckon most Brits would understand the joke.  That's not to say we'd think it's a good joke, of course, but we'd understand it.  I think Australians would as well.

 

Divided by a common language!

[kevinlms]

1 hour ago, The Johnster said:

Dave's American, chaps!

 

As in, 'Madeira' cake as a pun for ' my dearer' (dearer meaning more expensive in this context, because it's £3 not £2) cake.  Possibly a usage of 'dearer' not common in the US, and a bit archaic here, the sort of thing my grandparents' generation might have said but I reckon most Brits would understand the joke.  That's not to say we'd think it's a good joke, of course, but we'd understand it.  I think Australians would as well.

 

Divided by a common language!

Yes, commonly available in Australia, although I don't recall buying one. It's unlikely my wife would like it.

[Ozexpatriate]

 

2 hours ago, The Johnster said:

Possibly a usage of 'dearer' not common in the US

Not used in that context colloquially in the US at all. Words like 'pricey' / 'pricier' or even 'spendy' might work, but not 'dear'.

 

Similar to a "fine" day. Not used to mean "sunny" in the US. "Fair" might be used instead.

 

2 hours ago, The Johnster said:

That's not to say we'd think it's a good joke, of course, but we'd understand it.  I think Australians would as well.

Yes. Dreadful pun.

 

Yes. Australians 'get' it. Certainly used regularly by older Australians.

 

2 hours ago, The Johnster said:

Divided by a common language!

Yes.

 

 

[The Johnster]

1 hour ago, kevinlms said:

Yes, commonly available in Australia, although I don't recall buying one. It's unlikely my wife would like it.

 

I meant the use of 'my dearer' with dearer meaning more expensive as well as a rather poor pun on Madiera, not the lower hemispherical general knowledge of the existence of Madeira cake and it's common antipodean availability.  Unless of course you mean that your wife would object to paying £3 instead of £2 for my dearer cake, and who could blame her in these straightened times.  This is getting a bit surreal now...

 

I'm quite partial to a nice slice of Madiera, my dear, but not if it's too dear.  Oh dear!

Edited October 19, 2023 by The Johnster