A friend of mine designed a successful space navigation system back in the day when we had pencils, engineering notebooks, and slide rules. I tell people that engineering is applied mathematics and applied science, with a touch of the human soul. Engineers make things go. Such was the case during the space race...
Having been born only weeks before Sputnik, I am the same age as space exploration. The moon race was a glorious time to be alive, especially for science-oriented school kids like me. I'm sorry that today's students aren't hearing about space sciences. It's all about AOC's Green New Deal now. Today's kids are being robbed of their vision and imagination by that Svengali in a dress and heels.
I joined the Navy in September1972, boot camp in San Diego, then school in Jacksonville, FL. A classmate had a car and we went to the Space Center tour. Standing beside the assembly building, looking up with clouds drifting by, it looked like it was falling. My dad worked for Duetsch company which made electrical connectors used on spacecraft. The Navy sent me through a career as an Aircraft Electrical/Instrument Technician. Stay in school, focus on learning, work summer jobs, attend community college, earn a degree ... If Congress calls the draft, then you have valuable experience and knowledge. I hear the Navy extended voluntary age of enlistment to the 42nd birthday, but I recommend you join by age 29.
Most of the Vendors used to build these rockets and support systems don't exist anymore. This is one reason that NASA can't just build Saturn V's at will. This was all before widespread use of CAD, back when we designed things on the board with drafting arms on paper and the finished drawings were turned into actual blue prints. NC Machining was just starting to become common place but programming was largely by hand on paper and then punched to paper tapes via Flexwriters to drive the machine tools. So many great things were created because of our grasp of science and math through sheer will to succeed. Good times indeed.
The SLS is NASA's all-time greatest boondoggle. The technology is old. The rocket is mostly expendable. It's 11 years overdue. Private companies can do better for much less money. What part of all that is a good thing?
@@Johnnycdrums I know what you mean... but don't forget that NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is doing phenomenal things on Mars, Kuiper Belt exploration and truly amazing work on Asteroids. Having said those good things, NASA's human space flight initiatives are bloated, over budget and very late. That's because of politics. The human space flight program is really a government jobs program masquerading as a science program.
A friend of mine designed a successful space navigation system back in the day when we had pencils, engineering notebooks, and slide rules. I tell people that engineering is applied mathematics and applied science, with a touch of the human soul. Engineers make things go. Such was the case during the space race...
Having been born only weeks before Sputnik, I am the same age as space exploration. The moon race was a glorious time to be alive, especially for science-oriented school kids like me. I'm sorry that today's students aren't hearing about space sciences. It's all about AOC's Green New Deal now. Today's kids are being robbed of their vision and imagination by that Svengali in a dress and heels.
I joined the Navy in September1972, boot camp in San Diego, then school in Jacksonville, FL. A classmate had a car and we went to the Space Center tour. Standing beside the assembly building, looking up with clouds drifting by, it looked like it was falling. My dad worked for Duetsch company which made electrical connectors used on spacecraft. The Navy sent me through a career as an Aircraft Electrical/Instrument Technician. Stay in school, focus on learning, work summer jobs, attend community college, earn a degree ... If Congress calls the draft, then you have valuable experience and knowledge. I hear the Navy extended voluntary age of enlistment to the 42nd birthday, but I recommend you join by age 29.
Thank you for your service.
That's when they had real engineers
👍👍👍👍👍👍 That's right.
Most of the Vendors used to build these rockets and support systems don't exist anymore. This is one reason that NASA can't just build Saturn V's at will. This was all before widespread use of CAD, back when we designed things on the board with drafting arms on paper and the finished drawings were turned into actual blue prints. NC Machining was just starting to become common place but programming was largely by hand on paper and then punched to paper tapes via Flexwriters to drive the machine tools. So many great things were created because of our grasp of science and math through sheer will to succeed. Good times indeed.
I used to load paper tapes for my Rig Ups (if the program wasn't already in the computer) , not a big deal.
My dad worked for NASA as an engineer and was on the pad the day before the Apollo mission burned on the pad. Sad times.
That's great ,good idea
…good ol’ phallic rituals
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The SLS is NASA's all-time greatest boondoggle. The technology is old. The rocket is mostly expendable. It's 11 years overdue. Private companies can do better for much less money. What part of all that is a good thing?
NASA used to be something.
@@Johnnycdrums I know what you mean... but don't forget that NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is doing phenomenal things on Mars, Kuiper Belt exploration and truly amazing work on Asteroids. Having said those good things, NASA's human space flight initiatives are bloated, over budget and very late. That's because of politics. The human space flight program is really a government jobs program masquerading as a science program.
Good ol’ phalic rituals
Wernher Von Braun.
Transcript in code, y'all. Assist? Why today Mr Ts Announcement ? Activity at Capitol first time long time
Nice how this video just ends…duh play the whole thing
I saw a weird priest there