My grandfather was a mechanical engineer for Grumman for like 30 years. He did some work on old school Apollo missions, and he had something to do with the design that spins the radar on the E2c. He's my hero (really!!).
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Shuttle damage > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:03 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Shuttle damage > > > > > Just so you know - Duct Tape has been a standard and > > > demanded tool on EVERY US manned mission. It's > > > considered indispensable (and its versatility is at > > > least partly responsible for saving the Apollo 13 > > > astronauts). > > > > Guy comes in the room, dumps a box of what appears to be random crap > > on the table and says "we need to make this (big square) fit into the > > hole for this (big cylinder) using only that (points at the table)". > > Iirc duct-tape was an important component in making the scrubber work > > so they didn't continue to poison themselves with carbon-dioxide. > > Yep. > > A close friend of mine was an engineer on the Apollo project > until either 10 > or 11 (he never got to deal with the excitement of 13). > > He's even got a neat little medallion with a sliver of moon rock in it (it > was given to all the participants). > > What those guys (and these current guys) are doing is amazing on so many > levels. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164704 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
