Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes]

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> One has to wonder if that ad campaign would have been  successful? I guess
> I understand Dr. Wang's unhappiness, but I do think that we are way too
> politically correct and obviously, the woman intended no insult.
>
>



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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

One has to wonder if that ad campaign would have been  successful? I 
guess I understand Dr. Wang's unhappiness, but I do think that we are 
way too politically correct and obviously, the woman intended no insult.


RB


On 09/02/2018 8:52 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:

Anecdotes re: Wang:

A buddy of mine worked for Wang back in the early 80s I guess, some 
kind of marketing job, back when Dr. Wang was still running the 
place.  He was a very quiet and humble man, but really smart. They 
were getting stomped by IBM, even with their advanced word processors 
and computers, so it was time to address that problem. They hired some 
high-end marketing consultant to put together a plan.  So they worked 
on this plan for awhile and came to do a presentation about it.  Dr. 
Wang was there, along with various staff members.  Some marketing babe 
from the consultant was up giving the pres and gets to the part where 
they had come up with their tag lines for a new marketing campaign, 
the babe was going through them, there was active discussion about 
each idea, and gets to one suggestion, "Wang: The chink in IBM's armor."


The room goes silent, the babe is standing there knowing something bad 
just happened but is very confused and bewildered. Everyone is trying 
their best to look at their shoes.  After a minute or so of sitting 
very quietly, Dr. Wang says, "Thank you very much for your 
presentation.  I don't think we will be using your company for going 
forward" and gets up and walks out.  The babe is still standing there 
clueless when everyone leaves the room silently.


Along about that time I suppose, I had met his son, who was a good 
friend of this girl I knew, she had gone to prep school with him. He 
was incredibly full of himself, fairly dissolute (and drove a Mercedes 
at the time!), spoiled rich kid, exactly the opposite of his dad.  I 
think he had some role at the company along about then but daddy did 
not think too highly of him.  There might have been another son too, 
who was a bit sharper.  In any case, the company pretty much folded up 
not long after that, I'm not sure what happened to them all.  The 
company I was working for hired a coupla people who had worked there.


--FT


On 2/8/18 10:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 
or '69 at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept.  It sat on the 
dept. chair's desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took 
turns using it. 





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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

We used the Wang word processors at the Interior Dept. back then.  They had
some awesome features, e.g. "super copy", although I forget what that
meant...

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Floyd Thursby 
wrote:

> Anecdotes re: Wang:
>
> A buddy of mine worked for Wang back in the early 80s I guess, some kind
> of marketing job, back when Dr. Wang was still running the place.  He was a
> very quiet and humble man, but really smart. They were getting stomped by
> IBM, even with their advanced word processors and computers, so it was time
> to address that problem. They hired some high-end marketing consultant to
> put together a plan.  So they worked on this plan for awhile and came to do
> a presentation about it.  Dr. Wang was there, along with various staff
> members.  Some marketing babe from the consultant was up giving the pres
> and gets to the part where they had come up with their tag lines for a new
> marketing campaign, the babe was going through them, there was active
> discussion about each idea, and gets to one suggestion, "Wang: The chink in
> IBM's armor."
>
> The room goes silent, the babe is standing there knowing something bad
> just happened but is very confused and bewildered. Everyone is trying their
> best to look at their shoes.  After a minute or so of sitting very quietly,
> Dr. Wang says, "Thank you very much for your presentation.  I don't think
> we will be using your company for going forward" and gets up and walks
> out.  The babe is still standing there clueless when everyone leaves the
> room silently.
>
> Along about that time I suppose, I had met his son, who was a good friend
> of this girl I knew, she had gone to prep school with him.  He was
> incredibly full of himself, fairly dissolute (and drove a Mercedes at the
> time!), spoiled rich kid, exactly the opposite of his dad.  I think he had
> some role at the company along about then but daddy did not think too
> highly of him.  There might have been another son too, who was a bit
> sharper.  In any case, the company pretty much folded up not long after
> that, I'm not sure what happened to them all.  The company I was working
> for hired a coupla people who had worked there.
>
> --FT
>
>
> On 2/8/18 10:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
>> First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 or
>> '69 at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept.  It sat on the dept.
>> chair's desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took turns using it.
>>
>
> --
> --FT
>
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Anecdotes re: Wang:

A buddy of mine worked for Wang back in the early 80s I guess, some kind 
of marketing job, back when Dr. Wang was still running the place.  He 
was a very quiet and humble man, but really smart. They were getting 
stomped by IBM, even with their advanced word processors and computers, 
so it was time to address that problem. They hired some high-end 
marketing consultant to put together a plan.  So they worked on this 
plan for awhile and came to do a presentation about it.  Dr. Wang was 
there, along with various staff members.  Some marketing babe from the 
consultant was up giving the pres and gets to the part where they had 
come up with their tag lines for a new marketing campaign, the babe was 
going through them, there was active discussion about each idea, and 
gets to one suggestion, "Wang: The chink in IBM's armor."


The room goes silent, the babe is standing there knowing something bad 
just happened but is very confused and bewildered. Everyone is trying 
their best to look at their shoes.  After a minute or so of sitting very 
quietly, Dr. Wang says, "Thank you very much for your presentation.  I 
don't think we will be using your company for going forward" and gets up 
and walks out.  The babe is still standing there clueless when everyone 
leaves the room silently.


Along about that time I suppose, I had met his son, who was a good 
friend of this girl I knew, she had gone to prep school with him.  He 
was incredibly full of himself, fairly dissolute (and drove a Mercedes 
at the time!), spoiled rich kid, exactly the opposite of his dad.  I 
think he had some role at the company along about then but daddy did not 
think too highly of him.  There might have been another son too, who was 
a bit sharper.  In any case, the company pretty much folded up not long 
after that, I'm not sure what happened to them all.  The company I was 
working for hired a coupla people who had worked there.


--FT


On 2/8/18 10:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 
or '69 at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept.  It sat on the 
dept. chair's desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took 
turns using it. 


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

No.  Marlboro; guess I was a wimp (filters).  They were $2 a carton at the 
Ellington BX.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
>
> DID YOU CHAIN SMOKE LUCKIES?
> 
> --FT
> 
> 
> On 2/7/18 10:40 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:
> > I had a minor role in the Apollo 12-17 missions, working at the MSC (now
> Johnson) near Houston.  We typically wore a white short-sleeve shirt with
> narrow tie, dark slacks, and BCDs, for us four-eye types.  BCDs (birth-control
> devices) were those ugly black plastic government-issue glasses.
> >
> > Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had the
> stones to go to the moon.
> >


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

Valid point.  The translunar radiation environment is more severe than 
terrestrial.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> 
...
> 
> Yeah, the Apollo machine would actually survive the trip!  Durability is not
> something that modern consumer-grade electronics is designed for.
> 
> -- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

During the 1950s I bought a (Marchant?) hand cranked calculator from a used 
equipment store which had a UF Physics Department property tag on it. It must 
have been pretty old since electric calculating machines had been around for a 
long time. It worked quite well, and I used it for taxes and other numerically 
precise jobs, but the slide rule was still the fastest if approximations 
sufficed.
Gerry

> >> Back in the late 60s/early 70s my dad, who was an electronics engineer,
> >> was talking with some guys and sketched out an idea for an electronic
> >> calculator using whatever ICs were available, or maybe discrete components,
> >> whatever was available at the time. THe other guys kinda poo-pooed it so he
> >> never really pursued it. So then a coupla years later a company called
> >> Bowmar that was in town, and some guys he peripherally knew had started the
> >> company, built the "Bowmar Brain" which was kinda the first handheld
> >> calculator.  I don't think he was FOS as he always kicked himself for not
> >> pursuing the idea at the time.
> >>
> >> I could own a whole fleet of NEW Benzes now if he had done that.  Oh, 
> >> wait...
> >> --FT


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

On 08/02/2018 9:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:

First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 or '69
at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept.  It sat on the dept. chair's
desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took turns using it.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Back in the late 60s/early 70s my dad, who was an electronics engineer,
was talking with some guys and sketched out an idea for an electronic
calculator using whatever ICs were available, or maybe discrete components,
whatever was available at the time. THe other guys kinda poo-pooed it so he
never really pursued it. So then a coupla years later a company called
Bowmar that was in town, and some guys he peripherally knew had started the
company, built the "Bowmar Brain" which was kinda the first handheld
calculator.  I don't think he was FOS as he always kicked himself for not
pursuing the idea at the time.

I could own a whole fleet of NEW Benzes now if he had done that.  Oh, wait...

--FT

Fixed it for you. RB



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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

>
> Friden mechanical calculator in the office for routine stuff.  It was
> capable of division


I have a number of these machines, procured when in high school for $3
each, or free.
Friden, Marchant, and Monroe.  IIRC they cost as much as a car when new.
One Friden
model would do square roots, but I never got one of those.  I also have an
HP-35,
given to me some time ago, it lives on the workbench.  The calculator I
purchased
for school was an HP-29C, $190 IIRC.  Half of a semester's tuition at the
time, it was
a stretch.  I still have it, it still works.

-- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

>
> (cf. the Apollo guidance computer and how it compares to a $3 Arduino chip
> these days)


Yeah, the Apollo machine would actually survive the trip!  Durability is
not something that modern consumer-grade electronics is designed for.

-- Jim
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

First automatic calculator I ever saw was a desktop Wang back in '68 or '69
at the U of Minn. in the grad. geology dept.  It sat on the dept. chair's
desk like some sort of holy relic; the faculty took turns using it.

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Back in the late 60s/early 70s my dad, who was an electronics engineer,
> was talking with some guys and sketched out an idea for an electronic
> calculator using whatever ICs were available, or maybe discrete components,
> whatever was available at the time. THe other guys kinda poo-pooed it so he
> never really pursued it. So then a coupla years later a company called
> Bowmar that was in town, and some guys he peripherally knew had started the
> company, built the "Bowmar Brain" which was kinda the first handheld
> calculator.  I don't think he was FOS as he always kicked himself for not
> pursuing the idea at the time.
>
> I could own a whole fleet of Benzes now if he had done that.  Oh, wait...
>
> --FT
>
>
>
>
> On 2/8/18 12:11 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> My boss at my first real job (drafting) had one of those calculators.  It
>> always amazed me.   In the company Engineering lab, a guy there had a brown
>> and dull screw machine.My treasured possession at the time was a Post
>> slipstick, that cost me big money ($21) at the Univ book store!  A year
>> later, I was expected to pay athe equivalent of a year's tuition for a HP
>> calculator.   That was a deal breaker.  It was 20 times as much as the
>> slipstick I struggled to buy.
>>
>> Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>>> February 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM
>>> Well, we had an IBM 360 for heavy-duty number crunching:  batch jobs in
>>> Fortran on punch cards with line-printer output.  None of us could afford
>>> the new HP35 electronic calculator but we did have a Friden mechanical
>>> calculator in the office for routine stuff.  It was capable of division and
>>> we found that dividing all 6s by all 7s produced a tune we called the
>>> Friden March.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Back in the late 60s/early 70s my dad, who was an electronics engineer, 
was talking with some guys and sketched out an idea for an electronic 
calculator using whatever ICs were available, or maybe discrete 
components, whatever was available at the time. THe other guys kinda 
poo-pooed it so he never really pursued it. So then a coupla years later 
a company called Bowmar that was in town, and some guys he peripherally 
knew had started the company, built the "Bowmar Brain" which was kinda 
the first handheld calculator.  I don't think he was FOS as he always 
kicked himself for not pursuing the idea at the time.


I could own a whole fleet of Benzes now if he had done that.  Oh, wait...

--FT



On 2/8/18 12:11 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
My boss at my first real job (drafting) had one of those calculators.  
It always amazed me.   In the company Engineering lab, a guy there had 
a brown and dull screw machine.    My treasured possession at the time 
was a Post slipstick, that cost me big money ($21) at the Univ book 
store!  A year later, I was expected to pay athe equivalent of a 
year's tuition for a HP calculator.   That was a deal breaker.  It was 
20 times as much as the slipstick I struggled to buy.



Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
February 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM
Well, we had an IBM 360 for heavy-duty number crunching:  batch jobs 
in Fortran on punch cards with line-printer output.  None of us could 
afford the new HP35 electronic calculator but we did have a Friden 
mechanical calculator in the office for routine stuff.  It was 
capable of division and we found that dividing all 6s by all 7s 
produced a tune we called the Friden March.





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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

DID YOU CHAIN SMOKE LUCKIES?

--FT


On 2/7/18 10:40 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote:

I had a minor role in the Apollo 12-17 missions, working at the MSC (now 
Johnson) near Houston.  We typically wore a white short-sleeve shirt with 
narrow tie, dark slacks, and BCDs, for us four-eye types.  BCDs (birth-control 
devices) were those ugly black plastic government-issue glasses.

Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had the 
stones to go to the moon.


-Original Message-
From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of clay
monroe via Mercedes
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 5:53 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Cc: clay monroe 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS
removed the team from play.  Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who
do not share our interests.  The young men and women working for Space X
looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.



clay

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL -
Beware Nigerian Scammers








On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:38 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes

 wrote:

The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch.  Sure,
marketing for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A.
and a supreme testimony to capitalism and free markets when the
government allows them space (pun intended) to succeed.

-
Max
Charleston SC

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[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

My boss at my first real job (drafting) had one of those calculators.  
It always amazed me.   In the company Engineering lab, a guy there had a 
brown and dull screw machine.My treasured possession at the time was 
a Post slipstick, that cost me big money ($21) at the Univ book store!  
A year later, I was expected to pay athe equivalent of a year's tuition 
for a HP calculator.   That was a deal breaker.  It was 20 times as much 
as the slipstick I struggled to buy.



Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
February 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM
Well, we had an IBM 360 for heavy-duty number crunching:  batch jobs in Fortran 
on punch cards with line-printer output.  None of us could afford the new HP35 
electronic calculator but we did have a Friden mechanical calculator in the 
office for routine stuff.  It was capable of division and we found that 
dividing all 6s by all 7s produced a tune we called the Friden March.




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[clay monroe via Mercedes]

The current hipsters would don them in a most ironic manner, as there is truly 
no way that a hipster should be allowed to reproduce.

clay 

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1986 SDL - Polei
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POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers







> On Feb 7, 2018, at 8:43 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> No.  Ugly, black, plastic, government-issue glasses: commonly called 
> birth-control devices (BCD).
> 
>> -Original Message—— 

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[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

Well, we had an IBM 360 for heavy-duty number crunching:  batch jobs in Fortran 
on punch cards with line-printer output.  None of us could afford the new HP35 
electronic calculator but we did have a Friden mechanical calculator in the 
office for routine stuff.  It was capable of division and we found that 
dividing all 6s by all 7s produced a tune we called the Friden March.

> -Original Message-
> From:  Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome
> 
...
> 
> Those guys back in the 60s were pioneers and considering the tools they had
> (slide rules and Luckies and short haircuts and skinny ties on short-sleeved
> white shirts), 



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[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

No.  Ugly, black, plastic, government-issue glasses: commonly called 
birth-control devices (BCD).

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> Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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> 
> BCDs?  Is that a type of shoes?
> 
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> >> February 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM
> >>
> >> Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans
> >> had the stones to go to the moon.
> >>
> >> Yes, Often I look at the full moon and think about those days, and
> >> often too, about what Jim Lovell (and Fred and Jack) must have
> >> thought all those times he looked at it after they safely returned.
> >>
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

BCDs?  Is that a type of shoes?

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
>
> Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
>> February 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM
>>
>> Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had
>> the stones to go to the moon.
>>
>> Yes, Often I look at the full moon and think about those days, and often
>> too, about what Jim Lovell (and Fred and Jack) must have thought all those
>> times he looked at it after they safely returned.
>>
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Scott Ritchey via Mercedes 
February 7, 2018 at 9:40 PM

Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans 
had the stones to go to the moon.


Yes, Often I look at the full moon and think about those days, and 
often too, about what Jim Lovell (and Fred and Jack) must have thought 
all those times he looked at it after they safely returned.


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Scott Ritchey via Mercedes]

I had a minor role in the Apollo 12-17 missions, working at the MSC (now 
Johnson) near Houston.  We typically wore a white short-sleeve shirt with 
narrow tie, dark slacks, and BCDs, for us four-eye types.  BCDs (birth-control 
devices) were those ugly black plastic government-issue glasses.

Now, when I see the full moon I reflect on that time when Americans had the 
stones to go to the moon.

> -Original Message-
> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of clay
> monroe via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 5:53 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List 
> Cc: clay monroe 
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome
> 
> It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS
> removed the team from play.  Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who
> do not share our interests.  The young men and women working for Space X
> looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.
> 
> 
> 
> clay
> 
> 1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
> 1986 SDL - Polei
> 1982 300 SD - Allen
> 
> retired models-
> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL -
> Beware Nigerian Scammers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:38 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes
>  wrote:
> >
> > The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch.  Sure,
> > marketing for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A.
> > and a supreme testimony to capitalism and free markets when the
> > government allows them space (pun intended) to succeed.
> >
> > -
> > Max
> > Charleston SC
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[OK Don via Mercedes]

I always wanted to build a hydrogen peroxide rocket - back in my amateur
rocketry days. Only got as far as the sugar and potassium nitrate rockets
(and Estes, of course). Dad had 30% H2O2 in the dental office, and it was
fun to play with, but not concentrated enough to fly anything.

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Got me to wondering what happened to one of my former students.  I had no
> ideal he was 26 or so when I met him.  He looked like all the other 19-20
> yr olds.  By that time he had done 4 yrs in the USAF, and other stuff.   I
> bumped into him at the CNDE about 1998, and he told me he was onto
> concentrating hydrogen peroxide for rocket engines.   Here he is now.
> http://www.xlspace.com/index.html
>
> clay monroe via Mercedes 
>> February 7, 2018 at 4:52 PM
>> It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS
>> removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who
>> do not share our interests. The young men and women working for Space X
>> looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.
>>
>>
>>
>> clay
>>
>> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
>> 1986 SDL - Polei
>> 1982 300 SD - Allen
>>
>> retired models-
>> 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
>> 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
>> 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
>> 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
>> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Got me to wondering what happened to one of my former students.  I had 
no ideal he was 26 or so when I met him.  He looked like all the other 
19-20 yr olds.  By that time he had done 4 yrs in the USAF, and other 
stuff.   I bumped into him at the CNDE about 1998, and he told me he was 
onto concentrating hydrogen peroxide for rocket engines.   Here he is 
now.  http://www.xlspace.com/index.html



clay monroe via Mercedes 
February 7, 2018 at 4:52 PM
It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS 
removed the team from play. Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals 
who do not share our interests. The young men and women working for 
Space X looked a bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.




clay

1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers



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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[clay monroe via Mercedes]

Though they did look disheveled, I recall the most successful software and 
hardware companies of the computer era were much the same sort.  Not all 
wrapped up in the red tape and over worn paths the giants were mired in.  These 
are the true believers, more so than the boys who got us to the moon.

clay 

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers







> On Feb 7, 2018, at 2:58 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> The young men and women working for Space X looked a bit slovenly compared to 
> standard Canaveral sorts.
> 
> Function first, form, what form?
> 
> 
> Fred Moir.
> Lynn MA.
> Diesel preferred.
> 
> 
> 
> From: Mercedes  on behalf of clay monroe via 
> Mercedes 
> Sent: 07 February 2018 17:52
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: clay monroe
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome
> 
> It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS  removed 
> the team from play.  Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who do not 
> share our interests.  The young men and women working for Space X looked a 
> bit slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.
> clay
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Fred Moir via Mercedes]

The young men and women working for Space X looked a bit slovenly compared to 
standard Canaveral sorts.

Function first, form, what form?


Fred Moir.
Lynn MA.
Diesel preferred.



From: Mercedes  on behalf of clay monroe via 
Mercedes 
Sent: 07 February 2018 17:52
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Cc: clay monroe
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS  removed 
the team from play.  Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who do not share 
our interests.  The young men and women working for Space X looked a bit 
slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.
clay
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[clay monroe via Mercedes]

It was nice to see Team USA heading back to space after former POTUS  removed 
the team from play.  Best not be dependent upon foreign rivals who do not share 
our interests.  The young men and women working for Space X looked a bit 
slovenly compared to standard Canaveral sorts.



clay 

1974 450sl -  Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen

retired models-
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1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery
1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran
1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers







> On Feb 7, 2018, at 7:38 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch.  Sure, marketing
> for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A. and a supreme
> testimony to capitalism and free markets when the government allows them
> space (pun intended) to succeed.
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC 

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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Had I been at work I could have seen it.  We saw the last launch they did from 
the office (28 stories up about 75 miles away.)  You could see the booster 
exhaust and the trail of smoke it left for some time.

I’ve seen shuttle launches up close, from about 10 miles away on the side of 
the Bee Line Expressway, and you can’t even begin to imagine how loud the 
boosters are.  I found it interesting that they use the massive amount of water 
on the launch pad for sound suppression, not cooling.

-D


> On Feb 7, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> I'll bet that if I'd been paying attention, I could have seen part of the
> ascent from here.  Really would like to get my daughter down to the Cape to
> watch one lift off, that's got to be an amazing thing.
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
> 


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Absolutely.  As a child of the 60s/70s I was totally dialed into the space 
program.  Built the models, had the posters on my bedroom walls, read the 
books, watched every launch on TV, pretty much vacuumed up everything I could 
on the subject. As things were winding down I was getting to an age where I had 
other interests like cars and girls...

There were a lot of people in that program with brass balls, for sure.  If 
there hadn’t been, it wouldn’t have taken place.



> On Feb 7, 2018, at 12:25 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> As one of those rocket nerds back in the 70s when Apollo was winding down and 
> really had nothing exciting to look forward to, who moved on to other things, 
> I found it incredibly exciting that there are so many young nerds now excited 
> about space flight and all the technologies that go along with it.  
> Considering those software nerds could fly a mission to Mars with a 
> smartphone (cf. the Apollo guidance computer and how it compares to a $3 
> Arduino chip these days) I am both encouraged and excited with what Musk and 
> others are doing with private efforts to build rockets and spacecraft.
> 
> Those guys back in the 60s were pioneers and considering the tools they had 
> (slide rules and Luckies and short haircuts and skinny ties on short-sleeved 
> white shirts), they did an amazing job and yeah I would have been really 
> worried back then with putting 3 guys on top of the Saturn stack and sending 
> them off to the Moon.  It is gratifying that the kids these days have so much 
> more confidence, and so many more tools and technology, that they can treat 
> it as almost mundane kind of work, but still be excited about it.
> 
> Bravo to Musk and his team.
> 
> And yeah, seeing those boosters land side by side while watching the live vid 
> from them was amazing.  I wish the main booster would have made it too, but 2 
> outta 3 ain't bad!
> 
> I need to run that vid again with my sound system playing the audio, maybe 
> hook up the subwoofer...
> 
> --FT


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[Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes]

The market for it isnt very big, because falcon 9 payload is higher and
satellites are smaller now.

Anyway the live feed from LEO was trippy. Im not sure the tesla ended up in
the correct orbit, but it was still pretty cool. Everybody else in the
space game seems pretty tame by comparison.

Loved the feed going dark from the drone ship when the center booster hit
the water 300 feet away and shrapnel and spray went everywhere. "We lost
the center booster"

Cool when the rocket can crash but the mission is still a success. I think
their overall launch failure rate is still loads higher than ULA, but for
the price difference the clients can probably build another satellite. So
the risk may be worth taking for them, especially if launching several
satellites and spreading the risk over many launches.

Amazing the contrast between Spacex and Tesla right now. CEO is a fairly
no-nonsense lady.

On Feb 7, 2018 9:28 AM, "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" 
wrote:

> I'll bet that if I'd been paying attention, I could have seen part of the
> ascent from here.  Really would like to get my daughter down to the Cape to
> watch one lift off, that's got to be an amazing thing.
>
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
>
> On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > I watched the launch live and was yelling along with the people at the
> > Cape and Mission Control.  I would liken this to the days when we were
> > launching the Apollo missions as far as excitement, and I think the
> people
> > yelling and cheering in the background was simply amazing and
> appropriate.
> > What country and people in this world have the ability to do something
> like
> > this privately?
> >
> > When I saw the first images of the Starman in the Tesla I couldn’t keep
> > from laughing out loud.  I’m not sure if everyone here got the references
> > to “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” - that’s the “Don’t Panic” on the
> > dashboard display and the towel and copy of the book that’s in the glove
> > compartment of the car.
> >
> > There are other “easter eggs” in the car:
> >
> > https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Eight-Easter-
> > eggs-aboard-SpaceX-s-Falcon-Heavy-12557072.php#item-85307-tbla-5
> >
> > Watching the two boosters land almost simultaneously back at the Cape was
> > nothing short of amazing.  It’s unfortunate the center booster didn’t
> make
> > it back intact, but considering the complexity of such a mission, I’d be
> > pretty darned happy today if I was Elon Musk.
> >
> > -D
> >
> > > On Feb 7, 2018, at 10:53 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > When I accidentally clicked on the website that replayed the launch, I
> > thought it was a Hollywood production; albeit a good one.
> > > That room full of software nerds acting like college kids at football
> > games reinforced that perception. I was comparing that atmosphere to the
> > far more professional and intense behaviour of the staff at the moon
> launch
> > and those before it.
> > > Then, when the boosters landed simultaneously I was pretty sure it was
> > Hollywood.
> > > It's still hard to believe.
> > >
> > > In spite of the politicians constant blathering about "the people" and
> > the supposed necessity of giving everyone the same minimum level of
> comfort
> > and care, the great advances of western civilization have been
> accomplished
> > by a tiny handful of exceptional leaders.
> > > We Americans are very fortunate that Musk didn't stay in S. Africa or
> > Canada and came to this country instead.
> > > He shook up the auto industry worldwide, boosted the usability of the
> > internet, and has now shown that private industry can do as well, if not
> > better, than governments in space. We have a new Edison who even has a
> > sense of humor.
> > > Gerry
> > >
> > >
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[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

I'll bet that if I'd been paying attention, I could have seen part of the
ascent from here.  Really would like to get my daughter down to the Cape to
watch one lift off, that's got to be an amazing thing.

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I watched the launch live and was yelling along with the people at the
> Cape and Mission Control.  I would liken this to the days when we were
> launching the Apollo missions as far as excitement, and I think the people
> yelling and cheering in the background was simply amazing and appropriate.
> What country and people in this world have the ability to do something like
> this privately?
>
> When I saw the first images of the Starman in the Tesla I couldn’t keep
> from laughing out loud.  I’m not sure if everyone here got the references
> to “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” - that’s the “Don’t Panic” on the
> dashboard display and the towel and copy of the book that’s in the glove
> compartment of the car.
>
> There are other “easter eggs” in the car:
>
> https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Eight-Easter-
> eggs-aboard-SpaceX-s-Falcon-Heavy-12557072.php#item-85307-tbla-5
>
> Watching the two boosters land almost simultaneously back at the Cape was
> nothing short of amazing.  It’s unfortunate the center booster didn’t make
> it back intact, but considering the complexity of such a mission, I’d be
> pretty darned happy today if I was Elon Musk.
>
> -D
>
> > On Feb 7, 2018, at 10:53 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I accidentally clicked on the website that replayed the launch, I
> thought it was a Hollywood production; albeit a good one.
> > That room full of software nerds acting like college kids at football
> games reinforced that perception. I was comparing that atmosphere to the
> far more professional and intense behaviour of the staff at the moon launch
> and those before it.
> > Then, when the boosters landed simultaneously I was pretty sure it was
> Hollywood.
> > It's still hard to believe.
> >
> > In spite of the politicians constant blathering about "the people" and
> the supposed necessity of giving everyone the same minimum level of comfort
> and care, the great advances of western civilization have been accomplished
> by a tiny handful of exceptional leaders.
> > We Americans are very fortunate that Musk didn't stay in S. Africa or
> Canada and came to this country instead.
> > He shook up the auto industry worldwide, boosted the usability of the
> internet, and has now shown that private industry can do as well, if not
> better, than governments in space. We have a new Edison who even has a
> sense of humor.
> > Gerry
> >
> >
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[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Agreed.

As one of those rocket nerds back in the 70s when Apollo was winding 
down and really had nothing exciting to look forward to, who moved on to 
other things, I found it incredibly exciting that there are so many 
young nerds now excited about space flight and all the technologies that 
go along with it.  Considering those software nerds could fly a mission 
to Mars with a smartphone (cf. the Apollo guidance computer and how it 
compares to a $3 Arduino chip these days) I am both encouraged and 
excited with what Musk and others are doing with private efforts to 
build rockets and spacecraft.


Those guys back in the 60s were pioneers and considering the tools they 
had (slide rules and Luckies and short haircuts and skinny ties on 
short-sleeved white shirts), they did an amazing job and yeah I would 
have been really worried back then with putting 3 guys on top of the 
Saturn stack and sending them off to the Moon.  It is gratifying that 
the kids these days have so much more confidence, and so many more tools 
and technology, that they can treat it as almost mundane kind of work, 
but still be excited about it.


Bravo to Musk and his team.

And yeah, seeing those boosters land side by side while watching the 
live vid from them was amazing.  I wish the main booster would have made 
it too, but 2 outta 3 ain't bad!


I need to run that vid again with my sound system playing the audio, 
maybe hook up the subwoofer...


--FT


On 2/7/18 11:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

I watched the launch live and was yelling along with the people at the Cape and 
Mission Control.  I would liken this to the days when we were launching the 
Apollo missions as far as excitement, and I think the people yelling and 
cheering in the background was simply amazing and appropriate.  What country 
and people in this world have the ability to do something like this privately?

When I saw the first images of the Starman in the Tesla I couldn’t keep from 
laughing out loud.  I’m not sure if everyone here got the references to 
“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” - that’s the “Don’t Panic” on the dashboard 
display and the towel and copy of the book that’s in the glove compartment of 
the car.

There are other “easter eggs” in the car:

https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Eight-Easter-eggs-aboard-SpaceX-s-Falcon-Heavy-12557072.php#item-85307-tbla-5

Watching the two boosters land almost simultaneously back at the Cape was 
nothing short of amazing.  It’s unfortunate the center booster didn’t make it 
back intact, but considering the complexity of such a mission, I’d be pretty 
darned happy today if I was Elon Musk.

-D


On Feb 7, 2018, at 10:53 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes  
wrote:

When I accidentally clicked on the website that replayed the launch, I thought 
it was a Hollywood production; albeit a good one.
That room full of software nerds acting like college kids at football games 
reinforced that perception. I was comparing that atmosphere to the far more 
professional and intense behaviour of the staff at the moon launch and those 
before it.
Then, when the boosters landed simultaneously I was pretty sure it was 
Hollywood.
It's still hard to believe.

In spite of the politicians constant blathering about "the people" and the 
supposed necessity of giving everyone the same minimum level of comfort and care, the 
great advances of western civilization have been accomplished by a tiny handful of 
exceptional leaders.
We Americans are very fortunate that Musk didn't stay in S. Africa or Canada 
and came to this country instead.
He shook up the auto industry worldwide, boosted the usability of the internet, 
and has now shown that private industry can do as well, if not better, than 
governments in space. We have a new Edison who even has a sense of humor.
Gerry


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I watched the launch live and was yelling along with the people at the Cape and 
Mission Control.  I would liken this to the days when we were launching the 
Apollo missions as far as excitement, and I think the people yelling and 
cheering in the background was simply amazing and appropriate.  What country 
and people in this world have the ability to do something like this privately?

When I saw the first images of the Starman in the Tesla I couldn’t keep from 
laughing out loud.  I’m not sure if everyone here got the references to 
“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” - that’s the “Don’t Panic” on the dashboard 
display and the towel and copy of the book that’s in the glove compartment of 
the car.

There are other “easter eggs” in the car:

https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Eight-Easter-eggs-aboard-SpaceX-s-Falcon-Heavy-12557072.php#item-85307-tbla-5

Watching the two boosters land almost simultaneously back at the Cape was 
nothing short of amazing.  It’s unfortunate the center booster didn’t make it 
back intact, but considering the complexity of such a mission, I’d be pretty 
darned happy today if I was Elon Musk.

-D

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 10:53 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> When I accidentally clicked on the website that replayed the launch, I 
> thought it was a Hollywood production; albeit a good one.
> That room full of software nerds acting like college kids at football games 
> reinforced that perception. I was comparing that atmosphere to the far more 
> professional and intense behaviour of the staff at the moon launch and those 
> before it.
> Then, when the boosters landed simultaneously I was pretty sure it was 
> Hollywood.
> It's still hard to believe.
> 
> In spite of the politicians constant blathering about "the people" and the 
> supposed necessity of giving everyone the same minimum level of comfort and 
> care, the great advances of western civilization have been accomplished by a 
> tiny handful of exceptional leaders. 
> We Americans are very fortunate that Musk didn't stay in S. Africa or Canada 
> and came to this country instead.
> He shook up the auto industry worldwide, boosted the usability of the 
> internet, and has now shown that private industry can do as well, if not 
> better, than governments in space. We have a new Edison who even has a sense 
> of humor.
> Gerry
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

"as.thompson wrote:
> 
> > That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters
> > landing side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. 
> > 
> > That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have
> > accomplished. I’ll bet that the party is roaring right now...
> > 
> > And don’t forget “spaceman” up there circling the earth. Note the
> > screen display message on his dashboard screen “Don’t Panic.”

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When I accidentally clicked on the website that replayed the launch, I thought 
it was a Hollywood production; albeit a good one.
That room full of software nerds acting like college kids at football games 
reinforced that perception. I was comparing that atmosphere to the far more 
professional and intense behaviour of the staff at the moon launch and those 
before it.
Then, when the boosters landed simultaneously I was pretty sure it was 
Hollywood.
It's still hard to believe.

In spite of the politicians constant blathering about "the people" and the 
supposed necessity of giving everyone the same minimum level of comfort and 
care, the great advances of western civilization have been accomplished by a 
tiny handful of exceptional leaders. 
We Americans are very fortunate that Musk didn't stay in S. Africa or Canada 
and came to this country instead.
He shook up the auto industry worldwide, boosted the usability of the internet, 
and has now shown that private industry can do as well, if not better, than 
governments in space. We have a new Edison who even has a sense of humor.
Gerry


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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

And a nearly unlimited supply of taxpayer dollars


Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
February 7, 2018 at 9:38 AM
The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch. Sure, marketing
for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A. and a supreme
testimony to capitalism and free markets when the government allows them
space (pun intended) to succeed.

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[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

The Roadster and Spaceman were very fun and a nice touch.  Sure, marketing
for Musk, but more significantly marketing for U.S. of A. and a supreme
testimony to capitalism and free markets when the government allows them
space (pun intended) to succeed.

-
Max
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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

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I bet you are lots of fun at parties

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On 2/6/18 5:16 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:

Very cool - except the lame car and dummy - but a great launch, and seeing
the boosters land was way cool.

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:


Check out at 34:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=wbSwFU6tY1c

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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 15:59:20 -0800 "as.thompson--- via Mercedes"
 wrote:

> That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters
> landing side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. 
> 
> That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have
> accomplished. I’ll bet that the party is roaring right now...
> 
> And don’t forget “spaceman” up there circling the earth. Note the
> screen display message on his dashboard screen “Don’t Panic.”


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M
Live Views of Starman
SpaceX


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT this is amazingly awesome

[as.thompson--- via Mercedes]

That is absolutely an amazing accomplishment! And the two boosters landing 
side-by-side simultaneously is utterly fantastic. 

That crew has every right to be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. 
I’ll bet that the party is roaring right now...

And don’t forget “spaceman” up there circling the earth. Note the screen 
display message on his dashboard screen “Don’t Panic.”

AT

On Feb 6, 2018, Floyd wrote:

Check out at 34:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=wbSwFU6tY1c

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[OK Don via Mercedes]

Very cool - except the lame car and dummy - but a great launch, and seeing
the boosters land was way cool.

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> Check out at 34:00
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=wbSwFU6tY1c
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[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

Check out at 34:00

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