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Space, the final frontier (NASA going back to the Moon)

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bob2the2nd said:
ive got an engineering friend that support NASA on a couple of projects. He does vibration analysis on various things (like the james webb telescope) and acts the same way as your dad. Doesnt think his little spot in the project is worth talking about.... even if its really really cool
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I have told my dad that I know he doesnt think the Apollo thing was a big deal, but I assure you its the coolest thing you have ever done. When meeting people, you should lead with that, lmao.
 
Lee said:
I have told my dad that I know he doesnt think the Apollo thing was a big deal, but I assure you its the coolest thing you have ever done. When meeting people, you should lead with that, lmao.
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From an engineering standpoint he’s correct in that the Saturn Ib and V rockets were massive but not anything unusual otherwise. Liquid fueled rockets were proven technology. Plus as a young guy he would have just seen a small part of the project. Certainly the dude running the project gets more credit but he was a Nazi who just built on the V2.

But most people don’t know the difference between lox and lox. You worked on Apollo, you’re a badass. I lived in London when Apollo 8-13 launched and the locals were stopping my dad in the street to congratulate him (even though he had nothing to do with Apollo - just being American was enough). To this day the most amazing event in my life was watching Neil and Buzz walk on the moon. It was only 66 years from the Wright Bros (who like Neil are from Western Ohio) and simply remarkable that we came so far so quickly.

I would also lead with that. Would definitely get a man laid even if he is 79. “Is that an Apollo 8 1/2 in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”
 
2 For The Brew said:
From an engineering standpoint he’s correct in that the Saturn Ib and V rockets were massive but not anything unusual otherwise. Liquid fueled rockets were proven technology. Plus as a young guy he would have just seen a small part of the project. Certainly the dude running the project gets more credit but he was a Nazi who just built on the V2.

But most people don’t know the difference between lox and lox. You worked on Apollo, you’re a badass. I lived in London when Apollo 8-13 launched and the locals were stopping my dad in the street to congratulate him (even though he had nothing to do with Apollo - just being American was enough). To this day the most amazing event in my life was watching Neil and Buzz walk on the moon. It was only 66 years from the Wright Bros (who like Neil are from Western Ohio) and simply remarkable that we came so far so quickly.

I would also lead with that. Would definitely get a man laid even if he is 79. “Is that an Apollo 8 1/2 in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”
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My dad has had the same GF for 30 years and probably hasnt been laid in 15 of those, lol.

He also has a titanium hip, maybe he can use the opening line "Have you ever seen what a space age hip can do?"
 
2 For The Brew said:
From an engineering standpoint he’s correct in that the Saturn Ib and V rockets were massive but not anything unusual otherwise. Liquid fueled rockets were proven technology. Plus as a young guy he would have just seen a small part of the project. Certainly the dude running the project gets more credit but he was a Nazi who just built on the V2.

But most people don’t know the difference between lox and lox. You worked on Apollo, you’re a badass. I lived in London when Apollo 8-13 launched and the locals were stopping my dad in the street to congratulate him (even though he had nothing to do with Apollo - just being American was enough). To this day the most amazing event in my life was watching Neil and Buzz walk on the moon. It was only 66 years from the Wright Bros (who like Neil are from Western Ohio) and simply remarkable that we came so far so quickly.

I would also lead with that. Would definitely get a man laid even if he is 79. “Is that an Apollo 8 1/2 in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?”
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Speaking of these rockets if any is ever in the Huntsville Alabama area an absolute must stop and visit is the rocket museum there. As an engineer it was one of the best museums I've ever been to. I spent hours there going through and reading about the development of the Apollo rockets and mission.
 
10 minute preview of the next Jay Leno's Garage episode, which is on SpaceX's Starship. Starship is the lunar lander for the moon mission.

 
Lee said:
Back in the day, my dad who is 79 and an Engineer worked on the Apollo Mission, specifically I think Saturn V. I know it wasnt one of the Apollo rockets and it was one of the 3 Saturn's,

Like a typical engineer, its the coolest thing he has ever done, but because he wasnt high up, and only did "minor" things he never talks about it rather talk about a tire testing machine that he built for Firestone in the 80's as the Head Project Engineer. But imo, working on the Apollo Mission is much cooler, lol
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I was 6 when we first landed on the moon, but my first job was at NASA during the space shuttle era. I didn't work on the shuttle directly, but the group I worked at had the job of developing non destructive ways to test the shuttle for reuse. I wrote the software to run the experiments and display/analyze the results. Started with software that ran in computers that filled up rooms, then built a more flexible/faster system that ran on early Macintosh.
 
KI4MVP said:
Space related, but not moon related.

NASA/SpaceX successfully redirected an astroid. Test mission in case it ever becomes necessary.

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Not convinced this is a good thing. If an asteroid can be deflected away from Earth it could also be directed towards Earth. Some madman could hack the programming on the rocket and send an asteroid anywhere.
 
I used to be really into space, but more and more I see it as a red herring to distract and keep us from solving problems on earth. We want to go out there so bad, but the more I think of it, it is like going off the board in a video game. There actually isn't anything worthwhile there and you have to go to extraordinary expense to just stay alive to get at most a teensy way off the earth. Everything we love and everything that is important is here on earth. Was surprised to see William Shatner thought the same thing after he went up in Bezos' rocket.

 
Other people who have gone to earth have said similar things, about how everything important is in such a small speck in the universe. Apollo 11 photo of earth from the moon.

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If the article above is still accurate, launch time is tomorrow night (at about1 AM Wednesday). I'll post an update if I see anything. I think I remember seeing a change, but don't see it now.
 
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