Slightly OT maybe.

Last night being clear and almost windless up here ( L.A. was being blown off
the map ) I went up to the corner, had one man and his son take a look at Venus,
then just before I packed up at 8pm, two guys came over and looked at Saturn,
not the best of views what with high level winds way up there. But we where
taking, I told them about the Saturn probe mission that's on it's way there,
then one of them asked if I ever saw anything strange flying over Edwards.

Told him I knew about all the projects there and watched the drop tests of
crafts,etc. from old B52-008, which is going to be retired after the X43 drop
test. Said how it had been used since the X-15 days.

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said "What's a
X-15?"

If the wind had come up then, it could have blown me over and they live here in
the AV area.

While they'll most likly forget about it, I did give'm a fast outline of the
X-15 missions.



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"Starlord" wrote in message
...

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said "What's
a
X-15?"


I was 6 years old at the time and I took notice of the X-15.

"Starlord" writes:

Told him I knew about all the projects there and watched the drop
tests of crafts,etc. from old B52-008, which is going to be retired
after the X43 drop test. Said how it had been used since the X-15
days.

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said
"What's a X-15?"

If the wind had come up then, it could have blown me over and they
live here in the AV area.

While they'll most likly forget about it, I did give'm a fast
outline of the X-15 missions.

About million times less offtopic than the crossposted stuff about
capture of Saddam that keeps on flowing from other groups.

(Nobody has yet to mention any astronomical equipment used in the
capture.

"Starlord" writes:

Told him I knew about all the projects there and watched the drop
tests of crafts,etc. from old B52-008, which is going to be retired
after the X43 drop test. Said how it had been used since the X-15
days.

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said
"What's a X-15?"

If the wind had come up then, it could have blown me over and they
live here in the AV area.

While they'll most likly forget about it, I did give'm a fast
outline of the X-15 missions.

About million times less offtopic than the crossposted stuff about
capture of Saddam that keeps on flowing from other groups.

(Nobody has yet to mention any astronomical equipment used in the
capture.

Mika Yrjola wrote in message ...

About million times less off topic than the crossposted stuff about
capture of Saddam that keeps on flowing from other groups.

(Nobody has yet to mention any astronomical equipment used in the
capture.

Military night vision equipement based on CCDs? Not sure whether they
actually use CCDs for night vision equipment. But it seems like a
useful response. Surely somebody somewhere is using night vision
equipment technology to further astronomy. BTW: Who's Saddam? ;-)

Chris.B

Mika Yrjola wrote in message ...

About million times less off topic than the crossposted stuff about
capture of Saddam that keeps on flowing from other groups.

(Nobody has yet to mention any astronomical equipment used in the
capture.

Military night vision equipement based on CCDs? Not sure whether they
actually use CCDs for night vision equipment. But it seems like a
useful response. Surely somebody somewhere is using night vision
equipment technology to further astronomy. BTW: Who's Saddam? ;-)

Chris.B

"Starlord" wrote in message ...

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said "What's a
X-15?"

I'm a bit younger than Michael and the X-15 was a
little early for me, but I remember much of Project
Apollo...

X-15 data fed directly in to the Shuttle design.
The X-15 altitude record (354,200 feet) is not far
from the Shuttle's entry interface altitude (nominally
400,000 feet). The X-15's speed record (Mach 7) is a
slow crawl compared to the Shuttle's Mach 25 at re-entry,
but it was better than nothing, and it was still the
first reusable aircraft that was designed for what
amounted to sub-orbital flight. And so on.

I find lots of people my age (i.e. who grew up in the
1960s) who were inspired to scientific and technical
careers by the space race nd all that went with it.
Even by Star Trek, which my parents let me stay up
past my normal bedtime to watch.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

"Starlord" wrote in message ...

Now these guys where in early 20's, and they looked at me and said "What's a
X-15?"

I'm a bit younger than Michael and the X-15 was a
little early for me, but I remember much of Project
Apollo...

X-15 data fed directly in to the Shuttle design.
The X-15 altitude record (354,200 feet) is not far
from the Shuttle's entry interface altitude (nominally
400,000 feet). The X-15's speed record (Mach 7) is a
slow crawl compared to the Shuttle's Mach 25 at re-entry,
but it was better than nothing, and it was still the
first reusable aircraft that was designed for what
amounted to sub-orbital flight. And so on.

I find lots of people my age (i.e. who grew up in the
1960s) who were inspired to scientific and technical
careers by the space race nd all that went with it.
Even by Star Trek, which my parents let me stay up
past my normal bedtime to watch.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte