25 years ago today: dreams die

A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970, all hope of
restarting Saturn V production was finally abandoned. It had been looking
unlikely for a couple of years, but that was the day when NASA gave up on
it, and -- among other things -- sent out a "stop work" order on the
33ft-diameter hundred-ton space-station modules then being designed.
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"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer
-- George Herbert |

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):

A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,

35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!

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"Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever." ~Anonymous
"I believe as little as possible and know as much as I can."
~Todd Stuart Phillips
www.angryherb.net

"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):

A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,

35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!

Time passes slowly in Canada

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:16:43 -0500, Neil Gerace wrote
(in article
):


"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):

A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,

35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!

Time passes slowly in Canada



Time dilation - Henry's brain's moving at a much higher fraction of c,
as it's apparently only 1995 where he is . . . ;-)

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"Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever." ~Anonymous
"I believe as little as possible and know as much as I can."
~Todd Stuart Phillips
www.angryherb.net

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:16:43 +0800, "Neil Gerace"
wrote:


"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):

A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,

35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!

Time passes slowly in Canada

....When you look at how Henry has aged "gracefully", there may be more
truth to that statement than most people realize.

....FYI, Herb - the only reason you're first for the shirt is that *my*
post, which was composed 20 minutes before yours, failed to reach the
newsservers because the power went out due to thunderstorms in the
area killing the power in my complex. Ergo, an act of
God/Yahweh/Roddenberry was in your favor this time.

Now, as penance, go sue Maxson and be done with him.

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:07:52 -0500, Herb Schaltegger
wrote:

Time dilation - Henry's brain's moving at a much higher fraction of c,
as it's apparently only 1995 where he is . . . ;-)

....Sounds more like a higher *friction* of c.

OM

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"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

Herb Schaltegger wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):



A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,



35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!



I think you got him fair and square on that one, Herb. :-D

Pat

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:28:42 -0500, OM wrote
(in article ):

...FYI, Herb - the only reason you're first for the shirt is that *my*
post, which was composed 20 minutes before yours, failed to reach the
newsservers because the power went out due to thunderstorms in the
area killing the power in my complex. Ergo, an act of
God/Yahweh/Roddenberry was in your favor this time.

I must have better sci.space.* karma working on my favor today . . .
You know it's because you're not helping over in .shuttle with the
troll-whacking.

Now, as penance, go sue Maxson and be done with him.

N'ah, it's more fun to point out how much of a crank he is. Besides,
as Robert Heinlein put it (in his guise as Woodrow Wilson Smith a/k/a
Lazarus Long), "Time wounds all heels." :-)

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"Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever." ~Anonymous
"I believe as little as possible and know as much as I can."
~Todd Stuart Phillips
www.angryherb.net

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:55:35 -0500, Pat Flannery wrote
(in article ):



Herb Schaltegger wrote:

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:20:47 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote
(in article ):



A sad anniversary: 25 years ago today, on 29 July 1970,



35 years - I want a shirt, damn it!



I think you got him fair and square on that one, Herb. :-D

Pat

Ah, how the bison will lo in triumph . . . :-)

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"Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever." ~Anonymous
"I believe as little as possible and know as much as I can."
~Todd Stuart Phillips
www.angryherb.net

"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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I must have better sci.space.* karma working on my favor today . . .

OM's sci.space.*-fu is off a bit today.