WHO IS NASA KIDDING????

For all the months I have spent recreating the fire, trying to
replicate the size of the Command Module based upon photographs, books,
and films, I cannot convey the utter SHOCK I experienced today as I
stood less than a foot from Apollo 17.
Let me give you a perfect frame of reference: Lie down on your back.
Leaving your elbow on the ground, bend your arm 90 degrees until your
fingers point to the ceiling. Add three inches. THAT IS IT. THAT is
the distance between an Apollo astronaut and the Main Display Console.
And there is not one inch between one couch and the next. (NOTE: Yes,
I know that's Block II, but the SIZE did not change from Block I.)
Now, I remember some fool (I'll have to review the testimony to find
the name) said he thought Gus "jumped out of his couch" immediately
after the fire broke out. Question: WHERE DID HE JUMP? Have you ever
SEEN a Command Module? The ONLY thing Gus could have TRIED to do would
have been to climb onto Ed's chest (he had a rotation controller to
maneuver around), but given the height constraints I just described and
the fact that both men were in fully-inflated PGA's with helmets on, I
am declaring that scenario to be IMPOSSIBLE (Not to mention, if Gus
HAD done such a thing, Ed could not have gotten out of his couch.)
Gus had to wait for Ed to insert the hatch removal tool, turn it the
necessary number of turns, and then get out of his couch. ONLY THEN
could Gus have squeezed himself between Ed and the rotation controller
to clear his couch.
As for Borman's "wall of flames" that allegedly kept Gus from hitting
the relief valve, after seeing up close the actual distance from the
source of the flames and the relief valve, vs. the location (both Block
One; I'm only talking DISTANCE) of the T-handle to the translation
controller and the TVC switch on Panel 24, I can forever declare that
"wall of flames" to be EVERY BIT as ridiculous as the "magic bullet."
If Borman were standing before me right now, I would do my very BEST
imitation of Buzz Aldrin with Bart Sibrel. I am fit to be TIED. HOW
DARE HE!

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I am fit to be TIED.

This you got right.

Oh, I've got it ALL right...you just don't like it.

In message . com,
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Oh, I've got it ALL right...you just don't like it.

Have you heard of quoting, or context, or useful things like that?

This is a troll. Please ignore any statements regarding the Apollo 204
fire from this person.

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I am fit to be TIED.

Tubes, hopefully.

Ah, so much for freedom of speech. :-) Sounds like I've attracted the
attention of a NASA apologist! I NEVER refer to it as "Apollo 204,"
and neither do most people in ordinary conversation.

"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote
in message ...
In message . com,
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Oh, I've got it ALL right...you just don't like it.

Have you heard of quoting, or context, or useful things like that?

Jonathan, just kilfile them. It's no different from JTM, or Donna UnWise.

--
Alan Erskine
We can get people to the Moon in five years,
not the fifteen GWB proposes.
Give NASA a real challenge

Mr. Erskine! So I see the reports of your untimely demise have been
highly overrated. LOL But, I should be hurt considering I've been
arguing on your behalf in your absence. :-) And, if you would like to
use my name, in the future please try to get it right. Thank you, and
welcome back from the dead. LOL

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:50:36 -0500, Scott Hedrick wrote:


wrote:
I am fit to be TIED.

Tubes, hopefully.


ROTFLMAO!