[Army Air Corps]

Sorry for the late post, I got a bit tied-up in some things.

[Echo Talon]

WHOO HOO!! Nerd Chicks Freepmail me! ;)

[darkangel82]

Do you have the ping list?

[Kate of Spice Island]

Hey, there!

Remember to ping-a-ling...

[darkangel82]

[ThomasThomas]

When did Taco Bell start putting out targets? The free taco ones.

[DollyCali]

OUTSTANDING JOB

all pix are up & okay for me.. maybe you need to reboot? I have to do it a few times a day & I have a gig of memory & a big /powerful computer. Just starts getting sluggish & not opening things etc & I know it is time to restart

[Mr. Blonde]

Is it wrong that I saw the title and immediately thought of the drink?

[rzeznikj at stout]

What's also interesting is that the towers on the crawlers were the ones used for the Saturn V (363 feet)--except they were permanently shortened for the Saturn IB (224 feet).

[Nowhere Man]

Cool! I have some Skylab stickers my father gave me. We were down in Florida in 1974 and that's when he got them. My uncle worked for NASA from the time of Mercury or Gemini to 2001. His wife passed away soon thereafter and he's thinking about going back part time if they will have him even though he'll be 69.

Here's the front:



... And the back with descriptions

[Rca2000]

This is something I find VERY interestinig. And, after a very disappointing week, It is good to have some "breathing space".

Skylab was, IMHO, something that should have been saved. I recall, back when it was getting ready to re-enter, there was talk of sending some kind of "booster package" to the station, to reestablish its proper orbit. Then, something happened(probably ol' peanut man pulled the money for it) and nixed that idea. I am not sure it it was an unmanned vehicle that would dock with the station, or one that was supposed to ride up on the shuttle(which was also a victim of Carter's budget axe, resulting in delays and probably inferior design compromises).

And it is a shame, too-- I remember when it came down-- there was a lot os speculation as to where it would come down, and many people wanted a "piece of it". A few lucky people did get some pieces of the remains after reentry.

Had the station been revitalized, it could have been a vital asset in the '80's and the Reagan era, when Space exploration was given a higher priority. It would have been nice to see a whole new generation of crews in the station, a couple of times a year or more, over several years. Then too-- the technological advancements could have been implemented on Skylab(the electronics on it were late '60's vintage, I doubt it had more total computing power than a 1981 IBM pc-- never mind a modern computer). It could have been retrofitted with better solar panels, and maybe even a nuclear thremopile generator. With regular maintenance and attention--it is quite possible that it could still be up there today-- and actively manned on a regular occasion.

But all of this is just hindsight, and the brilliant Carter administration just allowed it to die.

Just like they did to the military, and the economy of the period.

[sokit2mebb]

That was very interesting. Thanks! :)

[DollyCali]

Remembering Veteran's Day

 

 

The Mansions of the Lord
Click the picture for music

To fallen soldiers let us sing

Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing

Our broken brothers let us bring

To the Mansions of the Lord

No more bleeding, no more fight

No prayers pleading through the night

Just divine embrace, eternal light

To the Mansions of the Lord.

Where no mothers cry and no children weep

We will stand and guard though the angels sleep

Through the ages safely keep

The Mansions of the Lord.

 

 

 

 

 

The Mansions of the Lord
Click the picture for music

To fallen soldiers let us sing

Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing

Our broken brothers let us bring

To the Mansions of the Lord

No more bleeding, no more fight

No prayers pleading through the night

Just divine embrace, eternal light

To the Mansions of the Lord.

Where no mothers cry and no children weep

We will stand and guard though the angels sleep

Through the ages safely keep

The Mansions of the Lord.

 

 

 

[KevinDavis]

[DollyCali]