Posted on 09/22/2011 12:58:40 AM PDT by buccaneer81
It's not often I read about a new project that leaves me undecided whether it's totally crazy or a stroke of genius.
I was recently sent a news release of such a project and, having read it over a few times, I think I'm leaning toward the latter.
The idea is the brain child of British amateur astronomer Nick Howes who not only has a passion for hunting for asteroids, but also for the Space Race — in particular, the Apollo era.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Last I saw of Snoopy was second star from the right and straight on until morning.
Maybe we can get these same folks to locate Zero’s REAL birth certificate.
Oh, brother...
Apollo 10 Mission Control console
Those rear-projection numeric displays were about $100/digit in 1967 money.
Since the excerpt gave no info on the topic, this may help:
As part of the mission, Apollo 10’s lunar module ascent stage — affectionately called “Snoopy” — was discarded and sent into an orbit around the sun. Now, 42 years later, it’s still believed to be out there.
That’s not a CRT?
Zero’s real birth certificate was certainly NOT the ‘abstract’ he relased two months ago.
This was meant to look as if it was copied from a page in a book- so... show us that book?
Has ANYONE in Hawaii who has requested their birth certificate received a similar “abstract” from a book that looks anything like this?
This is wrong on so many levels, and the presititute liberal media looks at it and goes “Ok, I’m happy with it”
I'm referring to the glowing digits above it and to it's right. One reads "9.1913" and another reads "00230.12".
Also, looking at the CRT scren, I don't think there were big enough screen buffers in those days to capture fine detail as appears to be displayed on that screen.
I'm thinking that the display on that CRT is generated by aiming a video camera at a piece of paper somewhere.
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| From LP7 |
Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan in the Apollo 10 lunar module "Snoopy" prepare to dock with John Young, who snapped this picture on May 23, 1969. Away only eight hours Stafford and Cernan put the LM into a transfer orbit and descended to 14.4 km above the lunar surface before dropping the landing stage and firing the critical ascent stage six subsequent missions would depend upon to return them to ferry them back the Command Module and eventually to Earth. It was only the second time humans had visited the Moon's vicinity less than two months before Apollo 11. When later Jettisoned, the LM ascent stage engine was ignited remotely, on a trajectory placing the vehicle in orbit around the Sun, where it is presumed to remain to the present day. "Snoopy" is the only intact LM ascent stage remaining of the ten full Apollo lunar landers eventually launched into space [NASA/JSC].
Ah. Thanks. How did they work, and what are they called (I’ll check out eBay)?
I don’t think those are rear projection displays. I think the numeric displays are what we called “nixie” tubes.
Ah. Thanks. How did they work, and what are they called (I’ll check out eBay)?
Here's a link.
saminfl:
I don’t think those are rear projection displays. I think the numeric displays are what we called “nixie” tubes.
I can see why you might think that; the slight misalignment of the digits does look like the depth effect seen with Nixie tubes. I hadn't noticed that at first.
I still think they're rear-projection units, based on the quality of the images and their color. The misalignment could be due to misalignment within the projection unit itself. Still, you could be right.
After looking again at the picture, I think those NUMERIC displays are the same as the ones that used to be on gasoline pumps.
They are rotating geared dials with numbers around the periphery. Very much like the dials on radio gear in older private airplanes.
A single feed (specific impulse or voltage) goes to the first digit, and all the other digits are driven by gearing off the first digit.
The dials on radio gear were not a good example. My bad.
The Odometer on older automobiles would be the best example.
and then at the link I give in post 17 above.
I don't think those are mechanical digits.
I also don't think they're Nixie tubes, but that's another discussion.
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