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Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2008What is this? (shuttle related)
OK campers, What is this . . . the best I could come up with was a mounting point on the many-tired trailer you occassionally see being used to move orbiters around. But, why the note indicated which way goes up? I mean between all the times its been done and the use of in hand procedures . . . this seems a little silly. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. Take care . . . John > OK campers, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > mean between all the times its been done and the use of in hand > procedures . . . this seems a little silly. It's an aft(?) mounting point on one of the converted 747 Shuttle carriers, and yes, it's silly. More or less identical to the mounting points on the External Tank and plugs into the same location on the orbiter. The trailers probably have a similar mount. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edw-NASA-747-N905NA-030126-02.jpg > The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. Dibs! --Damon > > OK campers, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the External Tank and plugs into the same location on the orbiter. The > trailers probably have a similar mount. The other mount says "Lefty loosy, righty tighty". Mary "Just a bit of humor"  SignatureMary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it. reunite.gondwana@gmail.com or miliff@qnet.com Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/ > The other mount says "Lefty loosy, righty tighty". Thanks. I didn't have my Jenkins with me here in DC. Couldn't remember it. BTW, Mary did you get my email about me meeting a former coworker of yours? > Mary "Just a bit of humor" SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:52:56 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote: > > The other mount says "Lefty loosy, righty tighty". > > Thanks. I didn't have my Jenkins with me here in DC. Couldn't remember it. > > BTW, Mary did you get my email about me meeting a former coworker of yours? Sure did.. SignatureMary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it. reunite.gondwana@gmail.com or miliff@qnet.com Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/ > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:52:56 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" > <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Sure did.. Cool. I've had some weirdness with mail lately. So s.s.s regulars, I haven't met the Grand Lady of s.s.s yet, but I've met people who knew her. It's one step closer. ;-) SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html On Jul 16, 9:11 pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deletet...@greenms.com> wrote: > Cool. I've had some weirdness with mail lately. > > So s.s.s regulars, I haven't met the Grand Lady of s.s.s yet, but I've met > people who knew her. It's one step closer. ;-) Son, that isn't lust in your heart, is it? (kidding) A woman in love with aeronautics has to be stunningly attractive (NOT kidding) Take care all, John > On Jul 16, 9:11 pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > John Oh, and regarding the earlier posting regarding the ARocket mail list, I subscribed. And I love it. All the headers and stuff make it a little difficult to find the real content, but that's the point, there is REAL content. Take care . . . John You do understand that would be like lusting for Diana of the hunt in Greek Mythology. Many man may have tried, but like Icarus flying to close to the sun, it's not good for your health. On Jul 16, 9:11 pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deletet...@greenms.com> wrote: > Cool. I've had some weirdness with mail lately. > > So s.s.s regulars, I haven't met the Grand Lady of s.s.s yet, but I've met > people who knew her. It's one step closer. ;-) Son, that isn't lust in your heart, is it? (kidding) A woman in love with aeronautics has to be stunningly attractive (NOT kidding) Take care all, John SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html > You do understand that would be like lusting for Diana of the hunt in Greek > Mythology. > > Many man may have tried, but like Icarus flying to close to the sun, it's > not good for your health. Hmm? Did something happen to Ken Iliff when I wasn't looking? >> You do understand that would be like lusting for Diana of the hunt in >> Greek Mythology. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Hmm? Did something happen to Ken Iliff when I wasn't looking? No. He's simply above us mere mortals. I thought that was obvious. :-) SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html >A woman in love with aeronautics has to be stunningly attractive (NOT >kidding) ...Pancho Barnes was pretty attractive in her day :-) OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ > OK campers, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. As Damon pointed out, this is on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Yes, folks there have a sense of humor. I believe this photo was taken by our very own Jorge R. Frank. He's provided several for use in Dennis Jenkin's book Space Shuttle. I do wonder (and will leave it to Jorge to answer) if this photo is in fact his, if this photo is in the public domain. > Take care . . . > > John SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html >> OK campers, >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I do wonder (and will leave it to Jorge to answer) if this photo is in fact > his, if this photo is in the public domain. That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. > >> OK campers, > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. Maybe Tom Landers or someone else from the Dryden photo lab. The SCA lives at Dryden, after all. Mary "You did remember that, didn't you?" SignatureMary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it. reunite.gondwana@gmail.com or miliff@qnet.com Visit my blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/ >>>> OK campers, >>>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Maybe Tom Landers or someone else from the Dryden photo lab. You're going to make me look, aren't you. :-) OK, I looked. The Wikipedia photo isn't the same one that's in Jenkins. I have no idea who shot the Wikipedia photo, but the photo in Jenkins was shot by Tony Landis of Dryden. Interestingly, the Landis photo (which is N905NA) has CAUTION PLACE OBITER(sic) HERE BLACK SIDE DOWN LEFTY LOOSY RIGHTY TIGHTY all on the same side of one pylon, and the lettering is visibly stenciled. So either the Wikipedia photo was of N911NA, or maybe 905 was repainted and the lettering re-applied between the times of the Landis photo and the Wikipedia photo. > The SCA > lives at Dryden, after all. > > Mary "You did remember that, didn't you?" Oh, I just thought Kim had snapped the photo while the SCA was at KSC. SignatureJorge "You did remember the SCA visits KSC, didn't you?" :-) >> That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. > > Maybe Tom Landers or someone else from the Dryden photo lab. The SCA > lives at Dryden, after all. > > Mary "You did remember that, didn't you?" Of course not, that's what we have you for. :-) SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html >> Mary "You did remember that, didn't you?" > > Of course not, that's what we have you for. :-) Truly, Mary is one of the indispensable regulars of the sci.space groups. Jeff SignatureA clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein On Jul 16, 10:28 am, "Jeff Findley" <jeff.find...@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote: > >> Mary "You did remember that, didn't you?" > > > Of course not, that's what we have you for. :-) > > Truly, Mary is one of the indispensable regulars of the sci.space groups. *And* she can knit an APC (Attachment Point Cover) with a fractal design on it! And a scarf for the PLT to wear! /dps "now to work some snakes into it" > That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. Ah sorry, I was confusing you two. :-) How is Kim these days? SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html >> That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. > > Ah sorry, I was confusing you two. :-) > > How is Kim these days? Landed on his feet and doing quite fine, from what I hear (second-hand, sadly). >>> That photo is way too good to be anything I shot. Had to be Kim Keller. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Landed on his feet and doing quite fine, from what I hear (second-hand, > sadly). Kim posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation for a short time, but not for a while now. Great pictures too. Glad to hear he's doing OK. On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:06:07 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote: >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG >> >> The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. > >As Damon pointed out, this is on the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Yes, folks >there have a sense of humor. ...Remember, we live in a day and age where patients who are getting limbs amputated are asked to write "YES!" on the limb that's going away with a large Sharpie so the surgeon doesn't get too confused. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ > OK campers, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Shuttle_mounting_point.JPG It's a JOKE! Yes, even aerospace workers have a sense of humor. > The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. Henry is alive and well and posts regularly to the arocket e-mail list. I know, e-mail lists are antiquated, but they have several advantages. One of which is you can ban trouble makers very easily, which greatly increases the signal to noise ratio. The only way I keep the signal to noise ratio down in the sci.space groups is a liberal use of a killfile. Jeff SignatureA clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein > Henry is alive and well and posts regularly to the arocket e-mail > list. I know, e-mail lists are antiquated, but they have several [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The only way I keep the signal to noise ratio down in the sci.space > groups is a liberal use of a killfile. Another kook filter is to restrict messages cross-posted to more than three newsgroups. Many such folk seem compelled to spew their dreck as widely as possible, and most replies don't trim out irrelevant groups, so I get to miss a lot of nonsense. :) Killfiles, regularly maintained, mop up most of the rest... --Damon > Another kook filter is to restrict messages cross-posted to more than > three newsgroups. Many such folk seem compelled to spew their dreck > as widely as possible, and most replies don't trim out irrelevant > groups, so I get to miss a lot of nonsense. :) Most trolls go for five groups - the maximum most ISPs allow. Setting KF's at three groups does remove most trolling. On Jul 15, 9:04 am, "Jeff Findley" <jeff.find...@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote: > It's a JOKE! Yes, even aerospace workers have a sense of humor. > > > The winner gets an "I miss Henry (and Rusty, et al) t-shirt. > > Henry is alive and well and posts regularly to the arocket e-mail list. I > know, e-mail lists are antiquated, but they have several advantages. WOW . . . you mean reasonable, on topic, non-rant class information. What a concept *S* Could it be possible . . . something as good as back in the day when this place was haunt of Pad Rat and others? I for one, hope so Take care all John > Could it be possible . . . something as good as back in the day when > this place was haunt of Pad Rat and others? I for one, hope so Consider who in this group are so quick to insult posters and qualify them as ignorant people who shouldn't be posting here. (instead of answering their questions politely and professionally). There were a few well knowledgeable people who took pleasure in answering people's questions, but there were equally many who took pleasure in insulting those they felt weren't qualified to participate in the group. > Consider who in this group are so quick to insult posters and qualify > them as ignorant people who shouldn't be posting here. (instead of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > pleasure in insulting those they felt weren't qualified to participate > in the group. If the question comes across as genuine (not a troll) *and* isn't something absurd that's been answered dozens of times in the past, then I think responses are still generally polite and professional. But, there are only so many troll postings, "Apollo lunar landings faked", and "shuttle to the moon" postings that one can take before becoming a bit short with the original poster. Jeff SignatureA clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein |
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