raratt
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I use the 1/4 inch micro valves in my veggie garden. It enables me to run hoses to different spots every year so I don't put the plants in the same spot all the time. Row crops get the 1/4 inch drip hose.
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too larry
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Lots of my cypress trees are just barely keeping their head above water. I'm sure there are plenty underwater too.
tyler.durden
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Ethereal. This Vivaldi masterpiece is performed on Baroque period instruments, much different than today's. They have a quieter, darker, almost nasal timbre. This pure voice (beginning at 1:10 in) belongs to Andreas Scholl, countertenor. Because it's a male voice, it too has a different timbre in this higher register. Find a quiet place, smoke a bowl, close your eyes, and let this in. It will change you. Enjoy...
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cannabineer
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I am not in the habit of posting videos here, but this one leaves me breathless. It's from a highly-recommended documentary called In the Shadow of the Moon. I've watched this like twenty times and still haven't worn it out. I like the pairing of visual awesome and the simple happy soundtrack.
I'm sad I never saw (and bathed in the sound of) one of the big launchers do its thing.
I'm sad I never saw (and bathed in the sound of) one of the big launchers do its thing.
raratt
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cannabineer
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Yeah, but almost the same airframe (spaceframe seems inappropriate) was man-rated and put in a stellar performance for the Gemini program as the Titan Launch Vehicle. And the big Titan 3s and 4s did heavy-lift duty for NASA and other customers.
raratt
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I am aware of that. It had the highest yield of all our ICBM's, a singular warhead of 10 mega tons. The ablative shield on them was made by GE, gives new meaning to "We bring good things to life."Yeah, but almost the same airframe (spaceframe seems inappropriate) was man-rated and put in a stellar performance for the Gemini program as the Titan Launch Vehicle. And the big Titan 3s and 4s did heavy-lift duty for NASA and other customers.
Not sure how may Shuttle launches I was up close and personal with - three or so & when they lit the candle you could feel the deep "Crackle" through out your whole body.
cannabineer
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I visited the Titan Silo Museum in AZ. They had that big single reentry body on static display. I also liked the fuel and oxidizer conditioning tanks adjacent to the silo.
raratt
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I can't believe they let it get to the point it looks like that. It's a shame. Good ol' Unsymmetrical Dimethylhldrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide.I visited the Titan Silo Museum in AZ. They had that big single reentry body on static display. I also liked the fuel and oxidizer conditioning tanks adjacent to the silo.
raratt
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I took my dad out to the flight line when the SR-71 was launching out, he used to work at Vandenburg. He said the SR sounded like one of the missile launches from there. I told him yeah, but this one comes back. You could feel it in your bones.
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cannabineer
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I think that was Chug's line in "Planes: Fire and Rescue".
Aerozine 50 was a blend of UDMH with anhydrous hydrazine. It was higher in Isp than either component alone, competitive with MMH ([mono]methylhydrazine) and likely cheaper. The entire Titan family used it.
too larry
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Cousin James retired from the rocket service in the Air Force, retired from NASA, retired from Lockheed Martin and retired from a LM subcontractor. I was led to believe they could not shoot off rocket without him. A few months ago I ask him just what it was he did with rockets before he retired. He wrote the instruction manuals. I wonder if anyone ever read them.Yeah, but almost the same airframe (spaceframe seems inappropriate) was man-rated and put in a stellar performance for the Gemini program as the Titan Launch Vehicle. And the big Titan 3s and 4s did heavy-lift duty for NASA and other customers.
radiant Rudy
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raratt
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Any platform that maintenance was done on you were required to have the Tech Data for each task open to the page and paragraph of the task when you were performing it. Whether on ICBM's or aircraft. Pilots have a checklist that they refer to prior, during, and post flight.
too larry
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If they keep the same ones around for a long time, there is a chance Cousin James wrote the ones you used. I remember going into work with him at some sort of control room for rockets on a base in the St Louis area when I was a kid. Mid 70's.