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Post by puffy on Oct 12, 2018 22:16:57 GMT -5
I just watched a program about our first time landing men on the moon.That's old news and it's been talked about millions of times.What's not been talked about much is that.While all of this was going on the folks in Mission Control were smoking,cigarettes,cigars,and pipes..I guess times have changed.
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Post by blackmouth210 on Oct 12, 2018 22:59:33 GMT -5
I just watched a program about our first time landing men on the moon.That's old news and it's been talked about millions of times.What's not been talked about much is that.While all of this was going on the folks in Mission Control were smoking,cigarettes,cigars,and pipes..I guess times have changed. A lot of people were also following news of the landing by listening on radios and watching black and white TV's. It's been 50 years! Heck yeah times have changed! |
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Post by Dramatwist on Oct 12, 2018 23:02:21 GMT -5
Indeed they have, Larry.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2018 23:06:45 GMT -5
I was never a person to want to own my own house, but Xuan always figured I should do one thing in my life and I did it. One thing. We bought a small property from the family. Got screwed on the interest, but it's ours and paid off. Why do I bring this up? A lot of posts lately about the laws of smoking and what was acceptable. Once in a while I feel umbrage from some new law, but the bottom line is... none of this applies to me and our home. I note in older movies when people smoke. Might even smile a tad. Missouri, to my knowledge, still has plenty of smoking areas. If you went into a MO bar and asked people to put the smokes down you might get a reenactment of Deliverance on the dance floor.
I didn't want this house. However, I am glad I have it, and time stands still when it comes to smoking laws here.
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 13, 2018 4:00:24 GMT -5
Times certainly have changed. And it's crazy to think that only a few years ago, smoking was allowed in restaurants etc. I can barely remember what that was like now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 4:33:08 GMT -5
Times have drastically changed in past 50 years, the tremendous expansion of modern science and technology “ itself “ is mind boggling.
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Post by chasingembers on Oct 13, 2018 4:42:12 GMT -5
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Post by slowroll on Oct 13, 2018 8:31:22 GMT -5
Apropos times changing rather than apropos smoking;we have more computing power in our smart phones than Houston control had back then. Thank you Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments for spawning all these companies that made it possible.
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Post by danno44 on Oct 13, 2018 8:48:32 GMT -5
I couple years ago I went to the NASA complex in Florida. Took a visit to the launch pads, mission control buildings etc. very interesting.
The control room for the first Mercury launch is preserved including the ashtrays with cig buts still in them.
Apparently after final launch they locked the building up because they were all ready to use the building and launch pads for the Gemini program.
Now my memory may not be accurate as to exact details, but the ashtrays and cig were discussed during the tour.
It’s a small building actually, and they had something like 75-100 people crammed into an area that was a tight fit with the 25 folks on the tour. The tour guide pointed out ventilation not the best and almost everyone was smoking. Metal ceiling tiles stained by smoke and nicotine and even after all these years, it smelled Not only old (if you get what I’m saying) and hint of stale smoke. (At least to me).
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Post by toshtego on Oct 13, 2018 9:44:09 GMT -5
Times certainly have changed. And it's crazy to think that only a few years ago, smoking was allowed in restaurants etc. I can barely remember what that was like now. Movie theaters! I recall when a smoking section was first delineated. Ashtrays on arm rests. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 13, 2018 9:52:28 GMT -5
Even in the 1960s, NASA thought it unseemly for astronauts to appear in a cigarette ad  |
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Post by blackmouth210 on Oct 13, 2018 10:07:32 GMT -5
Times have drastically changed in past 50 years, the tremendous expansion of modern science and technology “ itself “ is mind boggling. Very true. Interestingly enough, the comment would also have been true if said during a dinner-party conversation in 1918 rather than being posted on an internet forum in 2018. Like the saying goes..."The more things change, the more things stay the same" |
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 13, 2018 10:19:58 GMT -5
Times have drastically changed in past 50 years, the tremendous expansion of modern science and technology “ itself “ is mind boggling. Very true. Interestingly enough, the comment would also have been true if said during a dinner-party conversation in 1918 rather than being posted on an internet forum in 2018. Like the saying goes..."The more things change, the more things stay the same" mind blowing. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 13, 2018 10:43:45 GMT -5
Times have drastically changed in past 50 years, the tremendous expansion of modern science and technology “ itself “ is mind boggling. Very true. Interestingly enough, the comment would also have been true if said during a dinner-party conversation in 1918 [b/]rather than being posted on an internet forum in 2018.
Like the saying goes..."The more things change, the more things stay the same"We will have to ask Basil Meadows if he can verify that. |
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 13, 2018 10:56:46 GMT -5
Times have drastically changed in past 50 years, the tremendous expansion of modern science and technology “ itself “ is mind boggling. Very true. Interestingly enough, the comment would also have been true if said during a dinner-party conversation in 1918 rather than being posted on an internet forum in 2018. Like the saying goes..."The more things change, the more things stay the same" Pre-WWI, fewer than 10% of U.S. homes had access to electricity. By 1930, it was 70%.
Talk about overnight change.
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Post by blackmouth210 on Oct 13, 2018 11:05:00 GMT -5
Very true. Interestingly enough, the comment would also have been true if said during a dinner-party conversation in 1918 [b/]rather than being posted on an internet forum in 2018.
Like the saying goes..."The more things change, the more things stay the same"We will have to ask Basil Meadows if he can verify that. Are we using my Ouija board or yours? 😂 |
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Post by kxg on Oct 13, 2018 11:13:38 GMT -5
What is mind boggling to me is the sheer mathematical effort to manage to even get near the moon with the technology available at the time, much less successfully land on it. I suspect we vastly underestimate the collective genius of all those involved in the program.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 13, 2018 11:23:30 GMT -5
What is mind boggling to me is the sheer mathematical effort to manage to even get near the moon with the technology available at the time, much less successfully land on it. I suspect we vastly underestimate the collective genius of all those involved in the program. True... Just correctly calculating the gravity assist/ slingshot seems quite a feat. |
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Post by monbla256 on Oct 13, 2018 14:36:01 GMT -5
Asa my father used to say"... folks want consistency in their lives and change is the only constant in life "  |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Oct 13, 2018 15:44:31 GMT -5
Times certainly have changed. And it's crazy to think that only a few years ago, smoking was allowed in restaurants etc. I can barely remember what that was like now. I fondly remember going to Diners and sitting around drinking endless cups of coffee, while smoking cigarettes. No one batted an eye. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 13, 2018 16:37:14 GMT -5
Even in the 1960s, NASA thought it unseemly for astronauts to appear in a cigarette ad I recall that series from my youth. Their frequent struggles with the Russians. I wonder what really happens when a revolver is discharged in space? |
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Post by McWiggins on Oct 13, 2018 18:15:59 GMT -5
I spent my 16 to 20 years of age meeting with friends at a 24hr diner on Friday and Saturday nights smoking, drinking coffee, discussing current event, science and philosophy. About the time that ended smoking bans went into place. Im only in my thirties but it feels like so long ago.
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Post by puffy on Oct 13, 2018 18:51:30 GMT -5
Time goes by super fast.It seems to speed up as I get older.I remember the night my son was born as if it was last week.He will be 54 in a few days.In 69 when all this happened I was around 27.It doesn't seem like that long ago,but in a few months I will be 77.It was a great event in some ways in our country's history.An event that folks are still proud of.We should not forget though that lives have been lost in developing our space program.The technology these days compared to then boggles the mind.Who knows what it will be 50 years from now.Some folks still wonder how they did it with what they had back then.
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Post by smellthehatfirst on Oct 13, 2018 21:31:15 GMT -5
What is mind boggling to me is the sheer mathematical effort to manage to even get near the moon with the technology available at the time, much less successfully land on it. I suspect we vastly underestimate the collective genius of all those involved in the program. Calculating a hohmann transfer on a slide rule and graph paper ain’t that bad, if I remember high school right. Actually timing out and firing the thrusters with appropriate precision seems like a much harder problem to me. I suppose that is why Apollo had to have a computer on board! |
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