WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Cars In Space, 1979: Everything New Is Old Again
byVanderleunonFebruary 10, 2018
INCOMING!
“When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again
Do, don’t you want me to love you I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on tell me the answer Well, you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer
Helter skelter, helter skelter Helter skelter”
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW:
2014: WERE WE NUTS when we pointed to the moon? That’s right. We went up there, and you know what we got? Bored. So we left. We’ve got a car up there and we left the keys in it. You know why? Because we’re the only ones going back up there. That’s why. But I digress…..
MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE FUTURE….LIVE NOW! SpaceX Live Views of Starman CAR IN SPACE!
Started streaming on Feb 6, 2018
On February 6th 3:45pm EST SpaceX launched their amazing Falcon Heavy rocket. In the nose of the rocket was STARMAN sitting in his Tesla car!
It is hoped the car will be thrown into an elliptical orbit that stretches out to Mars’ orbit around the Sun.
The car will take at least six months to travel the 200 million miles to Mars.
It was a nice rumble but not as good as a Saturn V. I think that it’s because of the five F1 engines as oppose to the 27 little Merlins. An F1 is so big that every once in a while it not only rumbled but it sort of popped. Sent a wave of sound across the landscape. However, the sonic boom when the boosters come back still startles me. I was usually ready for it when the Shuttle came back but these boosters always seem to surprise me.
ghostsniperFebruary 12, 2018, 9:11 AM
@Larry, I was living in Fort Myers, FL when that Saturn was burning up the strato’s and could see it plainly in broad daylight though it was about 150 miles away. I would hold my left cheek against the window jamb in the bedroom and put a pencil mark on the sill for each launch. See, from that far away it had to be quite a ways up in the air before I could see it and the wind was always different so the rocket would “arch” in different directions. After a couple minutes the fire would disappear as the 1st stage dropped away and the new flame was still visible but noticeably smaller. The moon launch happened in the summer of my 14th year and I had not been tarnished yet by the knowledge of the behavior of this rotten assed gov’t and always looked forward to the next launch.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Cool. Debunk, please.
https://youtu.be/XP5_aWM62nM
Only $238. @ https://www.amazon.com/Project-MARS-Dr-Wernher-Braun/dp/0973820330?&tag=amazon-19-20
Think I’ll pass.
It was a nice rumble but not as good as a Saturn V. I think that it’s because of the five F1 engines as oppose to the 27 little Merlins. An F1 is so big that every once in a while it not only rumbled but it sort of popped. Sent a wave of sound across the landscape. However, the sonic boom when the boosters come back still startles me. I was usually ready for it when the Shuttle came back but these boosters always seem to surprise me.
@Larry, I was living in Fort Myers, FL when that Saturn was burning up the strato’s and could see it plainly in broad daylight though it was about 150 miles away. I would hold my left cheek against the window jamb in the bedroom and put a pencil mark on the sill for each launch. See, from that far away it had to be quite a ways up in the air before I could see it and the wind was always different so the rocket would “arch” in different directions. After a couple minutes the fire would disappear as the 1st stage dropped away and the new flame was still visible but noticeably smaller. The moon launch happened in the summer of my 14th year and I had not been tarnished yet by the knowledge of the behavior of this rotten assed gov’t and always looked forward to the next launch.