View Full Version : 35 years ago … proud moment
Phantom
04-16-2016, 07:39 AM
:biggthumpup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEnaKq57Yg
soberbiker
04-16-2016, 07:51 AM
Thanks for that Phantom...I remember watching that on the TV. What an accomplishment for the day.:clap2:
willtill
04-16-2016, 09:19 AM
Very cool :icon_cool:
It's sad that the Obamanation defunded NASA years ago and pretty much killed them :icon_rolleyes:
We visited the Kennedy Space Center last summer while waiting for our cruise. Pretty much in awe with what was displayed there, as well as the launch facilities.
I think NASA is planning a trip to Mars now.
lgjhn
04-16-2016, 09:23 AM
Thanks for those memories, Phantom.
Yep. I was a big fan of those missions back then.
On Columbia's STS-4, I had the privilege of making HAM radio contact with the mission on the 20 Meter (14Mhz) amateur band and received the card below.
I was only using a 100 watt rig and a long wire (with a tuner) for an antenna back in those days. I had very little extra hobby money way back then and almost all of my equipment was home-brew. I remember how thrilled I was to make that contact and receive the card as there were hundreds of HAMs trying to make the contact.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/lgjhn/Misc/IMG_0252_zps20rszwq4.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lgjhn/media/Misc/IMG_0252_zps20rszwq4.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/lgjhn/Misc/IMG_0251_zpss2ogadlf.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lgjhn/media/Misc/IMG_0251_zpss2ogadlf.jpg.html)
ths61
04-16-2016, 02:28 PM
Very cool :icon_cool:
It's sad that the Obamanation defunded NASA years ago and pretty much killed them :icon_rolleyes:
....
BHO gave NASA a new charter doing PR spin. They are no longer a Space Agency, but another one of his political disinformation arms.
NASA's new charter (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/7875584/Barack-Obama-Nasa-must-try-to-make-Muslims-feel-good.html)
NASA's Chief describes his new marching papers (http://www.space.com/8725-nasa-chief-bolden-muslim-remark-al-jazeera-stir.html)
willtill
04-16-2016, 03:57 PM
Obama is a moron. I did order a Trump decal yesterday for my truck. Maybe Trump will revive space exploration. There's a payoff in it. :icon_wink:
Nightwing_67
04-16-2016, 07:47 PM
Thanks for those memories, Phantom.
Yep. I was a big fan of those missions back then.
On Columbia's STS-4, I had the privilege of making HAM radio contact with the mission on the 20 Meter (14Mhz) amateur band and received the card below.
I was only using a 100 watt rig and a long wire (with a tuner) for an antenna back in those days. I had very little extra hobby money way back then and almost all of my equipment was home-brew. I remember how thrilled I was to make that contact and receive the card as there were hundreds of HAMs trying to make the contact.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/lgjhn/Misc/IMG_0252_zps20rszwq4.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lgjhn/media/Misc/IMG_0252_zps20rszwq4.jpg.html)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a386/lgjhn/Misc/IMG_0251_zpss2ogadlf.jpg (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/lgjhn/media/Misc/IMG_0251_zpss2ogadlf.jpg.html)
That must be why white is the fastest :icon_biggrin:3979
53driver
04-16-2016, 10:26 PM
That must be why white is the fastest :icon_biggrin:20269
Well played, good sir knight.
Nightwing_67
04-17-2016, 08:00 PM
Well played, good sir knight.
Lol...all in good fun....batman-smilie.
lgjhn
04-17-2016, 10:44 PM
That must be why white is the fastest :icon_biggrin:20269
I thought I might have seen one of those white ones on the road the other day. Not sure, I went by it so fast with the blue streak, I couldn't tell for sure.....LOL
:lolup:
Nightwing_67
04-18-2016, 11:46 AM
I thought I might have seen one of those white ones on the road the other day. Not sure, I went by it so fast with the blue streak, I couldn't tell for sure.....LOL
:lolup:
Lol...it was probably its cloud of dust you saw...you know like when the road runner takes off...lol...the white tends to do that ALOT....lmao...:icon_laugh::icon_laugh:
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