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Comment · 2 months ago
They still do. But as you said,most people go for the 300€ product and not Miles 900€ one. I had the chance to tour their electronics production lines in Gütersloh, Germany a few years ago which were top notch, almost automotive standard, and they told me, that they plan, develop and manufacture for 18 yrs lifetime. Not sure how long the cheaper products last, any experience?
Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
What's the benefit from using an off shore platform against building them on the beach and using pipes for cooling?
Comment · 9 months ago
Just spend an hour outsite (Northern Germany, 01:00 MET). Unfortunately nothing to report, neither visual nor on camera. Maybe I just went to late and missed the show. I hope you habe more luck in Canada and the US!
Comment · 1 year ago
I would have expected a larger crater for Tolkien..
Comment · 1 year ago
Depending how deep you want to dive into this rabbit-hole:

-How Apollo flew to the Moon: https://amzn.eu/d/1QtsN1D Covers in my opinion all aspects of the Apollo/Saturn programme, including design, technology, procedures and a lot of history as well. A must read if you are interested in such things

-Moon Lander https://amzn.eu/d/bI3wpt7 Memoire of Thomas Kelly the chief engineer for the Lunar Lander. Gives great insights of the technical and management challenges while desiging the first "true" spaceship. Highly recommendet!

-Digital Apollo: https://amzn.eu/d/0KigTU9 Focuses on software development (actually an afterthought to hardware development) for the Command Module and the Moon Lander and on the important aspect how much controll should be given to the astronauts against automatic systems. Includes a very detailed analysis of the software alarms that almost compromised the first moon landing.

-Failure Is Not An Option: https://amzn.eu/d/ix6CWnq The memoir of the Gene Kranz, the tough, no bullshit flight controller pictured in the Apollo 13 movie. Kranz was a key player in the manned space program for decades. Here we learn that almost each moon mission had critical moments and had to be saved by the teams at mission controll and the astronauts.

Other interesting books: -Moon Launch: https://amzn.eu/d/1Z6U5f6 on Saturn Apollo Launch Operations -Sunburst and Apollo: https://amzn.eu/d/2ms3IW8 a personal memoire of one of the software designers for the LM computer

Hope there is something interesting for you in the list.

Comment · 1 year ago
Thats the manual for an older configuration, not the one that flew to the moon.The CM hatch has the pre Apollo 1 fire design, and the booster is a Saturn 1B, not a Saturn 5. Does anybody know if something like this ist available for later configurations?
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Beware of "online QR code services", all of them insert some spam redirectons in the QR code. After trying a dozen founds from Google, I finally found a decent one from a german university.
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice reference to the Musical Youth Song of 1982!
Comment · 5 years ago
The most interesting thing is the Force/Displacement curve. It shows some plastic deformation even after the breaking point, which is unusual for „hard“ Materials. May this just be some gloryfied Epoxy with wood as filler?

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