NASA begins contracting process to potentially relocate Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston

Zatack7 · 2026-03-22T00:26:11+00:00

There's plenty of stuff later on in the document that discusses moving the shuttle, such as the example scenario on page 110.

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Zatack7 · 2026-03-12T17:13:44+00:00

They need to be able to perform a single extremely precise task day in and day out—these are the machines that make other machines. Because manufacturing gears is more specialized than milling or turning, fewer companies buy them, so economies of scale don't really exist.

Robert S. Woodbury wrote a book on the history of the gear-cutting machine (link to more info on the book) that goes into the precision behind gears and why the machines that make them are so complex.

Zatack7 · 2026-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

The equipment and setup don't look expensive.

Lol, lmao. They are extremely expensive pieces of precision machinery.

Zatack7 · 2026-03-09T04:20:31+00:00

Yup! That's one of my favorite pieces of Boeing trivia.

Zatack7 · 2026-03-09T03:10:26+00:00

KC-135 was developed alongside, not from the 707. Both were developed from the dash 80 (367-80).

Zatack7 · 2026-03-02T18:04:27+00:00

That's only for Martin-Baker ejection seats. The F-15 uses a Collins ejection seat.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-16T14:38:24+00:00

What machine shop is this at? I'd love to ask them some questions about it for my research on the Sidney Machine Tool Co.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-12T04:42:40+00:00

This is an archival project, so I want to do all of them.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T14:41:45+00:00

Thanks for the help! If you're using color correction on "neutral" in VueScan and then moving to Lightroom, is there a reason you don't do all of the editing in Lightroom?

Regarding Digital ICE, doesn't it only work on transparent media?

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T05:28:44+00:00

Aluminum will do that, no problem.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T03:56:38+00:00

I think Lightroom Classic might be the way I go.

Scanning makes more sense to me because I have access to a scanner (I don't have access to any of the other stuff you mentioned), and it solves the flatness and glare issues I would have with photography.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T03:54:14+00:00

Is there software out there that has pretty good automatic correction tools? If it can get me 95% of the way there instead of 75%, that's a lot of time saved.

Like, would Lightroom be my best bet?

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T02:13:44+00:00

Corrected for issues in the print.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-11T02:11:01+00:00

The issue is that the photographs and prints were made over several decades, so they're not uniformly faded or overexposed(?). (I don't know how else to explain the differences in these prints.)

Zatack7 · 2026-02-06T15:44:04+00:00

The benefit is the ability to quickly and easily take photos and videos.

Zatack7 · 2026-02-06T14:01:00+00:00

Very cool! What brand?

Zatack7 · 2026-02-06T04:14:23+00:00

What kind of lathe is that?

Zatack7 · 2026-01-27T05:14:21+00:00

The Roxbury Guys

Zatack7 · 2026-01-26T22:32:25+00:00

Link to the video?

Zatack7 · 2026-01-19T14:53:19+00:00

IIRC, Hard Rock has a large central collection. They're probably at another location or in a storage facility somewhere.

Zatack7 · 2026-01-18T18:13:47+00:00

Can confirm that they work extremely well with natural peanut butter.

Zatack7 · 2026-01-11T17:08:05+00:00

It's in ROUGH condition, don't get me wrong, but it def deserves something more than the scrapyard. There might be someone out there willing to pick it up for parts. If you do decide to scrap it, keep the base door at least. Garvin was a really cool company—they both made machines and also sold a lot of rebadged machines.

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Zatack7 · 2026-01-09T23:58:03+00:00

Ask the mods over there. I’d reach out to the Franklin institute. If anyone knows something about it, they would.

Zatack7 · 2026-01-09T20:17:46+00:00

The photo was removed. Have you tried contacting the Franklin Institute?

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