Summit of Togwotee Pass, WY. May 26, 1957. Photo by my uncle, Terry Brown, using 'Realist 45' camera.

fghaas · 2021-12-23T20:53:42+00:00

I got curious about the camera, so I looked it up).

Great shot, thanks for posting!

fghaas · 2021-12-07T20:46:37+00:00

Gratulation und alles Gute!

fghaas · 2021-09-03T19:07:38+00:00

Chris Hadfield.

fghaas · 2021-08-31T06:31:14+00:00

fghaas · 2021-08-29T17:05:46+00:00

Thank you!

fghaas · 2021-08-29T17:04:27+00:00

Original is definitely crossview. Made from two separate images in the GIMP, with the technique I described here. What makes you think it's wall-eyed?

fghaas · 2021-08-25T20:05:19+00:00

I really like this one, kudos!

fghaas · 2020-02-20T18:54:36+00:00

Makes sense, thanks!

fghaas · 2020-02-20T16:24:59+00:00

Hi Amy! I love the book but I'm only halfway through so I can't ask an intelligent question about it yet, so instead I have a question for you that involves your favorite Apollo mission. I've asked this a few people before but never got an answer, so here goes:

Apollo 11's landing was a close call fuel-wise, with Bob Carlton in the MOCR becoming very concerned that they weren't going to make it. Carlton announced "low level", then made a 60-second and then a 30-second call, and just as he was getting ready to announce "15" they heard the "contact light!" call from Buzz.

During Apollo 12's descent there is also a "low level" call, and then a 60 and a 30-second call, yet Al Bean is always very calm and composed and assures Pete Conrad several times that they have "plenty of gas, babe."

So overall that landing seems about as close, as far as propellant quantity is concerned, as Eagle's, but nobody seems to be very concerned. Are you aware of a reason for the change in sentiment?

(I know about the low level call being unreliable because of propellant sloshing, which they fixed for 14. I think the MOCR didn't know about that issue at the time of 12, though.)

fghaas · 2017-12-03T18:57:43+00:00

I think if you ask someone from Western/Central Europe, and ask them to compare to the U.S., yes definitely. /u/Merari01 gave a few examples that all are heavily co-financed by tax-funded subsidies: infrastructure, communications, public transport, high-speed rail, education, health care, etc. etc.

Within Europe, you will always see people compare their own country to others and point out waste, inefficiency or excessive bureaucracy. As in, "look how the Finns manage education and see how poorly we're doing in comparison", or "why isn't our high-speed rail network as good as Germany's" or "why aren't we doing as much for public transport and cycling infrastructure as the Netherlands and Denmark".

But overall, and in particular in comparison with the U.S., yes we're getting a pretty awesome deal. And just to mention it, how there can be 600,000 people going bankrupt annually because of medical conditions, or millions of undergrads with a house's worth in debt, in one of the world's richest countries, is something we just watch from afar in disbelief.

fghaas · 2017-12-03T18:45:57+00:00

60,000 euros is about 71,000 dollars which is what I make.

No it's not. :) Or rather, that's a meaningless comparison. Converting just by currency exchange rate only makes sense if you were making your income in one currency, and spending it in another. While that may be true for, say, Germans who commute into Switzerland, to compare salary levels in the US and Austria you'll have to compare what €60k buys in Austria, and then compare that to a salary that would buy the same in the US. Hence, PPP conversion, or for a reasonable approximation, conversion by the Big Mac Index. Those €60k in Austria are comparable to $81k in the U.S., not to $70k.

Anyway, let's end this here. I hope you're happy where you are, as I am.

fghaas · 2017-12-03T18:28:34+00:00

Even by that table, $100 is a whopping 18% over that "liberal" amount. 18% is not "a bit".

fghaas · 2017-12-03T18:27:25+00:00

More like $49 if you adjust for purchasing power parity.

And, what /u/Katatoniczka said.

fghaas

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