KaiYeves
02-May-2009, 09:50 PM
In a sensational archeological discovery, actual records of conversations held in a space-oriented chat room circa 1965 have been uncovered!
Some fragments are reproduced below. (These are all actually from something we did for fun on Spacevidcast last night. I was TranquilityGirl.)
Access to the Internet in the USSR:
TranquilityGirl: I try to find out about the Russian space programs, but, as you can imagine, they don't have a lot of info that's not official propaganda sites.
TranquilityGirl: Unless you have a leak. That'd be SO boss!
TheLEM: fuel leak???
Chris_L5: I checked wiki, but nothing new about them there
TranquilityGirl: An info leak by somebody in the USSR, LEM.
TranquilityGirl: A secret site they don't now about, he means.
TheLEM: ah
RP-1Eater: try astronautix.com
TheLEM: ok
TranquilityGirl: Thanks!
TheLEM: Cool
RP-1Eater: There's a vast pile of knowledge there. better than wiki
TranquilityGirl: Do you think they let the people in their country read more info about their program or does The Man keep them down too much?
RP-1Eater: I think some folks know. it's better than it used to be
Chris_L5: You can't really censor the net, man. they can find info out, it's just a lot harder for them.
Telecommunications:
Chris_L5: Arthur C. Clark calculated an orbit where a satellite looks like it stays over the same place on the ground. Great place to put radio and TV satellites I bet
TheLEM: Yep
TranquilityGirl: Imagine that!
Jeph: the question is....
Jeph: where was that orbit's altitude?
TranquilityGirl: You could watch stuff like the Olympics live!
TheLEM: our TV is black and white
TranquilityGirl: Ours is, too.
Jeph: it's an orbital mechanics question.
TheLEM: its a Zenith
TheLEM: Slightly ahead of our time
TranquilityGirl: It stinks watching video from space in B&W.
TranquilityGirl: I have to go to YouTube if I want to see what White and Scott and the others are really seeing.
Saturn V and Paranoia:
TheLEM: i saw a model o \f the Saturn V in a scientific journal yesterday.
TheLEM: that thing is huge
TranquilityGirl: The Saturn is the essence of groovy.
Chris_L5: The commies are way ahead of the US there, that’s for sure.
TranquilityGirl: There's this nut at my school who says the only way they can be so far ahead is that aliens must be helping them.
TranquilityGirl: I don't believe that, mind you.
TranquilityGirl: But she says that Chief Designer guy must be psychic or something to know all he does.
TheLEM: Spying??? my grandpa said...he don’t trust no one..
Interstellar Travel:
Chris_L5: Just count the stars, it's hard to believe we are the only ones... but you gotta have something better than rockets to get to the next star
TheLEM: yea
TranquilityGirl: Yeah, like tunnels in space.
TranquilityGirl: Maybe like the holes worms leave in apples.
TheLEM: jump on a Comet
TranquilityGirl: We might contact them by radio, though.
TheLEM: maybe we can land on a meteor and let it take us out there
TranquilityGirl: I bet they'll have people on meteors by the time I'm grandma's age.
TranquilityGirl: That'd be in *does math*
TranquilityGirl: 2040.
Colonizing the Moon:
Chris_L5: Look at history, almost as soon as it is possible for humans to get there and live there, they do.
Chris_L5: We are even gonna be living on Pluto soon!
TheLEM: heavy
TranquilityGirl: Well, we're only living in Antarctic bases now and Captain Scott got there 40 years ago.
TranquilityGirl: Not to be a killjoy or anything.
TheLEM: Yes
Chris_L5: In history terms 40 years is over night. So yeah, maybe it will be like 2000 before we are living on Mars.
TranquilityGirl: Maybe.
TheLEM: Probably
Chris_L5: Ok, maybe Mars by 2000 is too soon, but the moon for sure.
Some fragments are reproduced below. (These are all actually from something we did for fun on Spacevidcast last night. I was TranquilityGirl.)
Access to the Internet in the USSR:
TranquilityGirl: I try to find out about the Russian space programs, but, as you can imagine, they don't have a lot of info that's not official propaganda sites.
TranquilityGirl: Unless you have a leak. That'd be SO boss!
TheLEM: fuel leak???
Chris_L5: I checked wiki, but nothing new about them there
TranquilityGirl: An info leak by somebody in the USSR, LEM.
TranquilityGirl: A secret site they don't now about, he means.
TheLEM: ah
RP-1Eater: try astronautix.com
TheLEM: ok
TranquilityGirl: Thanks!
TheLEM: Cool
RP-1Eater: There's a vast pile of knowledge there. better than wiki
TranquilityGirl: Do you think they let the people in their country read more info about their program or does The Man keep them down too much?
RP-1Eater: I think some folks know. it's better than it used to be
Chris_L5: You can't really censor the net, man. they can find info out, it's just a lot harder for them.
Telecommunications:
Chris_L5: Arthur C. Clark calculated an orbit where a satellite looks like it stays over the same place on the ground. Great place to put radio and TV satellites I bet
TheLEM: Yep
TranquilityGirl: Imagine that!
Jeph: the question is....
Jeph: where was that orbit's altitude?
TranquilityGirl: You could watch stuff like the Olympics live!
TheLEM: our TV is black and white
TranquilityGirl: Ours is, too.
Jeph: it's an orbital mechanics question.
TheLEM: its a Zenith
TheLEM: Slightly ahead of our time
TranquilityGirl: It stinks watching video from space in B&W.
TranquilityGirl: I have to go to YouTube if I want to see what White and Scott and the others are really seeing.
Saturn V and Paranoia:
TheLEM: i saw a model o \f the Saturn V in a scientific journal yesterday.
TheLEM: that thing is huge
TranquilityGirl: The Saturn is the essence of groovy.
Chris_L5: The commies are way ahead of the US there, that’s for sure.
TranquilityGirl: There's this nut at my school who says the only way they can be so far ahead is that aliens must be helping them.
TranquilityGirl: I don't believe that, mind you.
TranquilityGirl: But she says that Chief Designer guy must be psychic or something to know all he does.
TheLEM: Spying??? my grandpa said...he don’t trust no one..
Interstellar Travel:
Chris_L5: Just count the stars, it's hard to believe we are the only ones... but you gotta have something better than rockets to get to the next star
TheLEM: yea
TranquilityGirl: Yeah, like tunnels in space.
TranquilityGirl: Maybe like the holes worms leave in apples.
TheLEM: jump on a Comet
TranquilityGirl: We might contact them by radio, though.
TheLEM: maybe we can land on a meteor and let it take us out there
TranquilityGirl: I bet they'll have people on meteors by the time I'm grandma's age.
TranquilityGirl: That'd be in *does math*
TranquilityGirl: 2040.
Colonizing the Moon:
Chris_L5: Look at history, almost as soon as it is possible for humans to get there and live there, they do.
Chris_L5: We are even gonna be living on Pluto soon!
TheLEM: heavy
TranquilityGirl: Well, we're only living in Antarctic bases now and Captain Scott got there 40 years ago.
TranquilityGirl: Not to be a killjoy or anything.
TheLEM: Yes
Chris_L5: In history terms 40 years is over night. So yeah, maybe it will be like 2000 before we are living on Mars.
TranquilityGirl: Maybe.
TheLEM: Probably
Chris_L5: Ok, maybe Mars by 2000 is too soon, but the moon for sure.