And what about Tang? Can't forget that!
I'm of the opinion that a healthy skepticism of the gov't. is warranted.
Many fire safety professionals think the WTC disaster was a planned
demolition, an inside job. I tend to agree, especially considering that WTC
building 6 collapsed a couple days AFTER the planes hit. But the stunning
amorality of gov't. involvement being a fact makes me hesitate. I just
cannot believe Americans would do such a thing to other Americans. I would
need ironclad, irrefutable proof before I would accept such a dark truth.
Same with staging the moon landing. I wouldn't put it past the gov't., but
I'd need irrefutable proof to believe it.
That said, I also believe that Skian has, in general, a style of commenting
that is...uh...vociferous. If you post on the web, and ask for comments,
you better be prepared for it.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Ted Cady <ted.cady@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The mission to put a man on the moon was extremely well funded and broad
in its scope. The article suggesting the technology just died is simply
wrong. For example, there were not enough engineers so a high school
student could get a scholarship to attend college and as part of the deal
would have to work on the space program for a certain number of years. A
high school friend of mine took advantage of that program to attend WPI.
He ended up becoming an expert in using a specially developed silicon chip
as a strain gauge, which was very important as metals were developed for
the space program. After his stint for a NASA company, he modified them
and sold them to industry and traveled worldwide putting them on the legs
of ocean based oil well drill rigs, and other interesting places.
Metals did not stand up well to the heat of reentry so NASA got the crazy
idea to use ceramics. Owens-Corning developed the ceramic tiles that are
now common place as heat shields. This development lead to the related
heat resistant properties of non-stick fry pans.
Vacuum tubes do not do well in space craft because they run hot, use a lot
of power, do not stand up well to vibration, and take up a lot of room.
Research to replace the vacuum tube resulted in Bell Labs (I think)
developing the transistor. This gave us a huge advantage over the Russians
and produced far ranging changes in the electronics industry.
And, the list goes on. Our Man to the Moon Space Program created a huge
pool of highly skilled engineers and scientists that gave us world
leadership in scientific development for decades.
Ted Cady
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