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Topic: Apollo-11 Quirk
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spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-04-2006 04:42 PM
  
On 20 January 2006 at just before 23 hr EDT it will be 320,000 hours since Apollo-11 touchdown on lunar surface to deliver the first human beings.I though this was a 'qirky' round number of hours coincidence to occur on the 20th since, of course, it was the 20th of the month of July 1969 when Apollo-11 touch down occurred. Phill
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muirfield
Member Posts: 52
From: Portland, OR, USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 01-04-2006 05:17 PM
Wow Phill, how much free time do you have on your hands??  OK, here's a tricky question - how many seconds would that be? Chris |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 582
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 01-04-2006 05:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by muirfield:
OK, here's a tricky question - how many seconds would that be?
1,152,000,000 seconds (I got bored) [This message has been edited by RichieB16 (edited January 04, 2006).] |
muirfield
Member Posts: 52
From: Portland, OR, USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 01-04-2006 05:43 PM
Not quite that simple. Do all hours have 3600 seconds?Chris |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-04-2006 05:51 PM
Chris, good point. You need to add 23 seconds to the above figure to account for all the 'leap seconds' added since 1972 (the first time a leap second was counted; note that some years had more than one second added, while others had none).[This message has been edited by Robert Pearlman (edited January 04, 2006).] |
muirfield
Member Posts: 52
From: Portland, OR, USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 01-04-2006 06:01 PM
You win the prize Robert! I'll write to Neil Armstrong and tell him to send you a signed photo to you ASAP.And speaking of useless factoids, let me be the first to congratulate you on your impending 5000th post. Chris
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spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 01-04-2006 08:05 PM
I'm trying to think of something that would require Robert to reply to me twice...5000! Mark |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 148
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 01-04-2006 09:42 PM
Mark, you say something like "Robert, how will you be celebrating your 5000th post?"Bill |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43576
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-04-2006 10:23 PM
Well, since you guys noticed it first (even before I did), I'll let this thread mark the milestone...My 5,000th post! Boy, either I am a real windbag or I really need to find a life...  |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 148
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 01-05-2006 07:33 AM
Congrats, Robert! And not to worry, that's only roughly 2.11774671749258 posts per day; a small number considering all you do for us. Thanks for each and every one.Bill
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Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-05-2006 08:15 AM
Robert,Congratulations on being not only the founder and owner, but now the "Nolan Ryan of collectSPACE" with your 5,000th post! You are not a windbag, merely an attentive and diligent moderator. Scott
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fabfivefreddy
Member Posts: 1067
From: Leawood, Kansas USA
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 01-05-2006 06:30 PM
Congrats to Robert- Happy 5,000!!
Thanks for this forum and for wasting my time?!?...Tahir |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-07-2006 02:20 PM
I must admit that I have a little program that stores 'notable dates' and computes the number of days/hours/minutes/seconds of past events or to future events - which I 'visit' every now and then see if any thing 'exciting' coming up. Hence the Apollo-11 posting. I don't think we'll reach 500,000 hours between Apollo-11 landing and the next human landing on the Moon. Apollo-11 and Vostok-1 are the two main space dates I keep. I keep saying I'll add entries for Voyager-1/-2 as well and for New Horizons if it launches succesfully. I'll be working out later if New Horizons will,one day, catch-up and overtake Voyagers?
It will depend upon the velocity at the time after the Jupiter flyby boost. Certainly, if even a 1/20th speed of light rocket engine was developed it would easily catchup the Voyagers and overtake them on the way to the stars Phill
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Jake
Member Posts: 465
From: Issaquah, WA U.S.A.
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 01-12-2006 02:54 PM
Rob't,Let me be the first to congratulate you on your 5036th post...! Actually, it's a good thing... ------------------
Jake Schultz - curator,
Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home) [This message has been edited by Jake (edited January 12, 2006).] |
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