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Topic: Photo of the week 222 (January 31, 2009)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-31-2009 02:53 AM
   
 Forty years ago today, it was a busy time at the Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 9 was waiting for launch at Complex 39A, while the hardware for Apollos 10 and 11 was already in place. This photo shows CSM-106 just after installation of the engine bell, being prepared for mating with the LM and SLA for Apollo-10. Ed Hengeveld |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 01-31-2009 05:22 AM
Congrats, Ed, No. 222. "Schnapszahl" as we say in Germany. |
MoonCrater1
Member Posts: 85
From: Queens, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 01-31-2009 05:45 AM
Now THAT is an historic photo. Is there a similar photo for Apollo 11? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-31-2009 06:52 AM
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Originally posted by MoonCrater1:
Is there a similar photo for Apollo 11?
Yes, there is. We'll get to that in April.  Ed |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-31-2009 06:53 AM
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Originally posted by East-Frisian:
Congrats, Ed, No. 222. "Schnapszahl" as we say in Germany.
"Schnapszahl"??? Ed
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star51L
Member Posts: 340
From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-31-2009 07:54 AM
Here you go, Ed! |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-31-2009 09:33 AM
Not helpful...Cheers? "pack of beers" (or equivalent)? |
star51L
Member Posts: 340
From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 01-31-2009 10:09 AM
No sure if you are referring to me with the "not helpful"?The link is to a definition of Schnapszahl: multidigit number with all digits identical. |
dwmzmm
Member Posts: 82
From: Katy, TX USA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 01-31-2009 10:28 AM
Excellent photo showing the gimbaling capability of the SPS engine nozzle. ------------------
Dave, NAR # 21853 SR.
Challenger 498 Section
NAR Advisor |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-31-2009 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by star51L:
The link is to a definition of Schnapszahl: multidigit number with all digits identical.
Thanks, I had never heard that expression. Funny guys, these Germans. Ed |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 01-31-2009 02:56 PM
"Schnapszahl" are for example 22, 444, 777, 7777 ..., but not 7. "Schnaps" is alcohol and when you are drunken you only have to remember one number. In Dutch is the word: Repdigit. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-31-2009 11:34 PM
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Originally posted by star51L:
No sure if you are referring to me with the "not helpful"?
No, not you in person!I indeed saw the definition but I didn't think it was THE definition as the word "Schnapszahl" is not in the dictionaries I've consulted! So I broke the word into two "Schnaps" and "zahl/Zahl", hence my reference to beer/alcohol as East-Frisian pointed out. 7 years of "learning" German with no tangible results... Chris. |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 02-08-2009 03:29 PM
Terrific photo. |
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