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12th June 2009, 16:26 #121
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Originally Posted by LousadaMay the forza be with you
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17th June 2009, 18:05 #122
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This is not going anywhere, so here is the answer. Both of them were once proclaimed king of England, and were the effective rulers, yet they were never actually crowned. So technically they were never actual kings.
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4th August 2009, 11:55 #123
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It's been about 6 weeks since this topic moved so I beg the indulgence of all posters to ask a question.
The man on the moon walk was been in the news lately, celebrating 40 years of the occurence of the uttering of those famous words, "one small step..... and so on', anyway my question if I am allowed is:
Where were the pictures and audio received from the moon (providing of course it wasn't a stunt performed in the desert of New Mexico), ie what tracking station provided the link to Houston? Closest city will probably be accepted..........
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4th August 2009, 12:35 #124
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Originally Posted by CamelopardThe overall technical objective in racing is the achievement of a vehicle configuration, acceptable within the practical interpretation of the rules, which can traverse a given course in a minimum time. -Milliken
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4th August 2009, 13:37 #125
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I think that this refers to the Sam Neil movie The Dish....am I getting warm?
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4th August 2009, 13:39 #126
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It was the tracking station in Australia in Victoria
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4th August 2009, 14:45 #127
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I just remembered, Scout's honor I didn't go and look it up.
It was in Guam.
I remember reading a story on the guy that was like 9 or 10 then, who's father worked at the tracking station. There was some sort of dish that was stuck, bad bearing. In order to rebuild the bearing it would have been like a 10 hour job. No good, landing over. But this kid could reach inside and grease the thing up. That was good enough to get teh dish working again. So on went the landing.
At least I think that's right.The overall technical objective in racing is the achievement of a vehicle configuration, acceptable within the practical interpretation of the rules, which can traverse a given course in a minimum time. -Milliken
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5th August 2009, 00:03 #128
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The Pacific yes, but not The Philippines.
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5th August 2009, 00:15 #129
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Originally Posted by jim mcglinchey
The signals from the moon landing as they landed were picked up by Goldstone Deep Space station in the Mojave Desert, a better feed was picked up at Honeysuckle Creek, and then the worldwide broadcast was taken from Parkes radio telescope.
The Dish and Moonshot are the two best films with regards this.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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5th August 2009, 00:25 #130
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Originally Posted by Rollo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...21/2631897.htm
"But many remain unaware of the significant role played by Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra.
"The role of Honeysuckle Creek is one of the unsung stories of the moon landing," astronomer-in-charge of Anglo-Australian Observatory Dr Fred Watson told ABC News Online.
"Honeysuckle Creek has been neglected in history."
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, along with another main telescope in Goldstone, California, beamed the first eight minutes of Armstrong's historic moon steps to the world on July 21, 1969 and, with its antenna, also kept a watchful eye on the spacecraft for the entire mission."
Next question Rollo!
Not sure if posted here before, Evan's test prior to Croatia with footage of the Rally1 Yaris in 2025-spec... https://youtu.be/ALLO7rds-yI?si=FRdZ5LDkRZcxMPOV
WRC main class in 2025