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Buzz the astronaut has accomplished many things in his 79 years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin
He is well know for among other things being the second man to walk on the moon. Today I stumbled upon his MIT graduate thesis, Line-of-sight guidance techniques for manned orbital rendezvous, and have been mesmerized by its content, having read sizable swaths. So this is what astronauts study before being astronauts? Well I'm glad somebody's doing it!! No wonder astronauts can make it into orbit and back again. Left up to me that would never happen. Here's the link. Accessible .pdf is listed as Preview: Non-printable. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12652 I have no other point but wanted to share this in case someone would also find it interesting. |
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He has a good right arm too.
This is what I respect about most astronauts, they not only have the brawn, but the brains as well. I respect them more than political officials. Neil Armstrong has been invited to sign autographs and make a lot of money on it, but he respects his position in history and he is a modest, private man. I respect that too. "I always question the received reality. The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading." - George Carlin |
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Buzz rules.
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I respect the the woman at the Orange Julius stand at the mall more than "political officials". |
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If you're gonna hate, don't hate the playa, hate the game. LOL, and I respect garden slugs more than the vast majority of politicians. |
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Read the thesis, the dude knows what he's doing!!
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From the Popular Mechanics article I linked...
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Good article and video (I had read it - mine was just tongue in cheek).
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I was nine years old when "the Eagle" landed. I watched the mission on television down the shore the whole time, it was hard for my dad to get me to the beach sometimes. That evening of the landing was also unforgettable for my stupidity. After dinner I would go down onto the beach and take a walk. For some reason I walked a little farther than I should have. Behind me I heard a rumble of thunder, I turned around and saw that a huge thunderstorm was heading towards shore and I had about 8 blocks to reach home before it hit. But it was too late. I started running in the rain, lightning and wind and noticed a raft rental shack was nearby so I went over to it and it was unlocked. I went inside and "rode" the storm. For thirty minutes or more it raged, then finally subsided. When I left the shack it was already dark. I knew I was in trouble, but I didn't want to miss the Moon walk, so I tore home. Boy, my parents were angry, but they wouldn't punish me that evening. They didn't want to make me miss history... Oh, and let's not forget Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, the man who drove the getaway vehicle. "I always question the received reality. The consensus reality is often intentionally misleading." - George Carlin |
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I puked at work.
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I'm jealous of Buzz for doing two things I really want to do:
1. Land/walk on the moon 2. Punch a conspiracy theorist in the face |
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Buzz can handle it all... even Sasha Baron Cohen (back when he was Ali G).
Includes bonus MJ reference |
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Eddie Izzard on what Neil and Buzz should have done...
Talking about the opportunity for the greatest prank ever. Reading about Buzz punching the conspiracy theorist made me admire him even more. I think that once (if) I become a history prof, I will do a lecture on the whole space race thing and include that little tidbit. |
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Anybody else find Buzz's Thesis pdf absolutely crawls when rendering/redrawing?
11.8 Mb and 329 pages isn't terribly unusual as far as digital books or graphic novels go (Watchmen series is 200 MB), but I've never had a greyscale pdf scroll so slowly and cause Preview to lag even in basic menu function (even on my 2.5GHz Penryn MBP17 with 4GB of RAM). Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Is it just a crap Acrobat conversion via tiff2pdf or a result of their security settings? Is it bouncing off the moon or something? All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. |
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Yeah, I noticed that too. Guess you got to "pay to play". What's with the restriction? Security purposes? Or is MIT just being pompous.
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Not sayin', just sayin'
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Buzz was the guy I wanted to be growing up. Not only an astronaut and smarter than fuckall, but also modest and incredibly passionate about his life. He struggled with depression after his mission to the moon, having fulfilled his dream and couldn't imagine life without that goal. But he persevered still!
...and he's a lefty! (of the sinister hand, not politically liberal) |
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Well, yeah, that is very interesting. I'm glad you've posted this. I just wonder whether the author wrote all this by himself or you've used something like writing my essay cheap service?
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May you be staked out naked in an acid-filled swamp full of maniacally cranky Centipedes while your (puny) testicles get stuck in a Fire Ant hill. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand. Last edited by curiousuburb : 2016-09-06 at 19:51. |
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Unexpected discovery! Thank you for the impressive information. I did not know that cosmonauts had such a serious preparation. No, I knew that physically they need to be very hardy, but to get a graduate thesis... Impressive.
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Why can't our new members not be spammer?
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Because Facebook
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I hate Facebook even more now. I didn’t like them because the total lack of concern for my privacy. Even worse now that they are to blame for slowly killing our forum.* *I kid, sort of. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. Last edited by turtle : 2017-10-02 at 19:26. Reason: Edit: I did this post from my phone and noticed and error later. So I fixed it. (Don't get used to me fixing them though. :P) |
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MIT gratuates really need thesis paper help at https://www.google.com/. In my opinion it will be really usefull to them in the future.
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This thread is a magnet for the turd-chewers.
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