tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4179681034678557206..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: And they did the math with SLIDE RULES.Kelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-44185665267686445312012-03-09T16:06:53.321-05:002012-03-09T16:06:53.321-05:00Yeah, it makes me think the Golden Age of Space is...Yeah, it makes me think the Golden Age of Space is past us, peaked in the late 1960's.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390184801964500564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-64133841743387881112012-03-09T14:27:14.214-05:002012-03-09T14:27:14.214-05:00Amen!
And let me say as someone who works as an a...Amen!<br /><br />And let me say as someone who works as an applied mathematician the fact that we abandoned slide rules and chalkboards for the mentally lazy world of computers has hurt us considerably.<br /><br />Just look at what a disaster Constellation was compared to Apollo:<br /><br />http://www.gao.gov/assets/300/294326.pdf<br /><br />We can't even build the things that we built in the 60's, such as the ablative heat shield and an engine that won't shake itself apart on takeoff.<br /><br />Apparently travelling to the moon has become the Damascus steel of our time.New York Erratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-28929007365539345082012-03-09T06:50:43.738-05:002012-03-09T06:50:43.738-05:00Bad Astronomy has some neat stuff on this. http://...Bad Astronomy has some neat stuff on this. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/popeyemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06320222160971968626noreply@blogger.com