I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:48 pm
The spaceman almost blends into his background working on the ISS. 
There's that horses head again.
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I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
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Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:14 pm
Where's Waldo? The spaceman almost blends into his background working on the ISS.
There's that horses head again.
Orin
The spaceman almost blends into his background working on the ISS. There's that horses head again.
Orin
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:56 pm
Yeah, I found him by his feet... otherwise he is well camouflaged.orin stepanek wrote:Where's Waldo?
Orin
Yeah, I like how the Nilsson Spaceman song ends with the Horse Head nebula... can never see too many horse heads... unless your in the mafia.orin stepanek wrote:There's that horses head again.
Orin
There's more than one in this picture.
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:16 pm
I'll bet Mr Ed won that game; though I don't recall that episode.
A three hour space walk would be quite a trip; about 2 orbits around the old planet?
Orin
A three hour space walk would be quite a trip; about 2 orbits around the old planet?
Orin
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:34 pm
If I remember correctly, Mr Ed always won... poor Wilbur... he was so out matched.orin stepanek wrote:I'll bet Mr Ed won that game; though I don't recall that episode.
Orin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPWohR4EYkorin stepanek wrote:A three hour space walk would be quite a trip; about 2 orbits around the old planet?
Orin
I watched this YouTube of the ISS flying across the Atlantic from 1,000 feet up... Although the video makes it look feasible, I couldn't help but see the friction, sparks, breakup, explosions, fragmentation and utter chaos in my minds eye.
You gotta watch out for them artists and their depictions...
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:50 pm
Won't qualify as a record in speed (race) walking, obviously both feet are off the ground.orin stepanek wrote:A three hour space walk would be quite a trip; about 2 orbits around the old planet?
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:59 pm
emc
I Wanna be a Spaceman
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot
Well I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
A supernatural country rockin galoot
The Byrds
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
Steve Miller
I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
I Wanna be a Spaceman
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot
Well I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
A supernatural country rockin galoot
The Byrds
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
Steve Miller
I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:13 pm
I think space “walk” is one of those funny terms used to psychologically give us ground based folks terminology we are accustomed to when describing a something in a place where the majority of us cannot fully grasp the interacting skills required. Kind of like "Space Station"… when it is anything but roomy and stationary. But the word ‘station’ does provide some sense of stability when your world is hurtling 7.7 km per second 390km above your natural life support.bystander wrote:Won't qualify as a record in speed (race) walking, obviously both feet are off the ground.orin stepanek wrote:A three hour space walk would be quite a trip; about 2 orbits around the old planet?
http://science.nasa.gov/PPOD/y2003/23apr_speedlimit.htm
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:15 pm
Captain Beyond,apodman wrote:emc
I Wanna be a Spaceman
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
I just wanna ride and rope and hoot
Well I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
A supernatural country rockin galoot
The Byrds
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along
I won't do anything wrong
Hey, Mr. Spaceman
Won't you please take me along for a ride
Steve Miller
I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXz-UIaauqQ
Elton John,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrKlEtxTx4
Moody Blues, To Our Children’s Children’s Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAGcVMTX0Ns&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na5YgJmvPNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OlEkOjmUXE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAU8w3iEyo&NR=1
Moody Blues - Eyes of a Child,
“I'm gonna sit and watch the web
That you will build this day
Will it be a thread of love you weave
Is yours too short away
Then everything will be as you will see in the light
In the eyes of the child
You must come out and see
That your world's spinning 'round
And through life you will be
A small part
Of a hope
Of a love
That exists
In the eyes of a child you will see”
Astronoaut hand rails in ISS
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:12 am
Hey
Are the yellow hand rails for vision impaired astronauts?
Are the yellow hand rails for vision impaired astronauts?
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:50 am
As long as we're doing youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbGnspgy_8 It was a fun song back in the 50's 8)
Orin
Orin
Re: Astronoaut hand rails in ISS
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:25 pm
I don’t know why they chose to finish the hand rails in yellow anodize but I expect it has to do with visibility as you mention… it may also have something to do with weight and cost.don wrote:Hey
Are the yellow hand rails for vision impaired astronauts?
Did you know that the white surface feature provides a low solar absorbance value? Helps keep things from heating up.
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:59 am
LOL - I haven't heard that one in a while! Interesting that there is so much on the web about the OEFPPEorin stepanek wrote:As long as we're doing youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbGnspgy_8 It was a fun song back in the 50's 8)
Orin
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=on ... r&aq=f&oq=
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:11 am
I thought it was a "propyl phenyl ether". Maybe my chemistry teacher was wrong (again).
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:21 am
maybe your chemistry teacher was on to something??apodman wrote:I thought it was a "propyl phenyl ether". Maybe my chemistry teacher was wrong (again).
un wide frying propyl phenyl ether
weight loss cooking class chemistry
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:25 am
I first saw it with an iodine atom attached - one "I"-ed.
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:29 am
That's because you have a scientific mind 8) ... I have a lost mind ... so I am relatively disconnected from scientific methods.
... so I am relatively disconnected from scientific methods.Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:47 am
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:55 am
Now my 10th grade chemistry class seems worthwhile. 8)
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:34 am
Ferrous wheel. HA
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:46 am
no stars in the background?
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:01 pm
Here is a well answered question from a recent post regarding the moon in daylight conditions... the ISS is in a comparable environment as the moon relative to sunlight.sfcraiger wrote:no stars in the background?
I expect one could get clear star shots from inside a shadow away from reflected sunlight. 8)Chris Peterson wrote:It was daylight on the Moon, so the camera exposures were set for daylight (short exposure times, small apertures). Set your camera for daylight and then take a picture at night; there won't be any stars. Stars are several orders of magnitude dimmer than a sunlit foreground. The only way you'd be able to see stars is if the foreground were completely overexposed (which the astronauts were taught to avoid doing, for obvious reasons).M-tide wrote:In the Apollo 15 panorama, there are no stars in the "sky." Are they blacked out with photographic license? Wouldn't moon skies be intensely bright with starlight (if you weren't looking too near to the impossibly bright sun of course)? Is this a dumb question?
Don't let the fact that the sky is black fool you into thinking it's night in this picture.
Re: I Wanna be a Spaceman, hand rails (2008 Dec 02)
Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:28 pm
The issue has little to do with reflected sunlight. You can get a clear shot of stars while standing on the sunlit Moon, or floating in the Sun around the ISS. But you would need to adjust your camera for a nighttime exposure. That, of course, would massively overexpose any sunlit object also in the frame. If you had too much sunlit stuff in the field- the Earth, ISS, or Moon- that might produce enough scattered light inside the camera to reduce contrast somewhat, but that's still a secondary issue compared with exposure.emc wrote:I expect one could get clear star shots from inside a shadow away from reflected sunlight. 8)