Done pretty well for a 25 year old clunker with a quarter of a billion km on the clock.
Seems kinda sad that it will end up gathering dust in some museum.
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Seems kinda sad that it will end up gathering dust in some museum.
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Discovery's last ride.
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Re: Discovery's last ride.
Buying spare parts from eBay... when was the last time you saw a Zilog Z-80 or an Intel 8080?
It's the end of an era, for sure, and I'm not confident in the USA policy of making space exploration a private, corporate affair. Time will tell.
One of my favorite gigs involved several retired astronauts and military aviators. Without exception a bunch of very classy, smart and amazingly humble guys. The space program paid off in human terms, too. It's our loss, now.
Buying spare parts from eBay... when was the last time you saw a Zilog Z-80 or an Intel 8080?
It's the end of an era, for sure, and I'm not confident in the USA policy of making space exploration a private, corporate affair. Time will tell.
One of my favorite gigs involved several retired astronauts and military aviators. Without exception a bunch of very classy, smart and amazingly humble guys. The space program paid off in human terms, too. It's our loss, now.
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Robert "VOiD" Caprio
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There has been an effort to get a shuttle on permanent display at the USS Intrepid Sea-Air & Space museum in NYC. That would be pretty cool IMO. I expect the Smithsonian would get their hands on one too. At least that would be better then scrapping it.
There has been an effort to get a shuttle on permanent display at the USS Intrepid Sea-Air & Space museum in NYC. That would be pretty cool IMO. I expect the Smithsonian would get their hands on one too. At least that would be better then scrapping it.
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In the late 90's we were using Z-80 clones (industrial engineering). At that point it wasn't a matter of being outdated or slow, but they were just using the right tool for the job. I'm not sure if that is still the case today since they have moved on to a different product line with a new architecture since I left.
I am also disturbed by the privatization of our space program...
In the late 90's we were using Z-80 clones (industrial engineering). At that point it wasn't a matter of being outdated or slow, but they were just using the right tool for the job. I'm not sure if that is still the case today since they have moved on to a different product line with a new architecture since I left.
I am also disturbed by the privatization of our space program...
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Surprisingly recently actually - 8080 ? Must be one of those new fangled jobs...
Surprisingly recently actually - 8080 ? Must be one of those new fangled jobs...
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The Z80(s) that I have seen most recently had a form factor like this:
Just saw two inside an old PCM90 yesterday. Could be more common than I realize.
The Z80(s) that I have seen most recently had a form factor like this:
Just saw two inside an old PCM90 yesterday. Could be more common than I realize.
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http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
( My 1st MPU job was M6800. )
http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
( My 1st MPU job was M6800. )
Re: Discovery's last ride.
Well, now that NASA has been repurposed, and its priority has become to "...to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering -- science, math and engineering..." (NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden in an Al-Jazeera interview) we don't need this aging toy, and maybe we can sell it on eBay.
Well, now that NASA has been repurposed, and its priority has become to "...to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering -- science, math and engineering..." (NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden in an Al-Jazeera interview) we don't need this aging toy, and maybe we can sell it on eBay.
Silas Pradetto
Graduate Student
Re: Discovery's last ride.
You have to be kidding me. I'm not up to date on all that's happening with the Space Program, but if that's where they're headed, I'm quickly losing faith in this country!
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You have to be kidding me. I'm not up to date on all that's happening with the Space Program, but if that's where they're headed, I'm quickly losing faith in this country!
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It makes me wonder just what people are thinking when they go into the voting booth, both nationally back in 2008 and right here in the "NUT"meg state just this past November!
You have to be kidding me. I'm not up to date on all that's happening with the Space Program, but if that's where they're headed, I'm quickly losing faith in this country!
It makes me wonder just what people are thinking when they go into the voting booth, both nationally back in 2008 and right here in the "NUT"meg state just this past November!
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Mike,
You can talk about politics, but you can't hijack someone else's thread to do it.
Mike,
You can talk about politics, but you can't hijack someone else's thread to do it.
Re: Discovery's last ride.
My dad and my son went down to Cocoa Beach on Wednesday and stayed until Friday to watch. I think they ended up watching from Titusville. Wish I could have gone, but work kept me here. I hear it's pretty amazing to witness in person.
My dad and my son went down to Cocoa Beach on Wednesday and stayed until Friday to watch. I think they ended up watching from Titusville. Wish I could have gone, but work kept me here. I hear it's pretty amazing to witness in person.
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Someone on a commercial flight managed to get some video of the launch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM&feature=player_embedded
Someone on a commercial flight managed to get some video of the launch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM&feature=player_embedded
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Oh SNAP... Embedded Video!!
I've had the chance to do a few gigs on Capitol Hill with the crews slated for the future Orion Project... Astronauts are just the coolest!! Some of the most approachable and humble people I have ever worked with... funny bunch too... I have a feeling they all have a good laugh at work when they are not under the gun.
Oh SNAP... Embedded Video!!
I've had the chance to do a few gigs on Capitol Hill with the crews slated for the future Orion Project... Astronauts are just the coolest!! Some of the most approachable and humble people I have ever worked with... funny bunch too... I have a feeling they all have a good laugh at work when they are not under the gun.
