20 Jan
1999
20 Jan
'99
2:36 a.m.
> The one that was used on the shuttle (I don't
think the shuttle ever landed
> on the moon?) was (iirc) the GRiDPad 19xx, see my other message about those.
No, the shuttle never landed on the moon. (At least
not that THEY've told
us about :-) Various shuttle missions have used the Compass, the 1910,
and the 1530.
They have - I have seen in more than one movie a shuttle on the
moon, and neither Hollywood nor my TV would lie (There is a nice
B (?) picture, some kind of Dracula/Alien/Bermuda Triangle mxture,
where they use Shuttles for moon missions, and from the inside
they are bigger than the Nostromo ...).
In fact, NASA orignally funded GRiD to build the
Compass just for this
purpose, AFAIK. GRiD stood for Graphical Retreival Information Display or
somesuch terribly strained acronym.
Didn't know about that until now - I thought they where done as
som high class luxury toys (liek mountain boots for the office:)
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK