The Last Man on the Moon - Page 15 - Anything Goes - Other topics not covered elsewhere - Tartan Army Message Board Jump to content

The Last Man on the Moon


Recommended Posts

On ‎3‎/‎7‎/‎2017 at 6:17 PM, DonnyTJS said:

Exactly. It's fascinating trying to work out how they've choreographed it to the phases of the flight trajectory. God knows how you work it out in theory before putting it into practice (and I've no idea how they didn't all chuck up). Those stewardesses are brilliant.

I assume there would've been a number of takes, though the clean up between each one must've been murder.

Found this which, if you can get over the sloppy use of gravity-related terminology, explains how it was done.

As a matter of interest (to me if no one else), the plane was an Ilyushin Il76 - a Soviet-era transporter that used to fly daily over my apartment in Luanda as the Angolan air force had a bunch of 'em. Noisiest thing I've ever heard (and I've seen Motorhead, and Concorde - though from a much greater distance).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 hours ago, DonnyTJS said:

Found this which, if you can get over the sloppy use of gravity-related terminology, explains how it was done.

As a matter of interest (to me if no one else), the plane was an Ilyushin Il76 - a Soviet-era transporter that used to fly daily over my apartment in Luanda as the Angolan air force had a bunch of 'em. Noisiest thing I've ever heard (and I've seen Motorhead, and Concorde - though from a much greater distance).

Cool, I knew about this method from some old vhs tape at school some science teacher put on in lieu of teaching us.

 

Also seems folk agree with you regarding that particular aircraft

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, DonnyTJS said:

Found this which, if you can get over the sloppy use of gravity-related terminology, explains how it was done.

As a matter of interest (to me if no one else), the plane was an Ilyushin Il76 - a Soviet-era transporter that used to fly daily over my apartment in Luanda as the Angolan air force had a bunch of 'em. Noisiest thing I've ever heard (and I've seen Motorhead, and Concorde - though from a much greater distance).

That's amazing! Must've cost them a fortune to make it.  We've certainly come a long way since Bowie was "floating" in his tin can...

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 9 months later...

:( RIP Commander. 

John Young took charge of 4 different types of spacecraft, the only astronaut to do so.

 I'd read more than half the men who walked on the moon were of Scottish descent. Presumably the son of William Hugh Young was one of them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 hours ago, Toepoke said:

:( RIP Commander. 

John Young took charge of 4 different types of spacecraft, the only astronaut to do so.

 I'd read more than half the men who walked on the moon were of Scottish descent. Presumably the son of William Hugh Young was one of them.

I heard they were all from African descent.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 07/01/2018 at 12:22 AM, Toepoke said:

:( RIP Commander. 

John Young took charge of 4 different types of spacecraft, the only astronaut to do so.

 I'd read more than half the men who walked on the moon were of Scottish descent. Presumably the son of William Hugh Young was one of them.

Armstrong, Aldrin, Shepherd and Bean all have Scots heritage for sure. As did John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, biffer said:

Armstrong, Aldrin, Shepherd and Bean all have Scots heritage for sure. As did John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth.

David Scott too clearly. Also Jim Irwin and Ed Mitchell came from Scottish lineage.

I couldn't find out what Charlie Duke's ancestry was but he did visit Airdrie recently.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
  • 4 months later...

What’d ya know...all the planets and moon missions are named after their false gods - the so called gods of mythology.  Except they worship them for real.  It’s really the ‘god’ of this world and the other fallen ones.  Get real and wake up to the manipulation!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...