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Name: benwl

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Timelapse of the steps to bowline knot bowline knot time...
VASIMR firing at 3000 frames per second using Argon propellant. The helicon discharge can be seen turning on first, then each RF module of the Ion Cyclotron Heating stage. VASIMR firing at...
Various rotational modes of an Apple iPad2 in ZeroG. The video shows an iPad demonstrating uni-stability along the first two axes of rotation and bi-stability along the third axis of rotation. I don't own an iPad, but if I did I would only try this in 1-G above some very soft materials on the ground! Even Gorilla glass can break. Rotating iPad in...
3D: balloon at the edge of space, full length HD www.ProjectAether.org 3D: balloon at...
Dr. James Lewis and Robert F. Thompson Fifty Years Since Liberty Bell: Perspectives on the flight of Liberty Bell 7 and the Future of the Space Program NASA Gilruth Center-Alamo Ballroom, 7pm, July 21, 2011 Dr. James L. Lewis, in 1961, was the Command Pilot of Hunt Club One, the code name for the helicopter assigned to recover Astronaut Gus Grissom. In 1961, Lt. Lewis was forced to release the space capsule when a warning light showed a danger of imminent engine failure. In 1999, Dr. Lewis was a member of the Discovery Channel team that recovered the Liberty Bell 7 from the Atlantic Ocean floor. After his career in the US Marines, Dr. Lewis held several management positions in which he contributed to the design of the Gemini, Skylab, Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Space Station Programs. He spent several years prior to retirement as the Division Manager for Space Station in the JSC Man-Systems Division. Robert F. Thompson, in 1961, was the head of recovery operations for Mercury and established the recovery processes for Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. In this capacity he was the first person to speak with Gus Grissom after the loss of Liberty Bell 7. Later Thompson became the Program Manager for Skylab and the Space Shuttle. Mr. Thompson graduated with a BS in aeronautical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic and served in the US Navy prior to coming to the NACA in 1947. SCLS: Sinking of...

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