Yes, I can well imagine The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. TANSTAAFL,
-J0ohn ============== > That's OK, the Chinese will establish a moon colony using our money and > copies of our technology. Of course, it then becomes possible to deliver > really large moon rocks to selected positions on the earth... who needs > nuclear warheads or missiles? Excuse me, I have to go out and buy another > substandard toilet seat... > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Forster" <j...@quik.com> > To: <d.sei...@comcast.net> > Cc: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver > > >> Kind of sad, IMO, the way the US has squandered our space competance. >> >> FWIW, >> >> -John >> >> ================= >> >> >>> The city of Sunnyvale was thinking of replacing it (the Blue Cube, etc) >>> with car dealerships, but decided against it because only 3 dealers >>> would >>> fit. I was happy; who needs more car dealers? >>> >>> >>> They now want to do something that won't increase traffic too much. >>> They >>> also just opened a bike trail in the wetlands behind Moffet (in >>> reality, >>> it took them a few years to remove 2 locks). There are still signs back >>> there banning cameras (or they were there a year ago). >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "J. Forster" <j...@quik.com> >>> To: bro...@pacific.net, "Discussion of precise time and frequency >>> measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:27:20 AM >>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver >>> >>> About the only doors in the place that did not have electronic combo >>> locks >>> were the bathrooms. >>> >>> Sad to see it's being shut down. IMO, it was one of the kewl places to >>> be >>> in the heddy early days of space. >>> >>> OTOH, it probably makes some sense to muve the thing into the bowels of >>> a >>> mountain somewhere. >>> >>> FWIW, >>> >>> -John >>> >>> ============== >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Dave: >>>> >>>> Yes, it was right on the central expressway and was part of the GTE >>>> military electronics complex. >>>> >>>> Hi John: >>>> >>>> My recollection of the antennas at the Blue Cube is that they are out >>>> in >>>> the open. See photo at: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cube >>>> >>>> Have Fun, >>>> >>>> Brooke Clarke >>>> http://www.PRC68.com >>>> >>>> >>>> d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca) until the late 80's, but I >>>>> can't >>>>> remember who owned it, maybe GE?; it's all housing now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dave >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Arthur Dent"<golgarfrinc...@yahoo.com> >>>>> To: time-nuts@febo.com >>>>> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM >>>>> Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver >>>>> >>>>> Lester Veenstra-ââ,¬Å"No, Andover Maine.ââ,¬ï¿½ >>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>> >>>>> The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover, >>>>> Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the >>>>> tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I >>>>> took looking down at that white speck in the distance. On >>>>> one of my hiking trips I stopped to check out the facility. The >>>>> Dacron fabric dome that was held up only by air pressure >>>>> (like a carnival funhouse) was still standing but was scheduled >>>>> to be taken down in the near future. Below is a link to a video >>>>> about Telstar that appeared on the History Channel and another >>>>> link to still photos of the horn and the inside of the dome. The >>>>> date given for removal in the second link was 1985 but I was >>>>> thinking the dome was removed a few years later than that. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM >>>>> >>>>> http://users658.mainememory.net/slideshow/386/display%3Fformat=list&prev_object_id=1050&prev_object=page&slide_num=1.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -Arthur >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have Fun, >>>> >>>> Brooke Clarke >>>> http://www.PRC68.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.