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Ted Flinn
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Hi Folks not exactly certain if this is the best place to ask, but I am
searching for a summer internship in engineering. I will be graduating in early
May with a B.S. in aerospace engineering and then pursuing my Masters this Fall
.Does anyone know of anything that is available, I am in the process of applyi
ng to some of the larger companies (ie. MacDac, Martin Marietta, Lockheed. If a
nyone knows of anything I would appreciate it if you could mail it to me.
Thanks in advance
Mark Smilor
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (;;;;RD48) writes:
> I had spacefood sticks just about every morning for breakfast in
> first and second grade (69-70, 70-71). They came in Chocolate,
> strawberry, and peanut butter and were cylinders about 10cm long
> and 1cm in diameter wrapped in yellow space foil (well, it seemed
> like space foil at the time).
Wasn't there a "plain" flavor too? They looked more like some
kind of extruded industrial product than food -- perfectly
smooth cylinders with perfectly smooth ends. Kinda scary.
> The taste is hard to describe, although I remember it fondly. It was
> most certainly more "candy" than say a modern "Power Bar." Sort of
> a toffee injected with vitamins. The chocolate Power Bar is a rough
> approximation of the taste. Strawberry sucked.
An other post described it as like a "microwaved Tootsie Roll" --
which captures the texture pretty well. As for taste, they were
like candy, only not very sweet -- does that make sense? I recall
liking them for their texture, not taste. I guess I have well
developed texture buds.
> Man, these were my "60's."
It was obligatory to eat a few while watching "Captain Scarlet".
Does anybody else remember _that_, as long as we're off the
topic of space?
Shag
Rob Unverzagt \|
[email protected] \| Tuesday is soylent green day.
[email protected] \|
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (John Elson) writes:
>Has anyone ever heard of a food product called "Space Food Sticks?" This
>was apparently created/marketed around the time of the lunar expeditions, along
>with "Tang" and other dehydrated foods. I have spoken with several people
>who have eaten these before, and they described them as a dehydrated candy.
>Any information would be greatly appreciated.
A freeze dried Tootsie Roll (tm). The actual taste sensation was like nothing
you will ever willingly experience. The amazing thing was that we ate a second
one, and a third and ....
I doubt that they actually flew on missions, as I'm certain they did "bad
things" to the gastrointestinal tract. Compared to Space Food Sticks, Tang was
a gastronomic contribution to mankind.
Dillon Pyron \| The opinions expressed are those of the
TI/DSEG Lewisville VAX Support \| sender unless otherwise stated.
(214)462-3556 (when I'm here) \|
(214)492-4656 (when I'm home) \|God gave us weather so we wouldn't complain
[email protected] \|about other things.
PS. I don't think Tang flew, either. Although it was developed under contract.
In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Elijah Millgram) writes:
>A friend of mine and I were wondering where the expression "pushing
>the envelope" comes from. Anyone out there know?
Every aircraft has flight constraints for speed/AOA/power. When
graphed, these define the 'flight envelope' of that aircraft,
presumably so named because the graphed line encloses (envelopes) the
area on the graph that represents conditions where the aircraft
doesn't fall out of the sky. Hence, 'pushing the envelope' becomes
'operating at (or beyond) the edge of the flight (or operational)
envelope'.
Note that the envelope isn't precisely known until someone actually
flies the airplane in those regions -- up to that point, all there are
are the theoretical predictions. Hence, one of the things test pilots
do for a living is 'push the envelope' to find out how close the
correspondence between the paper airplane and the metal one is -- in
essence, 'pushing back' the edges of the theoretical envelope to where
the airplane actually starts to fail to fly. Note, too, that this is
done is a quite calculated and careful way; flight tests are generally
carefully coreographed and just what is going to be 'pushed' and how
far is precisely planned (despite occasional deviations from plans,
such as the 'early' first flight of the F-16 during its high-speed
taxi tests).
I'm sure Mary can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about
this process (and then some).
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
[email protected] - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
Archive-name: space/launchers
Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:11 $
The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to Space Launch
Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition.
Notes:
* Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar paylaods are for a 100 nm
orbit.
* Reliablity data includes launches through Dec, 1990. Reliabity for a
familiy of vehicles includes launches by types no longer built when
applicable
* Prices are in millions of 1990 $US and are subject to change.
* Only operational vehicle families are included. Individual vehicles
which have not yet flown are marked by an asterisk (*) If a vehicle
had first launch after publication of my data, it may still be
marked with an asterisk.
Vehicle \| Payload kg (lbs) \| Reliability \| Price \| Launch Site

Ted Flinn

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Hi Folks not exactly certain if this is the best place to ask, but I am

searching for a summer internship in engineering. I will be graduating in early

May with a B.S. in aerospace engineering and then pursuing my Masters this Fall

.Does anyone know of anything that is available, I am in the process of applyi

ng to some of the larger companies (ie. MacDac, Martin Marietta, Lockheed. If a

nyone knows of anything I would appreciate it if you could mail it to me.

Thanks in advance

Mark Smilor

[email protected]

or

[email protected]

In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (;;;;RD48) writes:

> I had spacefood sticks just about every morning for breakfast in

> first and second grade (69-70, 70-71). They came in Chocolate,

> strawberry, and peanut butter and were cylinders about 10cm long

> and 1cm in diameter wrapped in yellow space foil (well, it seemed

> like space foil at the time).

Wasn't there a "plain" flavor too? They looked more like some

kind of extruded industrial product than food -- perfectly

smooth cylinders with perfectly smooth ends. Kinda scary.

> The taste is hard to describe, although I remember it fondly. It was

> most certainly more "candy" than say a modern "Power Bar." Sort of

> a toffee injected with vitamins. The chocolate Power Bar is a rough

> approximation of the taste. Strawberry sucked.

An other post described it as like a "microwaved Tootsie Roll" --

which captures the texture pretty well. As for taste, they were

like candy, only not very sweet -- does that make sense? I recall

liking them for their texture, not taste. I guess I have well

developed texture buds.

> Man, these were my "60's."

It was obligatory to eat a few while watching "Captain Scarlet".

Does anybody else remember _that_, as long as we're off the

topic of space?

Shag

Rob Unverzagt |

[email protected] | Tuesday is soylent green day.

[email protected] |

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (John Elson) writes:

>Has anyone ever heard of a food product called "Space Food Sticks?" This

>was apparently created/marketed around the time of the lunar expeditions, along

>with "Tang" and other dehydrated foods. I have spoken with several people

>who have eaten these before, and they described them as a dehydrated candy.

>Any information would be greatly appreciated.

A freeze dried Tootsie Roll (tm). The actual taste sensation was like nothing

you will ever willingly experience. The amazing thing was that we ate a second

one, and a third and ....

I doubt that they actually flew on missions, as I'm certain they did "bad

things" to the gastrointestinal tract. Compared to Space Food Sticks, Tang was

a gastronomic contribution to mankind.

Dillon Pyron | The opinions expressed are those of the

TI/DSEG Lewisville VAX Support | sender unless otherwise stated.

(214)462-3556 (when I'm here) |

(214)492-4656 (when I'm home) |God gave us weather so we wouldn't complain

[email protected] |about other things.

PS. I don't think Tang flew, either. Although it was developed under contract.

In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Elijah Millgram) writes:

>A friend of mine and I were wondering where the expression "pushing

>the envelope" comes from. Anyone out there know?

Every aircraft has flight constraints for speed/AOA/power. When

graphed, these define the 'flight envelope' of that aircraft,

presumably so named because the graphed line encloses (envelopes) the

area on the graph that represents conditions where the aircraft

doesn't fall out of the sky. Hence, 'pushing the envelope' becomes

'operating at (or beyond) the edge of the flight (or operational)

envelope'.

Note that the envelope isn't precisely known until someone actually

flies the airplane in those regions -- up to that point, all there are

are the theoretical predictions. Hence, one of the things test pilots

do for a living is 'push the envelope' to find out how close the

correspondence between the paper airplane and the metal one is -- in

essence, 'pushing back' the edges of the theoretical envelope to where

the airplane actually starts to fail to fly. Note, too, that this is

done is a quite calculated and careful way; flight tests are generally

carefully coreographed and just what is going to be 'pushed' and how

far is precisely planned (despite occasional deviations from plans,

such as the 'early' first flight of the F-16 during its high-speed

taxi tests).

I'm sure Mary can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about

this process (and then some).

"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live

in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden

[email protected] - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.

Archive-name: space/launchers

Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:11 $

The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to Space Launch

Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition.

Notes:

* Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar paylaods are for a 100 nm

orbit.

* Reliablity data includes launches through Dec, 1990. Reliabity for a

familiy of vehicles includes launches by types no longer built when

applicable

* Prices are in millions of 1990 $US and are subject to change.

* Only operational vehicle families are included. Individual vehicles

which have not yet flown are marked by an asterisk (*) If a vehicle

had first launch after publication of my data, it may still be

marked with an asterisk.

Vehicle | Payload kg (lbs) | Reliability | Price | Launch Site