"In 1892, James Dewar, a scientist at Oxford University, invented the vacuum-insulated flask, a scientific vessel for storing liquified gases. It was not a household item fit for everyday use like carrying warm coffee. In 1903, the German glass blower Reinhold Burger got a German patent[7] for an isolating vessel fit for everyday use. In 1904, Reinhold Burger registered the trademark Thermos[8] for his patent. In 1906, the company Thermos GmbH was formed by Burger with Albert Aschenbrenner and Gustav Robert Paalen. The production of Thermos-branded bottles in the United States was based on US patent 13,093 by Burger and Aschenbrenner.[9]" Thermos LLC - Wikipedia They likely had more choices in the '60s.
We were glued to this website for a few days, commencing lift-off plus 50 years: Apollo 11 in Real Time, 50 Years Later | NASA I couldn't find it in the transcripts (must be in there somewhere), but there's a moment, when Neil Armstrong's wrapped up the checklist, just before commencing final descent, he says something kinda momentous . I'm paraphrasing, but it's something like: "Lessee, is that it? Anything we mighta overlooked?".
With the violent vibrations in a space craft, I am certain that vacuum-sealed thermos were not widely implemented in the LEM
I would like to followed that at the time, but a very busy work schedule nearly abolished my available media time.
Yeah I think you can still run through it, start it running. The website was a little "buggy", not really, but I found picking certain options/channels, the soundtrack and images were more rewarding. Some impressive stats too. It shows various parameters throughout the journey's there and back, and man to see them getting close to earth, and speed somewhere around 30K mph... And the astounding geometry involved, with rudimentary instruments. I believe they were verifying their positions with stars, then calculating correction burns? One fancy pool shot. When they're coming down, somebody says something about the command module passing by, paraphrasing again, something like "a little high and to our right"...
This brings up memories of the movie about Apollo 13- one of the best examples of how Engineering married with DIY and ingenuity can be used to solve real life problems and prevent potential tragedies
.I wonder what forces are applied to the thermos under your left fender, if you hit a big pothole at 70 mph? (I did hit one like that once, on an expressway, at night, no seeing it until I was right on it. Left a big bulge in the tire and a flat spot on the wheel.)
Speaking of Dewar, Thermos and Nissan bottles, my personal favorite kept the magnet of NMR superconducting. Liquid helium inner, liquid nitrogen outer. As it needed new cryo refill about every week, it may very well be off now. I think cryo suppliers in China may be keeping up with medical demands but not research. That NMR was a monster - a Bruker as I recall. One does not enter the magnet room when the electrons are slippin'. Thanks for sending my thoughts in that direction. All this flat stuff is just silly.
Neil says during the final descent "fake shadow". What fake shadow is being cast on the lunar surface as their are about to touch down?
Conspiracy theories are always more fun than the truth. https://priuschat.com/forum/freds-house-of-politics
It's funny, I was thinking of "picking up some dust", which just proceeds the shadow comment: And yeah, sounds like "faint shadow", or "fake shadow", take your pick lol. Direct link, the previous link has this towards bottom of page: Apollo 11 in Real Time
I would agree most flat earthers don't believe the earth is flat but have a different motive for professing to believe that theory- in this instance it was money( for the rocket project) in many other instances it gives them a chance to argue or most importantly get attention.
