Originally posted by sonhousenot in my town, but if you could direct it towards say, Buckingham palace we might rid ourselves of the last vestiges of the aristocracy one and for all. That would be just fine.
Do you have your head in the sand? Obviously a large meteor strike is not in the cards in any one year but look at this image:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111002.html
This is just one of the small ones and in our times, just over 100 years ago. Would you like that on your town? We (the human race) lucked out big time on this one.
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieSee, that's why I said that magnetic resonance imaging was a "spin-off" of the space program. NASA did not directly invent the final product, ready for use in hospitals. NASA developed closely related technologies that then made it possible for researchers in other areas more directly concerned with the medical sciences, like Lauterbur, to be able to come up with their own innovations. (Most research is based on prior research.) That's what "spin-off" means. There's a whole book out there that lists hundreds of very beneficial inventions in medicine and other fields that can trace their lineage back to things developed during the Apollo program and other space ventures.
In the 1950s, Herman Carr reported on the creation of a one-dimensional MR image.[5] Paul Lauterbur expanded on Carr's technique and developed a way to generate the first MRI images, in 2D and 3D, using gradients. In 1973, Lauterbur published the first nuclear magnetic resonance image.[6][7] and the first cross-sectional image of a living mouse was p ...[text shortened]... s to take seconds rather than hours and produce clearer images than Lauterbur had.
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Try here:
http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home.html
And specifically here:
http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home/hospital3.html
If you don't believe NASA and are, say, a "moon hoax" aficionado, you can dig into other sources that corroborate the claims made on the site.
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieI am not a monarchist, but when I think about the Vichy French and compare them to the occupied Danish government and King Christian X during WWII, I am much more open-minded than I used to be.
not in my town, but if you could direct it towards say, Buckingham palace we might rid ourselves of the last vestiges of the aristocracy one and for all. That would be just fine.
Originally posted by sonhouseEven if you convinced him that an asteroid was heading our way next week, he'd just tell you it's all part of "God's plan".
Do you have your head in the sand? Obviously a large meteor strike is not in the cards in any one year but look at this image:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111002.html
This is just one of the small ones and in our times, just over 100 years ago. Would you like that on your town? We (the human race) lucked out big time on this one.
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Originally posted by Shallow Bluei think it finally hit home, the sheer waste of resources, the Americans spent countless
Eggs sticking to pans.
HTH; HAND.
Richard
hundreds of thousands of dollars on producing a pen that could defy gravity and write
in space, the Russians used a pencil!
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Originally posted by SoothfastI'm not a moon hoax aficionado, nor do I deny that technological advancements have
See, that's why I said that magnetic resonance imaging was a "spin-off" of the space program. NASA did not directly invent the final product, ready for use in hospitals. NASA developed closely related technologies that then made it possible for researchers in other areas more directly concerned with the medical sciences, like Lauterbur, to be able to com icionado, you can dig into other sources that corroborate the claims made on the site.
been made, nor do i think that asteroids are Gods plan, feel your bum mate or get
someone to do it for you, anything to help you get a grip on reality.
Originally posted by Paul LeggettLol, anyone who invented the French defence is worthy of condemnation. I am almost
I am not a monarchist, but when I think about the Vichy French and compare them to the occupied Danish government and King Christian X during WWII, I am much more open-minded than I used to be.
contemplating the English opening (spit ding) to avoid it. Yes the French have a lot to
answer for. . . , if it wasn't for them wed still be ruling America and all would be well.
Hamburgers in Boston would cost three dollars instead of thirty and GB would be
talking with a Yorkshire accent rather than with marbles in his mouth. 🙂
Originally posted by robbie carrobieDid you really look at that image? It destroyed about a thousand square miles of forest. That is in recent times, not millions of years ago.
not in my town, but if you could direct it towards say, Buckingham palace we might rid ourselves of the last vestiges of the aristocracy one and for all. That would be just fine.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe burgers only cost $30 to former Imperial tourists. 😀
Lol, anyone who invented the French defence is worthy of condemnation. I am almost
contemplating the English opening (spit ding) to avoid it. Yes the French have a lot to
answer for. . . , if it wasn't for them wed still be ruling America and all would be well.
Hamburgers in Boston would cost three dollars instead of thirty and GB would be
talking with a Yorkshire accent rather than with marbles in his mouth. 🙂
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieThat, I'm afraid, is a myth.
i think it finally hit home, the sheer waste of resources, the Americans spent countless
hundreds of thousands of dollars on producing a pen that could defy gravity and write
in space, the Russians used a pencil!
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
By the way, pencils proved not to be a good idea in zero-grav. That graphite dust gets everywhere and kills the electronics, which is not good if you're trying to land. Especially if, as the Russians did, you're trying to land on land.
Richard