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I doubt associated press would publish a chop.

NPR had a story about the NASA engineers who made the camera equipment for that footage. The equipment sits on the moon. The engineer is 84 years old now. Anyway, in the interview he said that the footage shown on TV was of a much lower quality than the original recording, because the format of the original recording was made specifically for that mission to obtain the highest possible quality. The engineer wanted to convert the originals using today's technology to preserve a better quality video of the event. A team of people at NASA searched for the original recordings for 3 years and could not find them. Their conclusion was that the recordings were most likely erased in the early 80s. At the time, US had really increased its spy satellite capacity, and there was a shortage of magnetic tapes. So in a 2 year span, NASA had permanently taken back 40,000 boxes of tapes from the national archives to be recycled and used for the satellite program. Their conclusion was that the tapes were destroyed as a part of that :nonod: They settled for a digital remastering of what they could find.

Thanks for the reports guys. I'm so wishing I had Frankn7 out there, instead of in traffic everyday around DC.

well, I found a complete '75 Jag rear setup for $50 locally. I'll pick it up saturday and see how it goes.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-topic/2377698-well-i-wasnt-driving-a-jeep.html http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-topic/2377268-bunch-of-bull.html http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-topic/2377529-my-day-is-just-getting-better-bad-cop-no-doughnut.html

If you're coming down 95, you can crash my place Friday night. If you're coming down 81, look online for camping places around Front Royal, specially around skyline drive.

nice site. my only thought so far is about the 2nd tier menu. all the 2nd tier menus seem to be centered on the page, except the one under "About Us", which is left justified. also, it'd be nice if the 2nd tier menu had its own background to make it stand out from the rest of the text.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-general/2374481-sleeping-in-the-garage-with-my-baby.html

http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2009/07/13/Navy_Jet_t620.jpg?161ad8e426d1312361ed5892fdc121cdf327258d

here is what the route looks like. this route is quite a bit shorter than the extra scenic route we took 2 years ago... 5 hrs, instead of 8 hrs. mostly country roads with NO traffic.

no worries on permission. there is a question whether the house will be under renovation at the time - if that's the case, there is a cheap motel directly across the street, or camping on the property itself. You can also stay at the resort (a few miles away), if you want a bit nicer accommodations, but you'd be missing out. You thinking about coming down?

well, the short was INSIDE the headlamp assembly. Kind of disappointing for PIAA assemblies. took it apart and found the offending wire. All fixed up and back together.

I'm doing something similar - slightly larger, and propane heat source. here is a poor quality cell phone pic of the flame at near full blast. Need to adjust mixture. I haven't run it yet. concrete is still too wet. starting tonight, I'll run it in short duration with low heat to slowly dry out the concrete.

thanks for the info... only 2.5 hp loss. I want one for frankn7 now . Even if I could get just 50 hp to the front wheels without transfer case, driveshaft, diff, etc... that'd be huge.

Beautiful car. I wonder whose it was?

It's that time again. looking for 5 cars to join me for a weekend cruise to the mountains of WV. Like last time, the plan is to leave Maryland Saturday morning, drive to WV, chill out around a BBQ and camp fire (I have the right weapon for starting a fire this time), crash my brother's place (still have to ask him), then come back Sunday morning - back in town around 4 or 5 PM.

what size tires are on it? and post up some pics of your new ride

I have decided to try casting aluminum at home :willy_nilly: Step 1 was tonight... mixing and pouring the refractory for the furnace. Not sure how many obstacles I'll run into in this project, or whether I'll actually be able to produce any worthwhile castings, but it's one of those things I can cross off my list when done.

Moving it to OT, but damn, what an incredible car, and the wood bucks look absolutely amazing.

Dean, thank you for the offer. Oddly enough, the short is INSIDE the driver side headlight assemply. That's crazy. He's good for the return trip. I guess I'll disassemble it when he gets back and see what's going on.

Those little pebbles are thinking "Oh NO! not another Seven! :willy_nilly:

I'd have to see it beat a normal R1 in anything other than snow to be convinced that the extra weight, and loss of power in the hydraulic drive is worth it. Cool project though.

yes, i suspect the connection at the back of the dash switch has come loose. should be trivial after we fix it

well, so far this year, I've managed to put almost 2K trouble free miles on the car, with Arya's help. He borrowed the car for a trip to VA beach this weekend. Called me about an hour ago - no head lights or running lights. I have the high beams wired separately, so between those and flashers, he made it to his destination. We'll be debugging it tomorrow.

I thank Conan every night for getting me to go to bed early.