Fwd: Muse to RD/CJ...New Info...

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www.rickcmtsite.blogspot.com AH PUCH: The END shall

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Subject: Muse to RD/CJ...

                                         CALLIOPE:

                       MUSE to RICHARD DE PERSIO

                                            JANUS

                               CITIZEN JOURNALIST

                            (Calliope is Hermes' guest)

Calliope: "I was the inspiration behind the Doyle/DePersio

Joint (A Collaboration Across Space-Time):

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com Citizen Journalist is Missing

(start with Gone Fishin' and work your way back),

www.rickcmtsite.blogspot.com The Return of Citizen

Journalist and www.quasarpolitical.blogspot.com Citizen

Jounalist in the Diogenes Club. If you have difficulty

connecting directly, anyone can connect via Facebook's

Second American Revolution. The numbers for these

comsats are only fair. Give my CJ a BIG Christmas

Present: Visit these Calliope-Inspired comsats as we

worked hard on them for you."

Calliope: "Hermes' Final Final Message is one stage down;

you are hereby invited to enjoy all of his posts."

Fwd: Hermes Final Final Message...

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 12, 2012 3:24 pm
Subject: Hermes Final Final Message...

       Back by Popular Demand/A Reprieve from Astraea

   HERMES' PRESENTS: The FINAL FINAL MESSAGE

        by Richard DePersio and Citizen Journalist

Desert to Space...

Astraea: "Hermes may I have the floor, or, should I say the deck of

your comsat?' Hermes: "How can I refuse you, my fair beauty."

Astraea: "In the olden days, people lived in peace, but, then

came robbing and wars. I found unhappiness everywhere that

I went. Only one option was left: live in the heavens. I had a

stork of wheat which broke and scattered grain across the sky:

the stars. It has been said that only those who love peace and

justice can see the Virgin (Virgo is one of my other names). All

 these years am I still...none of your business. Watch it! Zeus is

my father."

The Delta Clipper became more advanced when it became

the responsibility of NASA: DC-XA or Clipper Advanced. It

would take off and land vertically. Testing ended in '96.

It was conceived for low earth orbit. There are NASA

engineers who wish to reactivate it and develop it into a

rocket for moon and Mars landings.

Hermes primarily funded by France as part of ESA was to

be a reusable shuttle for transporting crews and equipment

to the space station and repairing sats in orbit. It also would

have placed sats in orbit in unpiloted missions. It was

canceled in the early '90s. Hermes: "Thank the gods, I

don't want my name associated with the smelly French!

I'm Greco-American now. I have my citizenship papers. I

voted for Romney. I'm a fan of Apple Pie and Rizogalo."

The Boeing 707 jet went into service in '57 for commercial

flights and deregulation of the airliners in '78 were the

two events that made air travel affordable to the all the

upper-middle class and some mid-middle class in '57 and

all mid and many lower in '78.

The total power = Pi (Induced power: the power required to

maintain enough lift to overcome the force of gravity) + Pp

(power needed to overcome drag). To cruise your engine

does nothing more than fight drag.

The magic speed is the speed at which there is the least

amount of drag (it varies from one type of plane to another).

Go slower or faster and you have more drag.

As we explained four stages down, it is incorrect to say that

the shape of the wing causes lift and enables plane to stay

in the air. That's not to say that the shape of wing isn't

important. The aerobatic airplane's wings are symmetric and

thick; further, they have great deal of curvature on the top

and the bottom. This enables slow flight. In contrast, jets

have thin, symmetric wings for fast flight.

Aspect ratio - the ratio of the length of a wing to its width:

High: Long, narrow wings; less fuel consumption - can keep

at constant speed longer -- airliners.

Low: short, wide wings; more fuel to maintain cruise speed;

swift maneuverability - X-15, most fighter jets.

High: can take off at a lower speed than Low; when speeds

are the same, high can carry a larger load.

Moderate: in between; see drawing below.

Edwards Air Force Base is home to 412th Test Wing, USAF
Test Flight School and NASA'sDryden Flight Research Center.

Rogers Dry Lake is there because its a desert. Flat expanses

covered with salt and other minerals called a salt pan. Large,

dry and hard, it serves as an extension to Edwards regular

runways and is a National Landmark which appears white most

of the day due to the sun. The X-1, X-15 were

tested there. Space shuttle landed here in California when

weather prevented landed in Florida. Who knows what secret

planes are being tested here now and being mistaken for flying

sauces!?!

Deserts: About 25% of the earth is desert and located in the

subtropics. There is 0 to 15 inches of rain per year. Some

deserts more but doesn't last long: evaporation faster than

precipitation. It supports only sparse vegetation.

Hermes: "My friend Urania is sad and you're responsible: she

doesn't get many visitors. She's lonely too. Visit her at

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com If you can't connect directly,

everyone can connect via Facebook's Second American

Revolution.With the help of Vulcan, she renovated the place.

 

 

Fwd: Hermes Final Message...

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To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 3:41 pm
Subject: Fwd: Hermes Final Message...

 

                         HERMES FINAL MESSAGE

             by Richard DePersio with Citizen Journalist

Hermes: "It appears as if I'll be flying away. It seems like

only yesterday that I arrived. I got my nearly finalized walking

papers from the BIG Guy...no; not Zeus...Citizen Journalist."

Let's talk trash...no, you won't have to wash you f'n mouth out

with soap...space garbage, that is. It has become a major threat

to manned and unmanned space exploration and exploitation.

       Since Sputnik 1 was launched in '57 (A temporary aside

{where's the Adderall?}: It despicable that we have to pay Russia

to get to the space station for which we footed most the bill. It's a

disgrace too: we who won the Space Race to the Moon! We

know that deep spending cuts are dictated by BO's Debt Crisis.

Nonetheless, his canceling the Constellation Program meant

turning money spent up to that point into wasted money and

many lay-offs. Sometimes canceling a program doesn't result

in expected savings. The makers of Atlas, United launch 

Alliance, have indicated that they could achieve manned 

launches by 2014, about 3 years ahead of companies like

SpaceX! It would make Atlas happy. Remember: Since NASA's

inception in '58, it has been completely or partially responsible

for over 30,000 inventions and discoveries; for every $ budgeted

to NASA, you get a return of about $5 over 7 years; it is one

of the few fed gov entities that work. It too must take cuts but

they should be sparingly. We should return to the moon - BO

is wrong - for scientific exploration and for He3 and silicon; we

should develop nuclear thermal propulsion for solar system

exploration. We should do these things in conjunction with our

real Friends {except certain aspects - not all - which might have

commercial applications}: UK; Canada, Australia, Japan, Czech

Republic, Poland,  India, Guyana, Israel and UAE - the latter

 two will have to work out their differences. Obviously, some

can't contribute as much as others. Getting back to Atlas, ULA,

also is considering entering the space tourist business.

Initial flights would be expensive. NASA would keep ULA

fiscally viable until tourist business gets off of the ground.

Just barely with 1 - 3 flights per year for they would be

expensive {NASA must contribute to debt reduction but

exempt from the BIG Axe for reasons given. For more info

on these issues, please visit stages below --- good news:
elevator has been repaired). Where were we...you, in the

front row...since '57...right....Since '57, litter has been

accumulating in the space environment at a perilous rate.

It includes spent rocket stages, defunct satellites, explosion

and collision fragments, mission-related debris. Small

Category: objects smaller than a grain of sand; as they are

so small, it's not possible to detect them from the ground.

Medium Category: A grain of sand to about the size of a

melon; tens of millions fall into this category. Large

Category: A melon or larger; over 22,000 are tracked. By

 the way, there are about 700 working spacecraft and sats in

orbit.

       Space debris can render a satellite inoperative and can

kill astros aboard spacecraft. Think about this when you fall

asleep: a piece of space debris could strike the earth

unexpectedly or even if trajectory is known nothing can be

done to alter it. Scientists are working on the latter issue.

Goodnight. But wait!...

Nature of mission and funds will dictate the rocket employed.

Most common is serial staging: one stage mounted on

another. The most famous example is the Saturn 5. Another

method is parallel staging wherein usually solid rocket

boosters are strapped usually to the first stage. The boosters

are sometimes referred to as zero stages. The most famous

example is...correction: sadly, was the Space Shuttle. The

Titan 3 is a famous example of a combo: serial and parallel

staging. If the payload is destined for an orbit higher than

600 miles or is leaving earth orbit, a 3-stage rocket is

usually used.

      Multi-staged (serial) rocket's first stage once fuel is

consumed fall into the ocean while the other stages either

burn up in the earth's atmosphere or are added to our

collection of space debris and orbit the earth until their orbit

decays and they to eventually burn up in earth's atmosphere.

     NASA had to render a decision for it couldn't afford

both. The X-15 was achieving records in speed and altitude

but would have to go 3x faster to reach space. When

President Kennedy set the goal of a moon landing the choice

had been made for them: you couldn't land a plane on the

moon! Nonetheless, in '62 plans existed for a space shuttle-

type glider, X-20 (aka Dyna Soar - for DYNAmic SOARing)

to be launched by a Titan 3 into orbit (The Titan 2 launched

the Gemini spacecraft into orbit in our 2-man program of 10

flights; Titan 4 is currently our largest and most powerful rocket).

Six pilots were selected, the program was canceled in

 '63, less than a year before its hoped for first flight - lack of

funds. The Air Force had BIG plans for their own version. Not a

total loss - our NASA is always thinking -. R & D was used in

Space Shuttle program.

There are three basic types of airplane wings: low, medium

and high aspect ratios. Wing Loading: The mass of the

aircraft divided by the area of the wing  (upper surface of

wings).  High aspect ratio indicates long, narrow wings - less

fuel needed to maintain constant speed, less maneuverability;

low aspect ratio indicates short, wide wings - more fuel needed to

 keep at constant speed, swift maneuverability,  (examples: most

 fighter planes; X-15). A glider will be light and have long, narrow

wings. A plane not a glider can lift off at a lower speed than a

plane with short, stubby wings or can carry a heavier load  when

the speeds are the same (most high altitude subsonic crafts

such as airliners).

 Clarification: In "Hermes BIG Challenge" we stated that sounding

rockets are sent between 30 and 900 miles up. Actually, they are

most commonly used between 30 and 120 miles up: this is a region

too high for balloons and too low for sats to gather data. The

flights are sub-orbital: up and down on an arc.

CJ: "Plato not here. You're needed at www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com

If you can't connect directly, go to Facebook's Second American

Revolution - available to everyone.

 

Fwd: Hermes BIG Challenge...

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 6:58 pm
Subject: Fwd: Hermes BIG Challenge...

Nota Bene': You can enjoy "Hermes BIG Challenge" solo

but better enjoyed with companion piece at the top of

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com If you can't connect directly,

please try Facebook Richard DePersio or Twitter

@rickaddsite Your best bet: Facebook's Second American

Revolution {available to everyone}).

Below "Hermes BIG Challenge" Expanded Version.

Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 10:12 pm
Subject: Hermes BIG Challenge...

"Orion was a giant hunter who roamed the forests of the

earth with only his dog, Sirius*, for companionship. One

 day Orion saw seven beautiful sisters walking through

 the forest. Hoping to make one his wife, he chased after

 the girls and frightened them. They fled from Orion,

calling to Zeus for help. Zeus turned the seven sisters

 into  birds,**and off they flew leaving Orion alone once

 again."-C.E. Thompson, Constellations, Sunflower Publishing

HERMES' BIG CHALLENGE TO NASA: CHEAT THANATOS

                            Sub-Title: Atlas will Upset

             by Richard DePersio with Citizen Journalist

 

The death vigil has been launched. In attendance: BO who

has charged Thanatos with the rapid death of NASA; Mitt

who, if elected, would inhibit, not stop, the demise.

      Hermes has concocted a recipe to cheat Thanatos a la

Sisyphus. "NASA, says Hermes, "must go BIG." BIG would

serve a two-fold purpose: restore morale to NASA and

excite the public - who will pressure White House and

Congress to issue a stay of execution. 

      BIG means nuclear thermal. (Please read articles on the

stages below concerning: Project NERVA; Saturn S-N;

current NT R & D). We have been BIG proponents of NT for

 a long time. There will be members of congress and the

public whose opposition will be over safety concerns;

concerns which NASA can overcome even if NT stage is

on launch pad (a traditional chemical stage or two will

lift to orbit, NT would not be ignited on earth, nonetheless,

safety must be maintained regarding fission reactor and

hydrogen propellant. NASA might be able to construct the

NT rocket in low earth orbit - up to 600 miles or on moon).

     NASA hasn't made NT a priority. It must think BIG!

The rocket of choice for solar system exploration: Mars;

moons of Mars; asteroids; the outer planets. It would mean

reasonable transit times to and from destinations and it

would be cost-effective. (Some engineers contend that

NERVA facilities are salvagable; reactivating them may

 save $$$s).

     NASA and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research

Projects Agency) have partnered for the "100 Hundred

Year Starship Project." Initial funding: DARPA - $1 million;

 NASA - $100,000. Hopefully, 10:1 ratio will be  maintained.

 It will develop interstellar spacecraft and launch system

and create spin-off technologies a long the way (will largely

 justify costs; NASA has been completely or partially

responsible for over 30,000 discoveries and inventions

since its inception in '58 - one of the few successful

components of fed gov and can be constitutionally justified

 unlike most of fed gov!).

    While NT rockets are the rockets of choice for solar

system travel, it is insufficient for interstellar travel. However,

 NT can open up the solar system and its resources to

enable interstellar missions. Hopefully, NT research will,

therefore, become part of "100 Hundred Year Starship

project." NASA must enhance its own sending for NT

(spin-offs may help us become energy independent).

     Interstellar possibilities...Solar Sail: laser beam

supplying pressure, manned, hundreds of miles in diameter,

 maximum speed: 10% the speed of light, time to nearest

 star: 45 years; Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, manned,

nuclear bomblets, exploded behind craft, maximum speed:

5%, 90 years (see blue section below); Nuclear Fusion

Rocket (way beyond our present  ability), fuse deuterium

 and He-3 (plentiful and cheap to get on moon, see lower

 stages) for propulsion), 15%, 35 years.

     Pure Science: Increasing man's reservoir of knowledge -

an exciting and beautiful thing, It's what makes us human.

 Over time Pure Science finds applications (aka spin-offs,

aka Applied Science) making living more enjoyable and

comfortable. Get revved-up!

     You must think BIG to enjoy BIG benefits!!!

 Atmospheric physicists consider an altitude of about 300

miles as marking the beginning of space. The exosphere is

about 300 to 6000 miles above the earth. It is considered the

lower part of space. While aeronautical and aerospace

engineers identify 62 miles up as the beginning of space. The

German V2 during a test become the first man-made object

to reach space: it attained an altitude of 100. A few U.S.

X-15s flew above 62 miles. Spacecraft and satellites orbit

above 100 miles. Sounding rockets study the atmosphere

between 30 and 900 miles up.

 As you ascend in the air, temperature and density decreases.

Let's have our imaginary airplane fly to a higher altitude. It

acquires the same speed that it enjoyed at the lower

altitude but the density is lower, therefore the amount of air

diverted has been lowered (See "Hermes has a Message," two

stages down, "Hermes has more Messengers"). To maintain a

 constant lift, the angle of attack

(the leading edge of wing must rise) to compensate for the

reduction in air diverted. The velocity of the diverted downward

air increases. Speed is the same: lower density, higher

downward velocity; higher density, lower downward velocity.

Remember: Downward air, lift of wing; action-reaction.

Orion is teeming with compliments. Named after him:

a constellation; a nebula; an association of dozens of hot, new

stars. Let's not forget the Orion spur on which resides the

solar system ("Urania Presents" at

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com ) Orion: "Aren't you forgetting

something? Rocketry." The Orion Sounding Rocket and the

 Orion Spacecraft with heavy-lifter. Also: Orion was an

experimental model of the exploding fission bombs tested in

 '68-'70 (explosives not fission bombs were employed). Orion:
"Would ever you do, don't tell Atlas ("Is there a God"/Urania

Moons You" at comsat) Sagittarius and Centaurus ("Urania

Presents" at comsat). You know how jealous they get!"

*The Dog Star follows Orion across the sky.

** Pigeons. Zeus having taken pity on them turned them

into pigeons and then  made them a constellation, Pleiades.

 Was that a favor!?! Eventually, Orion is turned into a

constellation with the unreachable Pleiades ahead of him.

Gods play hardball!

 We know Atlas is already distraught. Don't bring up

Pleiades if you see him - they were his daughters!

 

 

 

 

Fwd: Hermes: Ladies, Fly Me...

-----Original Message-----
From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 7:33 pm
Subject: Fwd: Hermes has More Messengers...

                                 HERMES: LADIES, FLY ME!!!

                 by Richard DePersio and Citizen Journalist

 

Hermes: "I just got back from visiting with Urania at

www.comsat-ak.blogspot.com While Bacchus graciously

supplied the wine (I often fly high with or without wine; but 

always with the nectar of the gods), I don't appreciate his

being around and competing for Urania's affections...Below

learn some of my secrets as regards flight."

 

So what keeps a plane up, you ask...When in cruise

(straight-and-level flight: not changing speed, direction or

altitude), the lift on the airplane is equal to its weight; the

 trust produced by the engine is equal to the drag, which is

caused by air friction and the work done to produce the lift.

If your engine creates more thrust or if you raise the

leading edge of the wings, the plane will move faster and

ascend; conversely, lowering power or lowing the angle

that the leading edge makes with the flight path will lower

your altitude. (Visit posts one stage down).

The myth of centrifugal force...Orbital motion is often

described as a balance between two forces, the force of

gravitation...let's say...pulling the moon toward the earth,

and the outward 'centrifugal force' that keeps the moon

from falling into the earth. This simplification is more

confusing than explanatory.

       If you whirl a stone around over your head at the end

of a string, you feel a tug in the string; the stone pulls with a

mutual force on the string (Newton's Third Law of Motion).

There is no outside force pulling the stone away from you.

If there were and the string were to break, the stone would

move racially away from you. Instead it moves in the

direction of its motion.

     As diagram illustrates, an object in orbit falls around the

more massive object (go one stage down). If the more

massive object were to disappear, the body would move at

a right angle with respect to where the body had once been

not 180 degrees.

     There is no centrifugal force (cf) in orbital motion. In the

 case of the moon, no force is pulling outward on the moon

 to balance the attraction between the moon and the earth;

if there were such a balance of forces, the moon would

either not move at all or would move in a straight line (as

predicted by Newton's First Law of Motion).

     Many writers claim the cf is a reaction force to gravity

(Newton's Third Law). This too is incorrect. The reaction to

the earth's gravitational force on the moon is the moon's

gravitational force on earth - opposite to the direction of 

fictitious cf.

Gravity-assist or fly-by or sling-shot maneuver...if a space

probe or spacecraft were to fly close to a planet, it can use

the gravitational pull of the planet to increase its speed or

change its direction or both. (The spacecraft also alters

the speed of the planet {Newton's Third Law} but this

change is imperceptibly small). The direction that the

spacecraft approaches the planet, and whether it passes

on front of or behind it, determines the amount the

spacecraft speeds up or slow down. It constitutes a tricky

maneuver in celestial mechanics. Using gravity this way,

saves both time and fuel (and $$$s) and allows the

spacecraft to carry a heavier payload.

(Take you multi-stage rocket {Hermes permitting} all

around this Vulcan-designed/built comsat).

 

 

 

Fwd: Hermes has a Message...

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 8:07 pm
Subject: Hermes has a Message...

                                 HERMES has a MESSAGE

                   by Richard DePersio and Citizen Journalist

Strange but true: During and prior to WW2, the truth was

taught in elementary/high schools, colleges, flight training

and aeronautical engineering courses concerning lift and what

keeps a plane in the air. It is inexplicable as to why this

had changed after the war to the present in all but

aeronautical engineering.

      Un-true: Misapplication of Bernoulli Principle - Faster

moving air applies a lower perpendicular pressure (called

static pressure) than slower moving air. The wing of a plane

is designed so the air will move slower under the wing,

thereby, created higher pressure than that being applied to

the top. The air on top is moving faster, thereby, generating

less pressure. This enables a plane to stay in the air. Lift

opposes the weight of the plane or the effect of gravity.

      True: The wing causes the air to move downward (action)

causing the wing to rise (reaction). Newton's Third Law states

that for every action there must be a reaction. the wing

produces lift by diverting air down. Just like a propeller

produces thrust by pushing air back. The air is shot back

and the plane moves forward. (Thrust opposes drag).

     The Bernoulli Principle is only valid in a closed system

such as a tube. Air will mover faster through the narrower

part of the tube and exert less static pressure.The wing is

in an open system (the air is not confined) and, as a result,

the static pressure is the same as the surrounding

environment.

The genius of Galileo...Imagine an inclined - inclined at 40

degrees facing another 40 degree inclined plane. A ball is

placed at a certain height on the first plane. You release the

ball, it will attain the same height on the second plane. Now,

imagine that the second plane is 20 degrees. The ball would

still attain the same height. Galileo reasoned the if the second

plane were flat (180 degrees) that the ball, unable to reach

the desired height, would keep moving in the same direction

and at the same speed (if there were no friction and air

resistance). Newton refined it and it became. Third Law of

Motion.

Around and around...The earth is a sphere and drops about 5

meters in every 8,000 meters or 8 kilometers.* If a ball were

dropped from a height of about 5 meters (from the third floor),

it would take it about a second to hit the ground.Now, let's

imagine that it is thrown horizontally. It still takes a second to

hit the ground (gravity brings it down). It might have traveled,

say, 50 meters. Now, picture this: If it could be thrown so that

on one second it traveled 8 kilometers along, it would have

again dropped the 5 meters, but the earth would have curved

down 5 meters. The ball would still be  5 meters above the

ground. If there were no air creating air resistance and it didn't

hit anything, it would continue traveling at 8 kilometers per

second, dropping 5 meters every second; it would remain 5

meters above the earth's surface.

        (Of course, the above is hypothetical not only because

there is air and obstacles but because of the prohibitive

energy requirement. An object orbiting at an altitude of about

300 miles has to move at about 27,000 kilometers an hour. We

guess that an object would have to move  in excess of a

100,000 miles. On earth, we have only attained a velocity

25,000 miles {escape velocity; object leaves earth and doesn't

orbit - direct route, usually, we launch at less than that

velocity, placing space probe or spacecraft into a parking orbit

followed by another burn {firing of the engine to generate thrust

or propulsion} to escape - it's cheaper this way}. While it

requires more energy pr thrust to place an object into a higher

orbit, once there it moves slower; higher orbit, slower velocity).

When a plane is cruising -its speed and direction are constant;

thrust = drag, lift = weight. Obviously, planes rise and descend.

You can increase altitude by increasing speed or by raising the

leading edge of the wing (changing the angle of attack). Now,

you're up higher and must reduce speed or  lower  the wing's

angle with respect to straight and level flight. to achieve cruising

 speed at this altitude.

       You're in orbit and you want to go to a higher or a lower orbit.

Fire engine: you're speed increases and you move upward.

Gravity slows you down and now you orbiting at the required

speed for this altitude - less than lower orbit. To lower orbit,

turn you spacecraft around and fire engine in direction

opposite to the direction that you are moving. You're moving

too slowly for this orbit and fall. Gravity accelerates you until

your moving at the higher speed of this orbit. Size of thrust

determines how high or low that you go.

*1 kilometer = .6 miles. Citizen Journalist: "We are on our third

attempt in ten years to learn the metric system. All but two

countries have converting from British System to Metric

System - the US is one and Great Britain isn't the other!

Plato: "Good people don't need laws to tell them to act

responsibly while bad people will find away around them."

Hermes: "I hear that you're zipping all over the place like I do.

Plato: "I was at rickcmtsite amongst other venues, the

refreshment was top shelf."

Andy 'Moon River' Williams has passed away.

 

    

 

 

Fwd: Hermes and Armstrong...

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From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 7:22 pm
Subject: Hermes and Armstrong...

                  HERMES LOWERS HIS WINGS IN HONOR

                                                 OF

                        ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG

(Please see www.rickaddsite.blogspot.com for another tribute to

Hero Armstrong).

We agreed with Neil that America should return to the moon. Buzz

disagrees. See below on why moon mining might be economically

viable and may substantially bring down energy costs.