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                            To HERMES with LOVE, URANIA

  by Richard DePersio and Aphrodite

                                                    with Citizen Journalist Janus Calliope

  (Fortified with Shocking Non-PC; Someone has to be willing to speak

                               the unspeakable! It ain't you typical science article)

 

          LITTLE KNOWN SPACE FACTS WORTH KNOWING*:

!) Launched in August '62. Vostok 2 was polited by Titov the Soviets

second manned mission. He was the first man to eat in space: he ate

some food paste; later, he gained the distinction of becoming the

first human to experience space sickness. Apparently, paste wasn't

umm umm food!;

2) The third American in space, Glenn, emptied a tube of applesauce

into his mouth becoming first USA to eat in space. We are certain

that it wasn't good to the last drop and he didn't become ill. We

can't be sure if Titov problem was food or motion sickness or a combo;

3) Wally Schirra was our fifth one-man Mercury mission and the

first telecast beamed to earth. It was processed and soon telecast.

Prior to this time, astronauts and cosmonauts were filmed in their

space capsule with footage shown on TV and stills in newspapers

after the conclusion of their missions;

4) Wally was followed by Gordo Cooper who launched a sphere with

strobe lights, which he was able to see on the following orbit. Gordo

was the first astro-guy to deploy a satellite from orbital flight. He

is further distinguished by the fact that his manual landing was of

pin-point accuracy;

5) The joint Apollo/Soyuz mission: after Apollo splashed down , an

astro-error caused the fumes of fuel being dumped overboard to be

drawn into the spacecraft. The fumes caused Brand to loose

consciousness, but no permanent harm resulted. The crew probably

saved their own lives by using their oxygen masks.

(Note: Mercury and Vostok flights took place between 1961-64; joint

mission in '75).

6) In '86, two cosmonauts having spent two months aboard the Mir

space station flew Soyuz spacecraft to the older Salyut station where

they spent 50 days - this represented the first transfer from one craft

to another;

7) Let's pay homage to the unmanned pathfinders...Our Ranger probes

 intentionally crashed into the moon transmitting date until impact; the

 Lunar Orbiters gathered data from lunar orbit (aren't you glad we

explained it; it would have driven you crazy for hours if we hadn't --- we

 know our readers!); finally, we were able to soft-land Surveyors on the

moon. In '67, Surveyor 6...

FOX NEWS ALERT: Artemis is furious. Let's hope that she doesn't go

muslim (slang for violent or crazy). The goddess demands that CJCS

Comsats desist in employing the words moon and lunar. RD: "We

shall never give in to terrorist demands." Artemis: "But, darling, I'm no

terrorist." RD: "Are you a Zsa Zsa? Artemis: "Let's get physical." RD:
"Are you a Newton-John." Calliope: "Rick, I can vouch for my Greek

goddess friend. Now, be a good human and make her happy --- and

Newton-John her." Aphrodite: "Over my dead immortal body!" RD: "My

decision is...

...lifted off the lunar surface - correction: Artemis' body - moved to a new

location, and set down to photographed another sexy area. The first time

an engine had been restarted on an extraterrestrial body.

8) In '69, Apollo Astros landed within 600 feet of Surveyor 3 which had

landed about 2 and a 1/2 years earlier. Conrad and Bean retrieved some

pieces from the probe, later found to contain earth bacteria, which had

survived all that time subjected to extreme cold and heat, near vacuum

and dryness.

All of this enabled America to win Artemis Race. There must be more to

the story like even bigger events:

A) Americans and Russians could maneuver their crafts for experience

when scheduled, otherwise controlled from the ground and on-board

'auto-pilot.' They could seize control if part or all of system conked out

(US), all (USSR). The cosmonauts had to open a box containing a code

to punch in in order to secure manual control --- great if there were an

emergency! As we progressed from Mercury to Gemini to Apollo, our

spacemen secured much control of craft while the other side only a

modicum more. (One can argue that it reflected our different political systems.

B) Greater astro-control enabled us to achieve rendezvous and docking and

 accomplish more during space walks - vital for Artemis missions.

C) We had the Saturn 5, was most powerful rocket ever built --- 7.6 million

pounds of thrust at launch. In '67, USSR had a more powerful Artemis rocket

 but blew up on launch pad during a fueling test producing many casualties.

(Note: Saturn 5 too Apollo crafts to Artemis beginning in '69. It wouldn't be

until '87 that Russia would have a rocket approaching Saturn 5 in power ---

7.9 pounds of thrust at launch called Energiia. It was launched only twice: '87,

'88. The second time it tested an unpiloted space shuttle called Buran.

(Note: Some data came from "Smithsonian Guides: Spaceflight" {Prentice

Hall Macmillan, 1995} ** - see below).

                                           BOOK REVIEW

          (Our first. While we have quoted from outstanding books,

     we've yet  to review a single one {single one seems redundant}.

   System: * star - poor; ** - fair; *** -good; **** - excellent and ^ - 1/2

                                                  star)

"Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche (McGraw-Hill, 1944). This is

without a doubt one of the greatest stories ever told: creative, educational

fun --- you just don't wish to put it down as if you are reading a mystery.

      It constitutes an excellent supplement to a student pilot's manual, an

informative/imaginative journey for the earth-bound intelligent layman and

well augments a freshman aeronautical engineering student's textbook. Written

slightly more from a pilots perspective.

      Don't Allow Year of Copyright dissuade you from purchasing this

top-of-the-shelf construction. Sneaky, he helps you understand Relativity too!

      Remember: During and prior to WW2, what keeps a plane up - lift - was

taught correctly in elementary and high schools, pilot training and college

aeronautics. Since the late 40s, it is only taught correctly in aeronautics. Bernoulli

is baloney when misapplied leading to a false understanding of lift and, thereby,

making it harder to understand flight.

     It's about Newton and your angle of attack. Who did it? The Wolfman!

Rating: ***^ (Only, we will get ****, if we ever write a book).

"Understanding Flight" by Anderson Eberhardt (McGraw-Hill, 2010) Written for the

intelligent layman and more from an aeronautical engineer's point-of-view. We

don't feign to be experts but it seems to us that the book contains a few errors

and contradictions plus a few confusing passages. We need to consult our

other books on the subject - now, especially, the Wolf - to better understand

certain parts. Educational but not entertainingly educational.

Rating: **.

"Flight: Pioneers-Airpower-Record Breakers-Future" by Ian Graham in association

with Royal Aeronautical Society (KingFisher, 2001). This book can serve a meaningful

purpose: Parent and child (over 10) can take turns reading out loud and discuss or

read separately followed by discussion. It could lead to looking up more info on

items covered in short composition.

Rating: **^.

(How did with do as first time critics?).

Aphrodite: "Wrap it up. Artemis is now visible." Calliope: "Let's do one more section."

RD: "CJ, How can we refuse: Beauty-Brain-Body!"

                           HERMES MAIN LAUNCH SITE is MT. OLYMPUS

                        (Put Down that Remote!!! Wait for Guinean Surprise*)

World Launch Sites: US - Kennedy Space Center-Florida, Vendenberg, Air Force Base-

California, Wallops Island-Virginia; Russia - Baikonur Cosmodrome-Kazakh Republic,

Kapustin Yar-Russia, Piesetsk-Russia; China - Sguang chang tse, Xichang; Japan -

Kagoshima Space Center, Taneegeshima Space Center; Africa - San Marco

platform (Italian); South America - Guiana Space Center, Kourou Space Center

(French/European; Israel - Negev; India - Sriharikutas Range.

(*Let's define Latin America as Mexico and the countries of Central America, South

America and the Caribbean Islands as those controlled for many years by Spain and

where the dominate language is Spanish and where there is a pronounced Spanish

influence. And, African-Americans as descendants of those who had ancestors who

were slaves and those who were or had become freemen.

PC-Blow-Up: Have you noticed but wouldn't dare say out loud but we will that those who

emigrate here from nations to our south with a heavy British or French or Dutch influence

are better educated and more classy and cultured: the way they talk, their ideas; style of

dress; way they carry themselves; are hard working. We are speaking in general for

there are exceptions to the rule. We don't consider our observations bigoted. Recently,

a 30 year old Guinean black friend described an African-American co-worker as ghetto

 due to her appearance and work habits or lack thereof. Further, the boss has to cow tow

 to the African-American, clearly fearing being accused of discrimination, costing after a

verbal altercation, my much harder-working/better qualified friend her job. There is black

 and  there is black. It has nothing to do with color (race) for that would be indicative of

racism. What about Jamaicans, man. Of course, UK, France and Holland are part of

Western Culture to the greater degree. Word. I'm chillin' in my crib with my homies. It's

 the Hip-Hop culture. Milf).

Hermes: Thank you, Urania for serving as gift's producer.