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July 27 Apollo 11 re-enactment – Splashdown (July 24) – Mission audio & commentary
APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 7:39 - GET 191:07 APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 7:59 - GET 191:27 Values into CM computer to extend landing range: APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 8:20 - GET 191:48 CAPCOM We've run this procedure in the simulators and it works fine. The best way to go through it, just go through it and if you have any questions come back. But it's the same lift vector UP until MAX G, and then lift vector DOWN and then modulate the lift vector until g dot goes to zero. Okay, this procedure is essentially the same so far, and then hold g dot zero until you pass the retro elapsed time of V circular and then after you pass this retro elapsed time of V circular, roll to a gimbal angle of 45 degrees, and then hold this constant bank angle of 45 degrees until you've come to the retro elapsed time of drogues. Over. SC CAPCOM PAO This will be first time in Apollo that crews have flown lift vector UP during reentry. Normally, lift vector is down. However, we want to extend the range by 215 miles so for a short period about a minute and 25 seconds during the blackout period the spacecraft will be flown with lift vector up. The computer program for that is number 65, up control. Apollo 11 is now 25,301 nautical miles from Earth, velocity has increased to 12,263 feet per second. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 8:35 - GET 192:03 Apollo 11 now 22,130 nautical miles from earth; velocity 13,053 feet per second. We're 2 hours 32 minutes 32 seconds away from entry interface. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 9:05 - GET 192:33 Apollo 11 is 19,914 nautical miles from the Earth approaching at a velocity of 13,695 feet per second. We're 2 hours, 14 minutes, 16 seconds away from entry into the atmosphere, the U.S. Air Force C-135 crew will attempt to photograph this re-entry of the command module. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 9:25 - GET 192:53 A few of the entry event times have changed from a second to 4 seconds. Others remain the same. Here's the updated times:
Maximum G load expected during the entry, 6.20. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 9:50 - GET 193:18 Apollo 11 is 15,854 nautical miles from Earth, velocity 15,154 feet per second. We're just - we're 1 hour 43 minutes away from entry and here are the altitudes at which the entry events are expected to occur:
APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 10:00 - GET 193:28 Apollo 11 now 14,374 nautical miles from earth; velocity 15,788. We expect entry velocity at 36,194 feet per second. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 10:20 - GET 193:48 Apollo 11's distance now 11,463 nautical miles approaching at a velocity of 17,322 feet per second. We're just under an hour away from scheduled command module-service module separation and about an hour and 12 minutes away from entry. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 11:00 - GET 194:28 PAO APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 11:25 - GET 194:53 PAO Guidance reports Apollo 11 right down the middle of the corridor. 7 minutes away from entry. PAO Velocity's now 35,578 feet per second. We're a minute and 45 seconds from entry. Black out will begin 18 seconds after entry. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 11:23 - GET 195:01 PAO Blackout very shortly. Range to go to splash 1533 nautical miles. There's blackout. This blackout period should last for about 3 minutes 45 seconds. At blackout we were showing velocity 36,237 feet per second. Range to go to splash 1510 nautical miles. The elapse time for end of blackout 195 hours 7 minutes even. Drogue shoot deployment time is 195 hours 12 minutes 8 seconds. And the Control Center will not attempt to communicate with Apollo 11 after drogue deploy time. It will leave the air ways clear for the recovery forces. APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 11:42 - GET 195:10 APOLLO 11 MISSION COMMENTARY 7-24-69 CDT 11:42 - GET 195:10 ----------- Follow webDotWiz on Twitter. Posted using the 2009 version of Windows Live Writer. July 16 Apollo Moon Landings - Apollo 11's 40th birthday (Updated)
Here are some links to refresh your memory of Apollo 11’s historic moon landing forty years ago:
--------------- Follow webDotWiz on Twitter. Posted using the 2009 version of Windows Live Writer. June 04 Are the days of the keyboard and mouse numbered?In 1984, the following was a letter to the editor of a PC magazine:
In 2009 we have the Xbox motion controller (Project Nadal):
and this:
Not a mouse in sight… ----------------- Follow webDotWiz on Twitter. Posted using the 2009 version of Windows Live Writer. Hat tip to BrandonT for his Live Writer tip on inserting videos. March 02 Sites Mon 02-Mar-2009 – Victorian bushfires, CFA safety message on YouTubeHere are some sites to keep you aware of the weather conditions beginning tonight and expected tomorrow that may effect the Victorian bushfires:
February 15 Sites Sun 15-Feb-2009 – Victorian bushfire news, where to make donations
Some links to today’s news. Also links to sites on which to make donations.
--------------------- February 14 Sites Sat 14-Feb-2009 – Victorian bushfires – news and online donation sitesSome news about the Victorian bushfires today. As well, links to the Red Cross and Salvation Army online donation pages:
--------------------- Follow webDotWiz on Twitter. July 09 Attention: Team SOAK has just won the Imagine Cup FinalsAnother post with photos and videos of the Australian team, Team SOAK, with their first prize in the Imagine Cup 2008 in Paris (courtesy of the MSOzAcademic blog):
Technorati Tags: Imagine Cup,Team SOAK Imagine Cup winners announced, Australian Team SOAK takes home the goldCourtesy Liveside.net:
Winners in other categories are on the Liveside.net post. -------------------------------- Posted using the Tech Preview of Windows Live Writer. May 20 Live Earth - Concerts for a Climate in Crisis - free Madonna song download
On 07/07/07, seven concerts around the world will take place to bring the climate crisis to the forefront of people's attention. Info about the concerts can be found at liveearth.msn.com and at liveearth.org. Australia (Sydney) is one of the seven locations for the Live Earth concerts and you can get links to ticket sales, the performers and other info on the Australian Concert for a Climate in Crisis page. Australia will host the first of the seven concerts as the sun rises on July 7. Performers at the Sydney concert include Crowded House, Paul Kelly, John Butler Trio and Toni Collete. There's lots of info on the Live Earth site, including a Community section from where you can download a desktop wallpaper for the Australian event (or, choose wallpapers for other countries as well). Madonna has written a song exclusively for Live Earth, Hey You, and it's a free download from the this page (note, it's only available for limited time). Othe official blog site for Live Earth is http://liveearth.spaces.live.com so subscribe to its feed and keep up to date. The site has got lots of simple, handy tips for saving energy and bringing more green-ness to the Earth's climate. For example, see the short section titled Clean your (monitor's) screen.
February 01 Australia Day 2007 - images on Look Up and Smile!These are a couple of images in high-def that were taken on Australia Day for the Look Up and Smile! collection of events for the day. Firstly, at Kirra Beach, Qld, they celebrated 100 years of Surf Living clubs in Australia:
The Opera House also featured:
Note: links above take you directly to the map view at Look Up and Smile!
January 24 Search for a way to help - Click4TheCause.live.comHere's a simple way to donate to ninemillion.org, the U.N.'s campaign to aid nine million refugee youth around the world. All we need do is use click4thecause.live.com any time we want to search on the web and Microsoft will make a donation on our behalf. Check out the ninemillion.org site as well as nine-million.spaces.live.com where you can click the counter to add your contribution and see how other ways to help, as well as adding the counter to your own space (simply click the + sign at the top right of the gadget and follow the prompts). So for the next couple of months, make click4thecause.live.com your home page and add it to your favorites to use whenever you want to search the web. Also see Live Search team blog, Dare, Inside Live Messenger. Technorati tags: Click4TheCause, Ninemillion.org January 12 Australia Day - Look up and smileOk, so Microsoft Australia are sponsoring this event to tell us about some new operating system due on January 30. However, it's an interesting concept and there are special locations where a satellite has been booked to overfly and photograph aerial images of the events that the local community will be conducting. There are three main locations: Centennial Park, Sydney; Kirra Beach, Queensland; and New Norcia, Western Australia. If you're within 1.5 km of these locations, and you've created something Big, you'll be in the photograph. Check out the Look Up and Smile site to see how you can take part and some tips on creating a large image that can be photographed.
Via Frank Arrigo, Jeff Alexander.
Technorati tags: Australia Day, Look up and smile November 09 webDotWiz's video on SoapboxThis is really a test but webDotWiz is following instructions from the Soapbox team blog. Click the link below to view the movie (created from photos in Photo Story).
Technorati tags: Soapbox on MSN Video June 27 Things to do in 1300 A.D from Alex BarnettAlex Barnett, Community Program Manager for the Data Programmability team, Microsoft Corp, Redmond, often discusses thought-provoking ways in which to use all the data that's floating around the Net. However he's gone off-topic with this scenario:
<off-topic. if you're looking for intelligent commentary on technological issues of the day, you're at the wrong place. please move on.> From time to time something catches my eye that sets me off down a complete waste of time. Like this. "Here’s a hypothetical situation; you’re sucked into a worm hole and transported back to the year 1300 A.D. in Medieval Europe. You didn’t bring back your cell phone, or laptop, or any “more recent” invention. What advantages would you have over society at that time? Would you be able to survive, and would you be able to influence the course of history?" Well, one obstacle to overcome would be language. Even if I landed in medieval Britain I'd have some considerable communication challenges. Middle English being the Lingua franca of the day in Ye Olde Blightey. Another consideration would be headwear... Follow the remainder of Alex's ponderings on his site. April 24 It's OUR content that makes the web go aroundRobert Scoble, Microsoft Geek Blogger, had a week off from his blog and invited Bubba Murarka as guest blogger. In Bubba's summary of the week's experience, he points out the following as what he learned for the week (comments after the - by yours truly):
You can continue to read Bubba's blog at his MSN Space, and, of course, Robert Scoble is still at the same place. November 01 Talking about Diva seals Cup legend. 01/11/2005. ABC News OnlineHistory was made at today's running of the Melbourne Cup so for the record, webDotWiz is posting the news that Makybe Diva is the first horse to win three consecutive Melbourne Cups. For those not familiar with the history of the Melbourne Cup, it's said to be the only horse race in the world during which the whole nation (Australia) comes to a stop to listen to on radio or watch on TV. Those present at Flemington Racecourse today will be handed a postcard as they leave as a memento of this history-making day. Here's one site with a history of the Melbourne Cup. There's going to be lots written and said about today's race - after all, it's history in the making in sport. Quote
October 19 Days 3, 4, 5 Blogging from Katrina Ground ZeroSara Ford has continued to add to her impressions of giving a hand to those needing help after Hurricane Katrina.
In summary, to quote:
October 16 Blogging from Katrina Ground ZeroSara Ford is a member of the Microsoft Visual Studio team and she's returned to her hometown, Waveland, in Mississippi.
Sara is helping to raise funds and give a hand. She's writing up her experiences as each day goes by.
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