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re: Had dinner tonight with Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Astronaut
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:20 am to HubbaBubba
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:20 am to HubbaBubba
quote:It is an apples to oranges comparison. If I read this correctly, he's referring to respiratory CO2 resorption within confines of a spacecraft environment. However, he's also 100% correct re: "Man made global warming: bullshite."
Man made global warming:"bullshite. The current parts per million of 400 that has climatologists claiming it causes warming is wrong, and that onboard the Apollo mission, the tolerance was 9000 parts per million, later reduced to 5000, raised to 10,000 for the shuttle and now back to 7500 for the International Space Station." Now maybe that's an apples to oranges comparison, but it's what he offered.
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Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:22 am to HubbaBubba
Wonderful story. You are a lucky man!
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:24 am to HubbaBubba
awesome story 
I forgot how brave the first set of guys had to be to climb into one of those things after 3 of their buddies were burned alive.
I forgot how brave the first set of guys had to be to climb into one of those things after 3 of their buddies were burned alive.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:27 am to HubbaBubba
quote:
Snowflakes: "These people need to be engaged at every opportunity. They live in a state of unreality and have no appreciation of sacrifice for the country or of how to work with people who see things differently that you do.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:43 am to HubbaBubba
You didn't ask him about aliens? frick you! 
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:44 am to HubbaBubba
CSB
The early astronauts (not dissing the current ones) literally didn't know if they would survive any of the trips.
The early astronauts (not dissing the current ones) literally didn't know if they would survive any of the trips.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 7:59 am to HubbaBubba
That is a real life cool fricking story bro, I am jealous!
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:24 am to HubbaBubba
Sounds like a pretty cool dude. Really like his views. And yeah, I'm jealous too.
This post was edited on 12/16/16 at 8:25 am
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:43 am to HubbaBubba
Ah yes. We referred to Apollo 7 as the "Wally Walt and Don Show". NASA went overboard with myriads of seemingly trivial tasks to the extent that the crew shut down comm for a while. NASA got pissed and never assigned any of them to another mission but they did re-evaluate their crew loading procedures for future missions.
As an aside I got to wear one of Wally Shirras space suit during the Mercury program to evaluate whether some switches in the capsule could be effectively operated while inflated for one of the controller configurations we were designing for Gemini.
Ahhh nostalgia.
As an aside I got to wear one of Wally Shirras space suit during the Mercury program to evaluate whether some switches in the capsule could be effectively operated while inflated for one of the controller configurations we were designing for Gemini.
Ahhh nostalgia.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:15 am to HubbaBubba
is anyone else pumped up after reading both stories?
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:47 am to ChineseBandit58
quote:That’s really cool. He talked about how hard it is now for everyone on the space station because comms is 24/7, whereas theirs was only during 4-5% of a day.
ChineseBandit58
This post was edited on 12/16/16 at 9:50 am
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:01 am to HubbaBubba
Political positions aside, that was a very interesting story. I'd like to see more of this kind of story posted.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:03 am to HubbaBubba
Best story I've ever read on the Poli Board.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:04 am to yoga girl
quote:Which part? But I think I already know the answer.
I'd like to see more of this kind of story posted.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:04 am to HubbaBubba
How did you remember everything he said word for word? Were you writing it down as he talked? A recording maybe?
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:11 am to HubbaBubba
If only I had more up-votes to give... 
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:30 am to HubbaBubba
I did some radio production with Walt back in the day. Quality person.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 10:47 am to Taxing Authority
quote:He personally reads for the audio book version of his book. He said it took him almost four months to complete.
I did some radio production with Walt back in the day. Quality person.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 11:00 am to DirtyMike
quote:I manage strategic sales to military contractors, including aerospace, aviation and three letter federal agencies for my employer. I wouldn't be worth spit to my employer if I didn't listen and remember the conversations that I have with people who manage these operations.
How did you remember everything he said word for word? Were you writing it down as he talked? A recording maybe?
Posted on 12/16/16 at 11:11 am to HubbaBubba
They rarely make gentlemen like these anymore. That's a crying shame. 
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