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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:03:39 PM EDT
A lot of you guys were probably not even born yet, I was 8 when it was launched.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:08:42 PM EDT
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It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall.
Edited because I'm a goofball. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:09:33 PM EDT
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It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall. Did you watch the video, they are talking about the launch mishap. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:13:22 PM EDT
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Did you watch the video, they are talking about the launch mishap. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall. Did you watch the video, they are talking about the launch mishap. Wait - we're supposed to watch the videos before commenting? When did that change? |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:14:05 PM EDT
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I remember Skylab. I would have been 8 or so years old. Some company was selling insurance in case it landed on your house.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:14:13 PM EDT
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Skylab was boring.
The shit sucked. 
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:14:22 PM EDT
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I probably don't remember as much about that as I should. Seems I was a bit distracted with my high school
graduation that same month. But...yeah. The space program was something I watched with interest from elementary school on. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:15:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall. It was damaged on launch. They had a hell of a time keeping it habitable...even using stop-gap engineered fixes. I remember it well...I was grown when it launched.  |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:16:14 PM EDT
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A lot of you guys were probably not even born yet, I was 8 when it was launched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUugbcIE1I Embed made into link. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:18:03 PM EDT
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Didn't the nav electronics for that end up in a Russian nuke weapons satellite?
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:18:19 PM EDT
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Last time a Saturn V was ever used was the unmanned mission to put the Skylab payload into orbit
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:23:52 PM EDT
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I remember reading about Skylab in the 1970's in aerospace books I had as a kid.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:24:47 PM EDT
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I always thought it looked cool with the X shaped solar array on top.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:24:55 PM EDT
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I was on a field exercise in Germany when it was scheduled to reenter the Earths atmosphere. I was sure it was going to land on my plastic coated canvas jeep roof and take me out. I think you could buy a hat with a big point on the top of it that was advertised as a "Skylab early warning hat" or some such bullshit.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 5:37:24 PM EDT
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Inside shot, pretty big open spaces inside.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:20:00 PM EDT
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Didn't the nav electronics for that end up in a Russian nuke weapons satellite? Ya and they sent some old guys up to fix it. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:27:16 PM EDT
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Somewhere in all my old pictures I have a story from an Charleston Gazette writer talking of Skylab, at the time it was going to be crashing back to earth and they could not tell you where it would land when it would fall from the sky. The story was a paraody of it falling into a fountain on the WV State Capitol grounds.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:29:12 PM EDT
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/give NASA a target and the will never hit it |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:30:43 PM EDT
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A lot of you guys were probably not even born yet, I was 8 when it was launched.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUugbcIE1II remember being in science class at the time it was falling back to earth. Everyone was worried about it since they weren't sure where it would hit. Ended up near or in Australia IIRC. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:31:38 PM EDT
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I remember being in science class at the time it was falling back to earth. Everyone was worried about it since they weren't sure where it would hit. Ended up near or in Australia IIRC. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A lot of you guys were probably not even born yet, I was 8 when it was launched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WUugbcIE1II remember being in science class at the time it was falling back to earth. Everyone was worried about it since they weren't sure where it would hit. Ended up near or in Australia IIRC. Had pieces of it onstage at a Ms. Universe pageant the next weekend in Australia IIRC |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:35:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:37:47 PM EDT
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I remember it well!
I was 15 at the time, I had built more Saturn V models that were positioned around my bedroom than anyone would probably believe. I wanted to be an astronaut in the worst way. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:39:45 PM EDT
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My grandfather worked on it, the solar panels, iirc
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:44:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryFunky Ghetto
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:47:16 PM EDT
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Watched it go up.Watched it come down.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:49:57 PM EDT
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I followed all the space missions when I was a kid. Remember it well.
Sad days for me when we didn't return to the moon, when the Saturn V went out of use, and even sadder when they couldn't keep Skylab in orbit. (But I'm of the opinion we should stayed on the moon with a lunar base, and expanded orbital operations.) The Apollo-Soyuz mission was in 75 as well. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:51:20 PM EDT
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I remember when it came down. Newspaper sponsored a deal if you guessed where it fell you won something. I didn't get shit.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:52:29 PM EDT
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I followed all the space missions when I was a kid. Remember it well. Sad days for me when we didn't return to the moon, when the Saturn V went out of use, and even sadder when they couldn't keep Skylab in orbit. (But I'm of the opinion we should stayed on the moon with a lunar base, and expanded orbital operations.) The Apollo-Soyuz mission was in 75 as well. And in the end, the Russians won the space race
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:53:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:58:57 PM EDT
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There was a solar observatory on Skylab.
Look at that huge prominence in this pic taken from Skylab 
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Posted: 9/22/2015 6:59:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And in the end, the Russians won the space race Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I followed all the space missions when I was a kid. Remember it well. Sad days for me when we didn't return to the moon, when the Saturn V went out of use, and even sadder when they couldn't keep Skylab in orbit. (But I'm of the opinion we should stayed on the moon with a lunar base, and expanded orbital operations.) The Apollo-Soyuz mission was in 75 as well. And in the end, the Russians won the space race Yeah. We never should have let our manned launch capability lapse.  Used to enjoy watching the footage of the spacewalks from Skylab. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:06:59 PM EDT
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Have been on the mock up in the Smithsonian.
Big inside. Kinda cool. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:08:24 PM EDT
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A NASA video on Skylab and long-duration space flight. Proving ground for keeping humans in space for extended periods of time.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:09:24 PM EDT
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That was cool, thanks for posting.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:21:40 PM EDT
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And in the end, the Russians won the space race I wouldn't say they won...they're just in the lead at the moment. Besides, we have shit exploring other planets and even outside the solar system. The Russians have a cab that goes into earth orbit. It will be nice to see American astronauts riding American rockets again. Sometime. I hope.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:25:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:26:43 PM EDT
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I was in grade school when it came down. IIRC, some guy on TBS named Bill Tush had some sort of Skylab emergency drills.
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:32:54 PM EDT
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Who didn't have a "Skylab, it sure ain't bird shit" bumper sticker? I did, no digital cameras then for a picture of it though.
Damn, I'm old! 
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Posted: 9/22/2015 7:41:05 PM EDT
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Who didn't have a "Skylab, it sure ain't bird shit" bumper sticker? I did, no digital cameras then for a picture of it though. Damn, I'm old! That's awesome! Now I want one. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 11:25:02 PM EDT
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Used to order a drink at Eskimo Joes in Stillwater, OK called a SkyLab Fallout
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Posted: 9/22/2015 11:50:24 PM EDT
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I remember being in elementary school and seeing the umbrella fix, thinking to myself "that shit is totally K-mart".
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Posted: 9/22/2015 11:55:18 PM EDT
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Skylab was boring. The shit sucked. Actually Gene Kranz said a lot a flight controllers quit because of that. Seriously. |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 11:56:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:09:06 AM EDT
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Way before my time, but we still study the HBS case "Strike in Space".
Crew got on each other's nerves so bad, and they were so micro-managed from the ground, they just shut off the radio for a few hours. 
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:11:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait - we're supposed to watch the videos before commenting? When did that change? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall. Did you watch the video, they are talking about the launch mishap. Wait - we're supposed to watch the videos before commenting? When did that change? Seriously. Do the mods know how hard it will be to pad our post counts if we have to read the articles and think about our responses before posting? |
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:13:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It was damaged on launch. They had a hell of a time keeping it habitable...even using stop-gap engineered fixes. I remember it well...I was grown when it launched. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It wasn't a "disaster" - NASA didn't want to pony up and keep it in space. They let it fall. I remember it well...I was grown when it launched. I was in junior high school. Skylab was NASA's attempt to do something cool to keep the public's attention between the moon landings and the space shuttle. Unfortunately, they had to do it on the cheap. The 1970s were not kind to NASA's budget. |
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:22:22 AM EDT
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I was in high school when it launched, had more important things on my mind.
Girls, where to buy beer, and that's not even considering the draft! |
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:37:56 AM EDT
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Still not as cool as Sealab...
2021. D cups of justice. |
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Posted: 9/23/2015 12:41:00 AM EDT
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I was 9 years old and living in Australia when it 'landed' it was HUGE DEAL at the time. I recall it being all over the news.
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Posted: 9/23/2015 1:33:03 AM EDT
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The Skylab warning hat had a plastic suction cup dart on the top, it would give you 3 nano seconds warning when Skylab landed on you.
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Posted: 9/23/2015 2:12:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Still not as cool as Sealab... 2021. D cups of justice.  |
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