In post 196 you can almost hear Buzz say, My God man is that a pubic hair in the canopy? Followed by ya know I must have left my check book in the jet. SECURITY!

Thos one gets my vote for post of the month !!

SHOOT I just ran out of checks! Wouldn't you know it! I am sure by the time I get new checks all of the deposit slots will be gone!

Man, oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man....I just finished reading this entire thread to date and I'm still laughing....it's 10:49 in the am and thanks to Sean, I'm actually having a bear!! The truth is, I don't even have a clue about WHAT to do with this thread....I think I'll conference a few peers on this one....In the words of the great Arnold...I'LL BE BACK! Regards,

Richie

Richie,
dont even think of messin with this one...

HAHA....now there's a couple of ways I can take that my friend...LOL

Richie

This reminds me of a mastercard commercial...it's PRICELESS!!!

Man, I hope the bear is into that kind of thing!

ROFLMAO!!!! You see, i'm already under the influence!! I meant BEER!!! GOOD ONE!!! LOLOLOLOLOL

Don't worry matt - I'm sure that a money order would be acceptable too !

Edit - just noticed in tracy's marketplace ad (http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=147435) that he will accept Money Order ~ Cashier Check ~ Personal Check ~ COD ~ Visa ~ MasterCard ~ American Express ~ Discover - so your lack of checks is definitey not a problem. What are you waiting for ?

I had a bear once, but I was already under the influence

Ritchie....LEAVE THIS ONE UP!!!

Don't touch it Richie!

That is all I want for Christmas, is for you to leave it be!!!!! PLEASE??!!!?

Don't touch it Richie!

That is all I want for Christmas, is for you to leave it be!!!!! PLEASE??!!!?

Mark,
Just another stupid idea, but what if they move the Shuttle about 2 or 3 feet farther away from the tank, so if anything comes off it will miss. I think the chunk that hit Columbia would have cleared in that case. They would only need to re-engineer the structure between the tank and orbiter, the attachments would basically remain the same. It would only change the flight dynamics slightly and they could reprogram the Shuttles nozzle angles to make up for the slight change in configuration. I believe they have it engineered now so that the Shuttle thrust and SRB thrust matches very closely so there is minimal stress on the attachments, so a little longer attachments shouldn't cause any problems. They could do an analysis to confirm that it would be impossible for any foam to come far enough away from the tank to hit the orbiter. What do ya think?

Tracy,
Please tell us about your 1981 Nassau trip. Were there any stars along? Pictures would be great! My office is only 30 seconds from the airport in Stuart so I will not need much notice when you pop in with all the bunnies. Give me a little notice and I will have plenty of media present to cover the occasion. Did you consider the feasability of a supersonic Starjet yet?
I am still working on the other 9 virginStarjetIs
Jetboy

make your molds and your prototype and ten have composite arf build your kits. if thay be good enought for BV, then they can make glasskittycats.

Also, you won't have to put a help-wanted add out in the Frost Bite Falls Newspaper.

And to top it all off the you can tell the first 10 that the shipment is being held up in customs.

Bear fur makes EXCELLENT merkin material, albeit somewhat itchy...

hmmm i always though the fur used was taken from pusycats ...



Wojtek

No chance Tracy. I don't know where you got the SSME & SRB thrust is almost the same line. Not even close! The SRBs are almost 3 million pounds per! That idea can not work at all. All of the moments arms would increase for all of the load that dumps into the ET, meaning a total redesign of the tank, not to mention the whole system (flight dynamics, lift/drag, Orbitet & ET squatcheloids, Debris Transport Analysis, etc.. and on forever). It takes months just to get a new TPS spray qualified in this post-Columbia environment, and you wanna redesign the whole thing! Ten years at a minimum (just like a GlassCat!).

Now back to Merkin Talk!!!

OMG --- I am not sure how I missed this but I just read it from start to finish ... this is the best stuff I think I have ever seen on RCU. I do thing maybe I have come up with an answer to one of the questions.. I have uncovered information that his building assistant (AKA Mr. Pubic hair) and his new test pilot are indeed the same man, one caption William Buck Rogers.
I heard he just got back from a deep space probe

No - that region is always better when bare ... uh, I mean bear.

BTW, for the guys who played with the first evolution of the Glasscat... did you guys check to see whether the glue is really what you think it is? Maybe that cream colored bead between the formers & the glass skin isn't really Aeropoxy [X(]

"Chita man no like weed round garage!"-

Sven Hassel

Yo Dude !
You have a unique problem,I just can't believe both your union and employer turned against you ... what gives ???? I always thought one was either on the union side or management's never to come to agreement unless the guns are on the table. What union represented you ?NATCA ? Also what was your GS title ? 2152 ?. Why was a judge in Ohio issue the injuction rather than one in Washington state ?
Just to let you know the pay banding is not Too bad, raises are on performance, not time on job. A LONG time employee of the FAA.
Semper Fi
Joe