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“Boeing/Lockheed Phase B delta-wing shuttle concept.
The booster would be 64m long and powered by 11 rocket engines while the 352.9-tonne delta-wing orbiter would be 50.3m long with a cross-range capability of 2,400km. The Air Force regarded Maxime Faget's straight-wing orbiter as outright dangerous since its flight plan called for a stall maneuver at 12.2km altitude followed by a controlled dive to 7.6km to pick up speed again. This was necessary because the shuttle would be reentering nose-high and it would be travelling too slowly for the wings to provide any lift when the nose finally gets pushed down. The Air Force (and leading NASA/MSFC officials such as Dale Myers) preferred a delta wing which would permit a normal gliding reentry. The delta provides better trim and drag across the entire flight path, from hypersonic reentry to subsonic flight, although the landing speed will be higher than for a straight wing. Faget objected that the delta would be heavier, although it did offer more room for the landing gear. What settled the argument in the end was the USAF cross-range requirement since the shuttle would have to capable of overflying the Soviet Union and return to base after a single orbit, only 90 minutes later. Due to the Earth's rotation, the base would have moved by 2000km in 90 minutes so this defined the shuttle's cross-range requirement. But NASA paid a heavy price for this, since the resulting additional weight and complexity added well over 20% to both development and operations costs of the shuttle. To the Air Force, the only shuttle capability that seemed really valuable was the ability to inspect and retrieve satellites in space as well as deploy 18,144kg military spy satellites. NASA had no choice, though, since it badly needed the considerable US Air Force space traffic to boost the shuttle “market” -- the basic justification for the extremely high initial investment of the system. As the space station project was postponed indefinitely in mid-1970, it became increasingly clear that one-third of the shuttle payloads would be military satellites. NASA also needed USAF political support in Congress, where influential Senators and Representatives were adamantly opposed to Paine's grandiose and expensive post-Apollo space exploration plan. The Department of Defense was, at best, a lukewarm shuttle supporter and there was little military interest in a low-cost space transportation system since the existing Titan and Atlas rockets were quite sufficient for USAF needs. It was not even interested in sharing the cost with NASA.”
Per the official NASA caption:
One of the most beautifully depicted shuttle concepts ever. Hence, possibly by Ted Brown. Although it has a very Henry Lozano Jr. look to it as well, I don't believe he ever worked for either Boeing or Lockheed. That said, it also has a Manuel E. Alvarez look to it, although again, not employed (to my knowledge) by the aforementioned. Ugh...it's probably none of them.
Above, with the image at/per:
www.pmview.com/spaceodysseytwo/spacelvs/sld028.htm
Credit: PMView Pro website
I think this is it, inverted:
airandspace.si.edu/collection-media/NASM-A19760778000_PS01
Credit: NASM website
Also. Good eyes/nice catch (I think):
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/boeing-lockheed-space-sh...
Credit: user "RAP"/SECRET PROJECTS Forum website
What I originally thought to be the same image, except in color…has some subtle/not so subtle differences, most notably the retracted, slightly re-positioned, air-breathing engines – which would make sense – as the vehicles are depicted during ascent. The payload bay door configurations are also different. At:
i1.wp.com/thehighfrontier.blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07...
Along with an excellent article:
thehighfrontier.blog/2016/07/27/the-sunnyvale-shuttle-loc...
Both above credit: “The High Frontier” blog
However, here is the same configuration, after separation:
www.lifethoughts.com/photos/photo.cgi?id=1126
Credit: David Hamilton/"Lifethoughts" website
Hmm...no windows.
Finally, compare/contrast:
kssunews.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/space-shuttle-28429.jpg
Credit: Sacramento State/Associated Students, Inc. blogsite
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I recently went to a Gurdwara (Sikh shrine) on the outskirts of Amritsar city, India and noticed her sitting there in deep thought. Your guess is as good as mine about what she was thinking.
As soon as I took this shot she realized what had happened and quickly changed her posture and went about doing ‘Sewa’ or the voluntary service at the Gurdwara premises.
He spluttered and stammered as to how short life is, in a sad slow tone he says he's 'getting on now'. Really made me think how I don't use my own time wisely. The elderly make me depressed as it makes me think of how sad it might be when I'm older.
Kilmacanogue | Wicklow | Ireland
"Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance." - Michelle Delio
*this is what day 19 ("secret squirrel") picture was in reference to ;)
location: left ribs/hip
meaning: The bodhi tree is a common symbol in Buddhist philosophy, namely as the tree Buddha awakened under and gained enlightenment. For me, I see it as life. As human, I believe it is my responsibility to grow and learn continuously, to awaken in a way, in all aspects of my life: spirituality/religion, counseling, knowledge, relationships, everything... to never stop trying to grow or go higher.
Inked at:
Tattoos Ink
Port Allen, LA
by: Bobby 'Bemo' Barnett
"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug." - Ayn Rand (from Atlas Shrugged)
I feel like Atlas at times... that I carry the weight of many instead of only my own. I worry that when I leave my job that'll I'll burden my other coworkers with my caseload. I worry about the success of my children and families after I leave. I worry that I may cause them more harm than good when I depart. I worry that I don't spend enough time with the people I care about. I worry that they don't know how much I care. The anxiety and worry are giant weights that cause undue stress not only myself... but on those around me because it tend to show itself as undue frustration and annoyance inadvertently directed at them. I sincerely apologize. I know it's not healthy to care too much, but I'm afraid of caring too less... where is the healthy boundary?
*Much thanks to that special boyfriend of mine for dealing with me via phone in helping with the Photoshop effects. Hopefully he'll teach me his wonderful knowledge of that application before I frustrate him into oblivion...
The Word of God | "Only the Perfected Can Live a Meaningful Life"
Almighty God says, "Those who have been perfected are not just able to achieve obedience after being conquered, but they are also able to have knowledge of the work of judgment, change their disposition, and know God. They experience the path of loving God and are filled with the truth. They know how to experience God’s work, are able to suffer for God, and have their own wills. …The perfected refers to those who, after the conquering work ends, are able to pursue the truth and be gained by God. It refers to those who, after the conquering work ends, stand firm in tribulation and live out the truth."
"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination." - Earl Nightingale
It's Read a Road Map Day! Yes, I know I've been celebrating some obscure holidays here, but they provide for some fun photo ideas :)
**I found it out through the Hallmark Ultimate Holiday app, but all the same information can also be accessed through their website.
I'll bring the idea a little deeper than the surface idea though.
It is hard to know sometimes where our life leads us. Events, both positive and negative, can change the course of our journey in an instant... which can drive those of us who like to plan out things a little bit crazy! I'm slowly learning to let life lead the journey and to try and not freak out about not knowing what is ahead. My past few years have taught me that everything tends to happen for one reason or another and is not for me to control. The twists, turns, breaks, drop-offs, and more are what make my life road map unique to me. All I can really do is pray and hold on for the ride :)
on this day, i was picking up my remote~trigger, hoping to capture a moment, was completely awed by this effervescent glass of goodness!
i love how a~life thought, can change in an instant, by just viewing it through another lens... bravo!
Experience comes with time and it's really, really valuable, and there are no shortcuts to getting it. if things aren't going well, it probably means you're learning a lot and things will go better later.
Yep, I'm cracked :p
This is what my broken filter looks like... make me sad. Had a good run this morning and finished week 2 of my 9 week running program. Will be heading out this afternoon to spend the weekend with my sweetie. He's supposed to help me order a new filter while I'm there :)
I like to think I'm not broken.. that I'm whole. But, I know I am not... I know nobody is. We all get broken and torn in life through our positive and negative experiences. It scars us in personal relationships, jobs, and more. The only we heal and make scar tissue is to realize our hurt is our fertilizer to grow into stronger people. We do not want to let our hurt become acid and burn our souls... and our life.
"There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on..." - Miley Cyrus
This song came up on my random shuffle driving this weekend... and really inspired this shoot. I've always loved the lyrics to this song because it talks about the deep, personal, internal struggles that just about everyone experiences. When faced with struggles, we can either (A) give up and let it weaken and defeat us *or* (B) see it for what it is... a struggle, but let it strengthen our resolve, faith, and willpower to keep moving forward despite the odds. I try to do the latter as much as possible... and I hope you are too.
It's been a great past couple of days. I've been continuing my running program (despite the crazy hot weather, even in the early morning :p). Mostly just hanging out with the boyfriend, and us helping out my sister and her family finally move the rest of their stuff and lay down roots in their new home :)
"Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken." - Robert Brault
I look at this picture and think this: I took an opportunity (or road) when I moved here. Maybe it wasn't the smoothest, flattest road... but I took it. I learned an infinite amount of knowledge and experience here. I do not regret taking this road at all. Because perhaps if I had not taken this road, things could be some much different... for better or for worse. It is what it is, no more or no less. I was meant to come here and make a difference and impact with my youths and families. It's hard not to question what God and the future have in store for me but to just go along the road I'm meant to go on.
I should add, because I'm super proud of myself, that I shot completely on manual (which I have never really done before). Definitely not as hard as I thought!
"There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles." - Van Morrison
Getting this picture an aesthetic balance of black shadows and white light was definitely a challenge... and that's what life is. It's not either/or, low/high, black/white... it's everything in between too. If we see and live life in extremes, we tend to miss out on so much because so much will fall out of our little black and white box of a world. It's not easy to have an open mind at time, to accept different ideas than our own. Even if our views/opinions/thoughts do not change, the fact that you can accept that someone has a different one and respect it... that's the real challenge. We all at one point in our life are a hypocrite (even if we don't want to admit it), we are not perfect. However, we can be accepting and forgiving to those who are different.
"Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees." - E.F. Schumacher
The last 9 months I have been in Mississippi, I have been caught between being an acorn (what my company would like me to be so it feels) and an oak tree (what I would like to be). I like that I'm taking away the shade that has been keeping my personal sun from shining... from growing into something more. That shade is everything from my own stress and unhappiness to unrealistic work expectations. The sunshine is my own faith in myself and God that I'm meant to take another path
Goodbye shade... hello sun!
*for some reason, the clarity of this photo is too harsh and is supposed to be softer and is not translating from Lightroom to here. grrr
**btw, another manual shot ^!^
Project Soul Pancake's week 17 idea was to 'plunge your hands into soil'. I usually hate planting because I dislike getting dirt under my nails. When I read it, it immediately brought to mind the song 'Dig' by the awesome band Incubus.
"If I turn into another,
Dig me up from under what is covering
The better part of me.
Sing this song!
Remind me that we'll always have each other
When everything else is gone..."
The better part of me is the part that is happy and smiling and optimistic. I try not to cover it, even when I am stressed or strained by life. I hate the very infrequent occasions when this part is covered, and my pessimism and anger are what the world sees. We both have light and darks sides of ourselves, the question we need to ask ourselves is what part is covered and buried... and what part we expose to our world.
I did actually plant something in the little pot when I was finished with my photo project... some bright pink Impatiens :)
Week 16 of Project Soul Pancake was to memorize a poem. I picked "The Dream Keeper" by Langston Hughes.
It goes as follows:
Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap in a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
I've had a book of his poems for several years now (I probably got it around 6th/7th grade... so probably around 15 years ago), and this poem has always stuck with me as I have matured.
On each of the stones in bowl I wrote a heart melody, or dream, that I hold dear to me... that I want to keep safe and accomplish in spite of the negative and nay-sayers of the world. What are some of melodies I hold?
- get my doctorate
- visit another continent
- start a family
- go to cooking school
- become an awesome counselor
- never stop dreaming
What is one of your dreams?
"Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up. " - Allen Klein
Isn't my picture purty? But seriously, a wonderful way to unwind after a long day. I didn't go anywhere (it's Spring Break for me), but I seriously spent the day researching jobs... making my eyes dry, red, and bleary from staring at the computer.
The quote I picked spoke well to some of my recent feelings. If I color my world with a black crayon continuously... of course it will be dark and dreary with feelings of negativity and powerlessness. However, if I choose to color my world with yellow, blue, and more... it lights up my world. That brings in optimism and a more positive attitude that everything in my life will work out how it is supposed to.
Here's to being the brightest crayon in the box :)
Old Age-Old Indian Lady-Wrinkled face- Old face - Faces © Photo by Marshal.C.Radhakrishnan- INDIA-2012
"Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity." -Mother Teresa
Today was a day of goodbye. I said goodbye to my sweet cousin who was also a wonderful son, brother, uncle, nephew, and friend to many who his life touched. He was only 25 years old on this earth. I'm so thankful I had the chance to tell him goodbye before they took him off the ventilator. We definitely hadn't been close in the last several years, but he was my blood... and I loved him dearly.
Yesterday when he started to go downhill, I started thinking about love and the preciousness of life. I hope those I care about know how much I love them dearly each and every day. I even love the family members who don't claim me as family. Life is too short to hate and hold grudges (I hate haters). I respect that they hold those feelings, and I understand that we may never talk again... but I love them despite it. I have to believe that life can change for the better... I have to believe that people can change for the better. For me, if I can't believe that anymore in life and occupation, what's the reason for living? Call me an optimist... I know that it usually comes back to bite me in the butt, but I got to if for no other reason than it makes life worth living.
Much love friends. Please be sure that you tell the ones you care about.
I love you BJ.
"Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted.
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning
Back to their springs, like the rain, still fill them full of refreshment;
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 'Evangeline'
This old oak tree is not even probably a half-mile from my house, but for the twenty-six years my parents have lived there I have never been near it. She is an old beauty.
Viewing the photos, it reminded me of the poem, Evangeline by Longfellow for some reason. The story is of the title character searching for long lost love after they are separated in the Great Upheaval (or Le Grand Dérangement), which is where the Acadians were expelled from Acadie (which is now known as New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada).
Our affection and efforts are never wasted. if we even affect one person through our actions or words, we have made a difference. They hopefully in return spread it to another. This is what I hope for when I work clients in counseling, in any setting. If can help them in even the tiniest positive way, we have made a difference in their life... but most importantly, they have made a difference in their self.
In life, never look back, once the past is gone, its gone forever.. so remind yourself that you are not going that way.
"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of." - Blaine Pasca
It took me forever to figure out the picture to do for today, just couldn't seem to get the idea into physical form. Though I have no real "Valentine" to speak of, I have many other loves in my life in the form of: God, family, friends, classmates, my wonderful students, and life... yes, wonderful life :)
My heart may be crumpled and wrinkled, but it's not torn or broken. It is strong and resilient, just like the love I give to others and myself.
I happened to receive this mug when I went to a 'Counseling & Spirituality' workshop this morning. And I highly agree with what the mug states.
We continually create ourselves through the relationships, choices, decisions, and actions we partake in. We tend to be defined by them either accidentally or purposefully... but it's who we are.
"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness." - Yousuf Karsh
Nobody really knows what events shape our lives except for ourselves. It tends to be some of our darkest moments, the times where there was little to no light, that have shaped us the most in our life. For some, it may make them tougher and stronger... for others, it may make them weaker and smaller.
Part of my belief and theory system, especially as it pertains to counseling, is that our choices (and the subsequent events that follow) make us who we are. We would not be who we are today if we didn't make them. I would not choose to go back and change anything, not even the blackest and darkest parts of my life, because it would fundamentally change who I am today. And I happen to like where I am at today :)
We as human beings were meant for companionship. Without love, a person wonders through life alone how sad of an existence that is.
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives." - Henry David Thoreau
I believe that is totally true. A single act or thought is not really changing anything. It is only when we continue acting and believing can pathways be made. If we think only negative thoughts and criticisms, they will dominate our environment. Think about it... we all know someone who points out the flaws or the weaknesses about almost anything. They do not know how to focus on anything else because that is the dominant thinking in their head. On the other hand, we all know someone who is always positive and cheerful... who tries to find the good in people and situations. They let the positive thinking influence how they see their world and environment.
Which one would you rather?
In life, Don't be guilty about past mistakes as you can't change it and worry can't change your future. so stop thinking about it.
Human beings are very unique creatures. We spend half of their lives worrying about tomorrow. We live in past with grudges and pain and over think about our future, forgetting that present time is what that matters and nothing else. Whatever happened in the past cannot be changed and whatever is going to happen tomorrow, we have no clue about that. So it is wise and mature to live in the moment which is now.
#ThankfulThursday//I was talking to someone this week about an interview that will happen later in the year (for my book), and the question came up, "is this you following your dream?" And I was able to say YES, as much as I didn't want it to be, it is...and it made me realize how #thankful I am that I never have to wonder if I or WE have a #purpose, or if we make a mistake and/or go the wrong way that our purpose disappears/leaves/moves on...it remains. It's a beautiful thing to know that every face that we see and every person that we meet HAS A PURPOSE to be fulfilled, a dream to be lived...even if it has yet to be realized or accepted. This Thankful #Thursday...I am so thankful that purpose is not a question of "if" but "what is..."-Lauren Alicia, Miss GYC... The Queen of the Process P.S. I'm thankful for YOU!