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At the opposite end of the Habitation Module are the sleeping spaces. Located opposite each other, there is a bed, storage unit, and computer terminal. The central tube is part of the main circulation spine that runs the entire length of the probe.
Specimen of poster type, H. Berthold AG, Berlin
Probe Nr. 475, Specimen No. 475, n.d.
Other Berthold specimen in my collection:
Proben hebräischer Schriften der H. Berthold AG, Berlin, 1924
The "business end" of an NMR probe. Samples are placed in the hole in the center and spun at ultra-high speed within a bell-shaped magnetic field chamber.
This was absolutely spotless, a very pleasing sight. An early model on an L-reg, just celebrated it's 20th birthday this month.
I love Probes, especially the 24v 2.5 V6 examples like this one. Sadly, my list of want-to-own cars is so long, that when I come to actually wanting to buy one, there won't be any left. They're already an endangered species I think. That lottery win needs to hurry up, forget your shitty several hundred grand supercars, my barn will be filled with proper cars like this.
Ford Probe, a USA Import was Sold in Australia from 1991 through to 1994, they Sold Poorly here, even with there Sporty looks & V6 Engine.
Newspaper Advert.
The interior design of the Meta Probe is an extrapolation of other Space: 1999 designs and influences from other space environments, such as those seen in the ISS and movies such as “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Interstellar,” and “The Martian.” The design of the spaceships in these movies followed a similar design ethos and considered zero-gravity as part of their design strategy.
Using two additional thermometers to calibrate the PID controller's probe.
(In the photo, all the thermometers were reading different temperatures because the water was changing temperature rapidly)
On the left is my Fluke 179 meter with thermocouple, on the right is a cheap probe thermometer I use frequently when cooking :)
The long tube running between the four massive propellant tanks connects the forward sections to the aft sections of the probe. Since it was unclear what the power source for the probe would be and the there were four large propellant tanks as part of the design, I had to assume that the engines were using either deuterium or hydrogen for fusion rocket propulsion or xenon or argon for an ion-type propulsion. Also, the Three Cylinder Section in the aft of the probe is probably more storage for oxygen/nitrogen (can never have enough!) and airlock doors. The design's modularity means that additional cylinders could be added depending on the mission.
Kathy Kitts (Northern Illinois University) in the GSECARS research station at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, mounting a Genesis Probe sample (under the yellow plastic cover) prior to data taking. Image credit: Richard Fenner, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
The panel section is comprised of a rotating module connected to two large solar-type panels. It’s never made clear if the panels generate electricity or used to dissipate heat from the probe’s nuclear engines. To address either eventuality, the panels rotate for better exposure to light or to direct heat energy away from the spaceship.
The three RS-68A engines of the Delta IV Heavy burning brightly as Parker Solar Probe travels on its journey to the Sun. The center engine is only running at 55% at this point, allowing the port and starboard cores to do most of the heavy lifting.
In this cutaway, you can see how everything was intended to fit together. I liked the idea of using all the surfaces for particular activities and functions. I would expect that in a spaceship of this size, every square inch would have been utilized. I wanted to carry that same ethos over into my design.
A 1995 Ford Probe Sports that was on display at the show.
Taken at the Geelong All Ford Day, Victoria in 2016.
8th February 2005: Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Each year on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne becomes a war zone! The majority of the ablebodied men, women and children take to the streets to play what is probally the largets football game in the world! - The two teams number in the hundreds, and the palying field is 3 miles long, 2 miles wide and has the town of Ashbourne in the middle!
Shops are boarded up, only an idiot (or an unsuspecting visitor!) would park his or her car anywhere in the town!
The origin of this game is lost in the mists of time, and it is thought to date from Elizabethan times. The earliest reference seems to be in a poam by Charles Cotton in 1683 :-
Burlesque upon the Great Frost
Two towns, that long that war had raged
Being at football now engaged
For honour, as both sides pretend,
Left the brave trial to be ended
Till the next thaw for they were frozen
On either part at least a dozen,
With a good handsome space between 'em
Like Rollerich stones, if you've seen 'em
And could no more run, kick, or trip ye
Than I can quaff off Aganippe.
Charles Cotton (1630-1687)
The game is played by those Ashburnians who were born on the north side of the Henmore river - the Up'ards, against those born on the south side - the Down'ards.
The kick-off or "turning up" of the specially made and painted ball takes place from a brick built plinth in the town centre at the Shawcroft carpark, by a local or national figure. (It was the then Prince of Wales - later Edward VII - who turned up the ball in 1928 and thus giving the game its "Royal" title.)
Our current Prince of Wales, HRH Prince Charles, turned the ball up in 2003. (Click here to download the speech he made in the Green Man prior to the start)
The game starts each day at 2 pm when the ball is "turned up" in the Shaw Croft Carpark (behind the supermarkets in the town centre). The game then lasts until 10 pm. If a goal is scored before 6 pm, then a new ball is "turned up" again and a new game started. If the goal is after 6 pm then the game ends for that day. Link to Andy Savage's interactive map of the "pitch"
The two goals are situated 3 miles apart - one at Sturston, and one at Clifton. The goals were originally the mill wheels at two local mills, the miles are long since gone, the goals now being two purpose built structures.
A goal is scored by tapping the ball three times against a marker board attached to the stone goal plinth.
The rules are quite complex when it comes to scoring the goal - the actual person who scores is pre-chosen. When the ball reaches the goal, the game is paused and the ball is then handed to the member of that team who has been given the honour of actually gaoling the ball. Gaoling consists of knocking the ball against the goal stone.
Its a bit like cricket - difficult to explain - no doubt a native Ashburnian could explain them to you better then I can.
Needless to say - the pubs remain open all day during the game, all the shops and banks have wooden barriers up against their windows and some close for the day (looks like Beirut a bit). If you did not know about the game and you drove into Ashbourne - you would probably think that there is a major case of civil unrest going on!
If you visit Ashbourne on these days - be careful where you park your car!! If you find a street that has no parking restrictions but no cars parked there - think on, the locals know something you don't!! There's a reason why wildebeest go around in large herds!!
The Balls
The balls used for the Shrovetide games are made by Ashbourne man John Harrison. The ball is larger than a conventional football and, unlike its modern counterpart, is rarely kicked. The hand-sewn, leather balls are filled with Portuguese cork chippings (to help them float when they land in the River Henmore).
The balls are usually painted in a design relevant to the person turning up the ball. The balls are real works of art and take about a month to paint. If a ball is gaoled, then it will become the proud possession of the person who has gaoled it. If no-one goals it, then the person named on the ball gets to take it home.
The Anthem
The song was written for a concert in 1891 which was held in aid of funds to pay fines for playing the game in the street. It is now sung each day at the pre-game luncheon in the Green Man Royal Hotel.
Words to the song
There's a town still plays this glorious game
Tho' tis but a little spot.
And year by year the contest's fought
From the field that's called Shaw Croft.
Then friend meets friend in friendly strife
The leather for to gain,
'And they play the game right manfully,
In snow, sunshine or rain.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
For loyal the Game shall ever be
No matter when or where,
And treat that Game as ought but the free,
Is more than the boldest dare.
Though the up's and down's of its chequered life
May the ball still ever roll,
Until by fair and gallant strife
We've reached the treasur'd goal.
Chorus
'Tis a glorious game, deny it who can
That tries the pluck of an Englishman.
The Probe returns in Starcraft II, but with slightly new look. It's a little more compact, but still appears to take up roughly the same amount of space.
