It appears that Voyager I is not as dead as some had assumed that it was:
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-voyager-1-spacecraft
Note that the old Voyager I thread has been cloased.
I've never asked myself that question, but looking back on the times where I've had to install cable glands using those very narrow castellated conduit lock-nuts, I'm not sure that I could've noticed a difference if there was any. In a quick look at vendors for conduit lock-huts (using Google)...
This reminds of what happened to the Zilwakee Bridge over the Saginaw River in Zilwakee, Michigan back in the early 80's. They were building this high-rise, multi-lane bridge to carry I-75 over the river bypassing a drawbridge, and one of the sections of bridge tipped out of alignment, and what...
Given it was a special weekend, I'm surprised that none of the people there were shooting videos at the time, or if they were, none seems to have made it to the web. You'd think in something like this, what with everyone having a smartphone and people's penchant to video everything these days...
Do they have it or not...
Boeing And Machinists Workers Union Reaches Tentative Deal To End Strike
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said early Saturday that it plans to hold a ratification vote on Wednesday...
Since the covering of the rook was canvas I suspect that the statement that it could withstand 115 mph wind was respect to the structural members holding up the roofing material, as it looks like it did pretty well. In fact, when I read that the roof itself was made of canvas I figured that it...
Oops, yes I always get a kick out of the hair styles in that film. Also, it wasn't very PC with poor "Janette" being the person who was working hard, but not being able to keep up with the new tech.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to...
This is what CAD/CAM looked like when I first started using it, back in 1977:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9F5zIKuLBw
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
A bit of trivia. After Boeing decided that they couldn't develop a new system, they sold off that group to another company which our company eventually acquired while we were part of EDS. While we didn't really care much about the software package itself that they had been working on, it...
McDonnell Douglas went through that same phase only in their case they went out and bought a company which had already developed a CAD/CAM system and while there was a lot of initial resistance on the part of the people that developed MDC's internal software, the handwriting was on the wall as...
Not sure whether this can be considered an 'Engineering Disaster', but it certainly was spectacular and something that has never happened to this extent before:
NASCAR's biggest crash in history wipes out almost entire field at Talladega
'The Big One' at Talladega Superspeedway made its...
Back in the late 90's, Intel developed a totally new chip based on what was called a the time, a RISC architecture (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) and we even ported our software to it, but there was just too much momentum with the old architecture, and in all honesty, the main competitors...
I still think it was more likely used as a 'test stand' to hold some sort of 'target', perhaps in a laser or optics laboratory.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
Were there any other items which you found near it that looked like they might be related or able to be attached to it?
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
Looks like some sort of 'test stand' that you'd find in a laboratory to hold something, perhaps a laser or optics lab.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
I worked for two companies in my 49+ year engineering career, and only retired because it was time (I was almost 69-years old), which was eight-years ago.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't...
Tug, is this what you had in mind:
https://www.newport.com/f/newdamp-elastomeric-vibration-isolators
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
It was just a matter of time: Another milestone in the history of the Baltimore bridge collapse:
Justice Department Sues Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse And Seeks $100M In Cleanup Costs
The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore...
