Darkprincess69
High Priestess of Slaanesh
Princess or Queen makes no difference to me - it's the 69 that's the important bitWhen you put it up, you will be Darkqueen69?
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wulf
God-Emperor
Nice work, and a really beautiful crown... just don't let it go to your head.Today is Coronation Day, and to celebrate, I have this awesome crown, specially made by my mum's partner
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The basic structure is 3D printed and decorated with acrylic jewels and fur fabric. Also, it's sized to fit my head, so about 20% smaller than the real thing
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Fifty years ago, on May 14th 1973, NASA launched space station Skylab. After the cancellation of three manned Moon missions (Apollo 18, 19 and 20), NASA had surplus material. Skylab was a third stage of the Saturn V rocket, which was converted to a space station. The launch, the last one using the famous Saturn V, was unmanned. There were planned three crews of three, traveling with an Apollo capsule, using the smaller Saturn B1 rocket.
However, during launch, solar panels and isolation of the space station were damaged. So, the first crew (Gemini and Apollo veteran Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz) became a repair crew. They had to work in an overheated space station, but managed to solve the problems. They manned Skylab from May 25th to June 22nd 1973.
The second crew (Al Bean, another Apollo veteran, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma), manned it from July 25th to September 25th 1973.
The last mission, the longest one, lasted from November 16th 1973 to February 8th 1974 (Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue).
At the time, these were record breaking duration missions (which would later in the 1970’s be surpassed by Soviet missions in their Salyut space stations).
Afterwards, Skylab became unoccupied. Unable to correct its orbit (it would have needed Space Shuttle for that, but that program became severely delayed), Skylab fell back and burned in the atmosphere on July 11th 1979.
For some of the astronauts, originally selected for the manned Moon missions, Skylab would be their only space flight. Weitz, Lousma and Garroitt would fly Space Shuttle too. Today, Kerwin, Lousma and Gibson are still alive.
However, during launch, solar panels and isolation of the space station were damaged. So, the first crew (Gemini and Apollo veteran Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz) became a repair crew. They had to work in an overheated space station, but managed to solve the problems. They manned Skylab from May 25th to June 22nd 1973.
The second crew (Al Bean, another Apollo veteran, Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma), manned it from July 25th to September 25th 1973.
The last mission, the longest one, lasted from November 16th 1973 to February 8th 1974 (Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson and William Pogue).
At the time, these were record breaking duration missions (which would later in the 1970’s be surpassed by Soviet missions in their Salyut space stations).
Afterwards, Skylab became unoccupied. Unable to correct its orbit (it would have needed Space Shuttle for that, but that program became severely delayed), Skylab fell back and burned in the atmosphere on July 11th 1979.
For some of the astronauts, originally selected for the manned Moon missions, Skylab would be their only space flight. Weitz, Lousma and Garroitt would fly Space Shuttle too. Today, Kerwin, Lousma and Gibson are still alive.
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
And today, May 15th is another anniversary in space flight. On that day in 1963, the last flight of the Mercury program, MA-9, was launched. Astronaut Gordon Cooper remained more than 2 days in space, much longer than the previous flights, and was the first American to sleep while in orbit (and earlier, on the launch pad). At the end, several mulfunctions showed up, jeopardising an automatic reentry. But Cooper took over manually and made a precision landing.
Remarkable, that almost by the day just 10 years later (see my previous post), 9 manned Moon flights would have taken place, of which six actually landed.
Cooper would fly Gemini 5, with Pete Conrad, in August 1965, for an 8 day mission, the time needed to fly to the Moon and back. They were the first to use a 'mission patch' on the occasion. Orginally assigned as back-up commander for Apollo 10 (which would have made him commander of Apollo 13!), Cooper was retired from the crew, because his training did not proceed as expected, and replaced by Alan Shepard.
Remarkable, that almost by the day just 10 years later (see my previous post), 9 manned Moon flights would have taken place, of which six actually landed.
Cooper would fly Gemini 5, with Pete Conrad, in August 1965, for an 8 day mission, the time needed to fly to the Moon and back. They were the first to use a 'mission patch' on the occasion. Orginally assigned as back-up commander for Apollo 10 (which would have made him commander of Apollo 13!), Cooper was retired from the crew, because his training did not proceed as expected, and replaced by Alan Shepard.
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
Record breaking, but not talking spacesuits this time, but swimsuits. The magazine 'Sports Illustrated' has published its yearly swimsuit special. On the cover : author, businesswoman and TV-personality Martha Stewart, with her 81 years the oldest person ever to appear on that 'swimsuit special' cover.
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Darkprincess69
High Priestess of Slaanesh
The WW II experts here will know much more about this than I do, but the Dam Busters' raid 80 years ago has legendary status in Britain - at least enough to be mentioned on BBC News today:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid
Eric Coates's fine march no doubt helped memorialise it:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid
Eric Coates's fine march no doubt helped memorialise it:
wulf
God-Emperor
Damn.... she's a fine looking woman alright.And she looks absolutely amazing!
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My favorite pic of the 5.
wulf
God-Emperor
As I recall reading many years ago The biggest problem to overcome was the type of bomb needed to do the job. They knew from experience that conventional air-drop bombs didn't work well on dams (I presume because they had to be hit precisely or wouldn't do enough damage), and they spent much time and resources testing and developing a 'skip' or surface skimming bomb that wouldn't sink until it reached the dam structure. It worked very well indeed.
The technical development aside, It took enormous courage on the part of those bomber crews to pull off that mission. They had to fly very low, practically on the water, to deliver the bomb to allow it skim instead of sink, and to do it in one of the most heavily defended areas of Germany... in a large, slow aircraft... unable to maneuver holding course. They, and that mission, deserve the heroic legend they earned.
Migoz2
Senator
D-Day... June 6, 1944
Crux-Emperor Baracus X
Rectidolor
That phrase is of course very often used in context like this, and on Remembrance Day etc., but the poem by Rudyard Kipling that it comes from (it was set to a hymn-tune, though it's rarely sung in churches these days, for obvious reasons) had a rather different message - it was God he was reminding us not to forget, not the fallen -
Recessional
BY RUDYARD KIPLING1897
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The Captains and the Kings depart:
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
Such boastings as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the Law—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,
For frantic boast and foolish word—
Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
captivecuties
Senator
Yes, they were a great squadron as well,as all those multi national Spitfire/ Hurricane groups…lots of guts, those.
captivecuties
Senator
Always The Poet Laureate
captivecuties
Senator
Little know fact that the actor James Doohan, (Scotty of original Star Trek fame) was a participant with the Canadian landing forces on D Day- got shot up by a machine gun and lost fingers on the left had which he always hid on the show.
captivecuties
Senator
Might give this a watch tonight
Been told that I have features similar to a certain smiling Scottish Bloke in the picture.
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap…
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Frank Petrexa
Tribune
Apparently it was friendly fire.
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
Brigader General Theodore Roosevelt, son of the past president, insisted in landing with the first wave on Utah Beach, despite needing a cane for his arthritis. Apparently his presence was useful, not least because they landed a mile off course and he made the decision to "start the war from here". He was good for morale, and he was able to give a detailed report to the rest of the brass when they finally got ashore. He had heart trouble but hid it, and died of a heart attack during the Normandy breakout.
Frank Petrexa
Tribune
I read that one plane had to fly the length of its target dam several times in order to hit it. Perfectionists.