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Friday, December 9, 2016

2016[50]Q -- Ins-Net Qs Dec 09, 2016: Encore: John Glenn

Insomniac-Net Questions -- Friday[50], Dec 09, 2016
Tonight's Topic: Encore: John Glenn
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us tonight.
    We hope you'll discover something interesting during the time we spend together on the Insomniac Net for the next 90+ minutes.
        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
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    Tonight's topic is a Special Encore Presentation of a previous Friday Insomniac-Net.
    As many of you may know, the former American astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died yesterday at age of 95 in Columbus, Ohio (more here).
    Accordingly, we would like to honor Glenn's passing by revisiting: "STS-95 -- Around the World in 134 Passes",
       God's Speed, John!
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Insomniac-Net Questions -- Friday[08], Feb 20, 2015
Tonight's Topic: "STS-95 -- Around the World in 134 Passes"
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us tonight.
    We hope you'll discover something interesting during the time we spend together on the Insomniac Net for the next 90+ minutes.
        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
    (Please Note: The Net Controller's Answers are always CORRECT (even if they aren't every time!)
    Please check out Winsystem's Insomniac Trivia Net page.
    You can get these Questions & Answers at the Yahoo-groups' Messages Link.
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    In 1962 on this day in history (53 years ago) -- January 20 -- John Glenn became the first American Astronaut to orbit the earth.
    LW remembers watching the launch and recovery of Mercury Capsule 13 -- nicknamed Friendship 7 -- on TV.
    Some thirty-six years later and five miles away from (KSC) Launch Pad 39B, LW viewed the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-95) -- with John Glenn aboard -- on October 29, 1998.
    Perhaps you, too, might remember seeing or hearing about these spectacular American space flights.
    Accordingly, for tonight's 3 questions, we wonder how much do you know about John Glenn's two adventures into space?
    So, please choose from any of the
3 (reuseable) answers of "A", "B", or "C" (if applicable!) for each questions listed below.
    Good Luck and remember YOU are always a WINNER with us, regardless of your actual answers!
 

    ++ "STS-95 -- Around the World in 134 Passes" ++   
Question #1: In 1962, John Glenn's orbits on Friendship 7 were actually lower and faster than those on Discovery (STS-95). So, how long was Glenn's flight on Friendship 7?
        A. nearly 1.5 hours (or 88 minutes), or
        B. nearly 5 hours, or
        C. nearly 11.5 hours
Question #2: During the STS-95 Mission, Discovery orbited the earth 134 times. Thus, according to NASA, the 77-year old John Glenn became the oldest human ever to orbit the earth in a spacecraft. However, during his first space flight in 1962, how many orbits did Glenn make on Friendship 7?
        A. 2, or
        B. 3, or
        C. 7
Question #3Also, according to NASA, Glenn was the very first astronaut in history to use an on-board spacecraft computer  -- True or False?
        A. True, or
        B. False


[SOURCES: TBA]
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++  QUOTES OF THE DAY ++ -- John Glenn talking with fellow Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper at end of Glenn's first orbit:
“That was sure a short day.”
“Say again, Friendship 7.”
“That was about the shortest day I’ve ever run into.”
“Time passes rapidly, eh?”
“Yes Sir.”
 [SOURCE: TBA]
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
  [SOURCE: TBA]
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Questions = 2015[08]Q --  STS-95 -- Around the World in 134 Passes"
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Please include you name, Callsign, and those correct answers.
Good luck everyone!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Posted 2016-12-09 22:15PT
BLOGed 2016-12-09 22:15PT
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