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Hi I’m Peacekeeper Spano and I don’t floss!
Also worth noting that this isn’t America and there is no first amendment.
And all those other classic Spano quotes!
But seriously just had the most wonderful time on this show and wanted to humbly brag about it here since the majority of my friends and family have no idea that it even exists 😢
EDIT: consider this a very much less exciting AMA than Joel Kinnaman’s…
That weird smell in his suit was actually rosemary, thyme, and garlic! (Spoilers for S4)
Launch of Jamestown, and the missions before it
On October 7th, 1973, Jamestown 1 launched on Saturn V gen-1 rocket AS-513. At the time it was the heaviest single payload ever delivered into orbit. It was composed of two modules, the Habitation module and the Airlock module. After launch and reaching a parking orbit around the moon, the payload shroud was jettisoned and the active Hab module rotated to dock with the unpowered airlock. Jamestown then descended to the surface of Shackleton Crater under remote guidance, touching down safely on October 12th, 1973. It's first occupants, on board Apollo 21, would launch a couple weeks later to bring up the necessary life support and power systems which were omitted from its original launch due to mass constraints.
Jamestown's launch took place between Apollo 20 and Apollo 21. This is generally considered the separation point between the exploration stage and settlement stage of the Apollo program, separating the K-class and M-class missions. While the missions immediately following its deployment saw the tragic first deaths of Americans in space, Apollo missions quickly ramped up in the second-half of the 1970s. Between 1975 and 1982, 49 Apollo missions flew, with an average of once every 52 days, before being replaced by the Sea Dragon and Space Shuttle programs in 1981.
Apollo 16 was the first K-class Apollo mission, designed specifically for lunar habitation, returning to Shackleton Crater to do further Ice mining and equipment setup. Apollo 17 saw the delivery of permanent extraction equipment at Shackleton, mainly focused on constructing the crater lift system. Apollo 18 was the first to test the new LSAM lunar lander, also being the first mission to perform two separate lunar landings on the same mission. Apollo 19, was the launch of the Apollo Radio-Solar Telescope. During its deployment, a fault in its mirror was uncovered that the crew of the mission was unequipped to fix. This damaged mirror was originally slated for repair with Apollo 25, but due to the Apollo 24 disaster, this repair was rescheduled. By the time a new mission was slated for it, the telescope was deemed obsolete, and Apollo Solar Telescope 2 was mounted to Skylab 1 for launch in 1976. Apollo 20 was the last Apollo mission before Jamestown and it finalized preparations for the base, setting up additional equipment along with bringing up the refinery systems needed to generate Hydrolox fuel for vehicles such as the LSAM.
Hi Bob! Welcome to Part 1 of Project Grey, taking a look at the missions, rockets, vehicles, and events that were forgotten from the For All Mankind universe. This is an ongoing World Building and art project. This part takes a look at the launch of Jamestown, along with the Apollo missions that took place between 15 and 21. Part 2 will take a look at the Shuttle era and the 80s in general. Part 3 will be decided by top comment of Part 2 so let me know what you want to see for it!
Is it me or is Ed just a serious jerk?
I’ll never understand why with >!Ed gone, people seem to care about him and remember him fondly.!< He was an absolutely horrible person, and never hid the fact.
Sure, he got stuff done sometimes, but his ability to piss people off was second to none.
Please explain.
Appreciation for Larry Wilson
Is he a perfect man? No. But he loved and protected Ellen from the very beginning. He knew she was special, and he supported her the whole way.
You can say he should have told Ellen about Pam's choice way back when. But I thought it was clear that Pam didn't want him to tell her. Pam ALSO wanted her to be amazing and have her career and be president.
There were always three people in that relationship. It played out with as much love and respect as possible, given the times.
The statue of Gordo and Tracy...
Okay I just binged the whole series and I have a question. Not the usual questions about the statue either, I found those while looking up mine lol.
So my question, is it just me or is the statue in like, really poor taste? Who decided the best way to honor two heros was to depict them in skin tight outfits at the moment of their excruciating, agonizing, and messy deaths? Just because it was their most heroic moment doesn't necessarily mean the optics of it are particularly inspiring. That was a tough scene to watch.
It just feels like the equivalent of a Titanic memorial depicting people freezing to death at sea. Or a 9/11 memorial depicting the moment the towers fell in photorealistic bronze. Its the imagery I'd expect from a memorial that aims to teach a cautionary tale, like some that exist for victims of drunk driving, not one for honoring fallen heroes. I just can't get over feeling just how poor taste it is and I'm wondering if I'm alone lol
(Spoilers) The leak FAMK S5E4
Is it just me or the leak of automation doesn't really make much sense. Why is it on Helios servers, does Dev/Aleida know about it. if so whats the point of Meru base?
So many questions.
History’s unfair view of Danny Stevens
I think history is being a little hard on Danny.
>!In the last episode, Avery was asked whether she was a psychopath like her father. But Danny wasn’t some sort of crazy killer.!<
Danny saved Polaris. Several hundred people including Ed and Danielle. That’s noteworthy. He didn’t intentionally cause a problem with the drilling operation — he was strung out and wasn’t paying attention. Not acceptable, but not exactly villainous. We know he was intercepting emails, but I don’t think the world would. He didn’t actively do anything to anyone. I don’t see how those actions are that much worse than the Soviet commander who allowed his engines to be refired, and then overheated, which caused the destruction of his ship and the death of four? Astro/cosmonauts. Yet he’s a hero.
So I wonder what the narrative around Danny is now, because the ways he’s apparently seen isn’t all that representative of his actual actions. Even Danielle, who knew him well and would be inclined to be sympathetic towards abuse (given Clayton’s addictions) seemed to be presenting him in a very negative light. >!To his own daughter.!<
I mean, Kelly’s pregnancy kept everyone stranded for a long time. As did Dani crashing Sojourner. Or the Soviet’s trashing their ship. Lots of people did lots of stuff, but Danny — despite us as viewers not liking him — is unfairly shown as the singular villain.
When an actor just gets the fanbase. What a legend.
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How cool is Joel Kinnaman?
For All Mankind Season 5 Poster on the AppleTV+ App
Possible spoilers ahead.
When the second episode premiered, I watched it on Airbnb, on the host's Apple TV+ app. The FAM poster was different, and I thought they had changed it. But it's been almost three weeks since that episode aired, and the poster at my house hasn't changed. I want to know if anyone else saw it the way I did, since no one has mentioned it, and I can't find it online.
The poster showed an astronaut with Titan in the background, and if I remember correctly, there were more planets in the background. The predominant color of the poster was Saturn's colors.
Now I don't know if it was an app error, like when the news clips were released and some people couldn't see them on the app.
Just so you know, the only posters that are still showing are the same two we've already seen.
For All Mankind - S5E04 "Open Source" - Episode Discussion
"Open Source"
Airdate: Streaming April 16th at 9 PM EST
Synopsis: Alex takes Ed's advice and finds a new project to focus on: A job at Helios.
Written by Sabrina Almeida
Directed by Meera Menon
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Will the USSR fall this season?
They mentioned some independence movements and their economy stagnating (basically the 80's in our timeline tough the US weren't their allies).
Plus they are a Communist nation which is allying with a huge corporation to rip off workers. This will not look good for their people.
Just when I thought we were finally done with that.
Somehow, the Stevens family returned.
How was Jamestown Constructed before 1983?
So for the construction of Jamestown until 1983, how were the modules brought to the surface? I know sea dragon took them there but it does seem real to use the LSAM to bring them down. Did they have a lander built for that or somethin?
Okay, so as an IT guy, this bothered me...
I cannot – for the life of me – figure out what internet protocol (IPvX) they're using in this Universe. When we started our public "World Wide Web" in the early 1990s (I was there, I saw it happen, I was one of the first pioneers! Trolling for preds on prodigy.net bulletin boards was my jam at 14 years old. All those copycats you see on YouTube now, I literally invented that shit! Beside the point...) we used a 32 bit addressing system (later labeled IPv4) that allowed up to 256 unique address "blocks' in sets of 4. So basically 0 thru 255 per block, up to 255.255.255.255.
If you look at the image I posted, you'll see an IP address that breaks that system with an IP shown of 475.355.76.178
Let's say in the new timeline they doubled the capacity of IP protocol by going to a 64 bit addressing system. That being the case, the addressing protocol would still have exceeded Base-10 numbering, which would have forced them into Hexadecimal addressing (similar to current, newer IPv6, which is 128 bit).
So is this just another case of 'The Net' (1995 Sandra Bullock film) error, or is there something here that I'm not wrapping my aging IT/MIS brain around?
>!The stupid bot is forcing me to redact something as "spoiler" before it will allow my post to go through.!<
Watching the latest episode made me think about an article from a week ago.
I love Gordo, but…
This is easily the most asshole thing anyone’s said or done on this show. Coming at Clayton so hard the day he’s finally back from Vietnam in front of his wife is… really something else.
Gosh they sure use a lot of Apple Computers in this show
I guess because you can't open Windows in space...
I'll see myself out!