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[highfnum]

1958 space mag in good condition 

 

so dated to the times 

 

anyone see this before ?

 

 

 

[starman876]

nice

[shredder1656]

I thought everyone knew what they said about **** in space.

It's out of this world!

[shredder1656]

Those asterisks make me feel very apologetic. Sorry.

[VNA]

Could have been an interesting experience particularly with that space suit pictured!

[highfnum]

by the way

anyone know how much time to doomsday?

 

that fact will help in retirement planning 

[AD14EM2]

I want an exciting space job, where do we go to sign up?  Looks like a fun magazine!

[terraclarke]

Too cool for school!

[RalphMeisterTigerMan]

It just so happens that I know the exact day and time of "Doomsday". It took me a lot of time, blood sweat and tears to figure out...so it's gonna cost ya! Send your cashiers checks made out to Me to...

 

RalphMeisterTigerMan

[terraclarke]

by the way

anyone know how much time to doomsday?

 

that fact will help in retirement planning 

Right now, it’s two minutes to midnight! And it has been creeping up every year recently!

 

https://cdn.thebulle...k Statement.pdf

 

From the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  

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[Geo31]

by the way

anyone know how much time to doomsday?

 

that fact will help in retirement planning 

It was yesterday.

[Geo31]

Right now, it’s two minutes to midnight! And it has been creeping up every year recently!

 

https://cdn.thebulle...k Statement.pdf

 

From the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists  

I always thought that was the stupidest thing.  These guys are supposed to be scientists.  How in bloody hell do they figure to be taken seriously?

[terraclarke]

I always thought that was the stupidest thing.  These guys are supposed to be scientists.  How in bloody hell do they figure to be taken seriously?

You should read their annual statement. There is a great deal of information factored in to their appraisal. And yes, they are scientists.

[jimr2]

Well, guess it's a good thing you're a guy Michael, as apparently no females need apply for any of those "1000's of space jobs"! (and that really is a sign of the times...and that's just not this "publication" either.. I was looking thru an old--like 1958 Scientific American magazine the other day--and there were tons of ads by various aerospace companies in it all "looking for some good men" to fill engineering positions with them--again, no women need apply)!
-jim-

[Geo31]

You should read their annual statement. There is a great deal of information factored in to their appraisal. And yes, they are scientists.

It's stupid.  Meaningless.  It's a bunch of scientists blathering on about politics, period.

 

The sky is NOT falling.

[barbarosa]

I always thought that was the stupidest thing.  These guys are supposed to be scientists.  How in bloody hell do they figure to be taken seriously?

Yep, absolutely on the money. Scientists should never be allowed to think about the consequences of their work. It is very dangerous to have people trained in statistics, empiricism, outside review, provable and repeatable claims and all similar foolishness,mucking about in things best left to the generally indifferent and ignorant public and the keen minds in various capitols. 

 

Now if you ask me our nuclear arms and energy policy should be based strictly on a foundational belief in the goodness of men and on their perfectibility and a windmill in every yard.

 

 No atomic weapons, no atomic power, no atomic science thus no atomic scientists and no clock.

 

MacArthur warning about attack from outer space? Turns out he really did say that in a way during his famous 1962 speech at West point. He had a long paragraph practically a run on sentence about future things being spoken about and he ended with,

 

 of spaceships to the moon; of the primary target in war, no longer limited to the armed forces of an enemy, but instead to include his civil populations; of ultimate conflict between a united human race and the sinister forces of some other planetary galaxy; of such dreams and fantasies as to make life the most exciting of all times.

 

With a general dreaming  that way maybe those scientist fellows weren't so far off the mark. Things are seldom as simple and one sided as we might like them to be

Edited by barbarosa, 12 July 2018 - 06:47 PM.

[terraclarke]

It's stupid.  Meaningless.  It's a bunch of scientists blathering on about politics, period.

 

The sky is NOT falling.

Hmmm, aren’t you being a non-scientist blathering on about politics? I merely answered a question. You took the bait and ran with it.

[terraclarke]

Well, guess it's a good thing you're a guy Michael, as apparently no females need apply for any of those "1000's of space jobs"! (and that really is a sign of the times...and that's just not this "publication" either.. I was looking thru an old--like 1958 Scientific American magazine the other day--and there were tons of ads by various aerospace companies in it all "looking for some good men" to fill engineering positions with them--again, no women need apply)!
-jim-

Yes and Men is capitalized amid sentence! Talk about the male privilege of the times! Check out the other lurid tabloid sexist and coldwar captions on that cover! Such were the times when I was blithely living life as a third grader!

Edited by terraclarke, 12 July 2018 - 07:16 PM.

[Defenderslideguitar]

Very cool     that's a keeper       ummm   but   I guess  you have been keeping it

 

Where do folks find this cool stuff anyway    other than it was in a closet?

 

I would display it  in  my   ,,,,   dare I say it  .....     " man cave "  formerly known as my daughter's  hang out room

[clamchip]

I'll bet theres some Studebaker cub cap photos within them pages they make great UFO's 

Really though a saucer is really not the best design for space travel.

 

Robert

[Chuck Hards]

The astronaut is wearing a half-face oxygen mask, as well as a full pressure suit.

 

That's like wearing suspenders and a belt. 

[Rock22]

Well, gotta trust those medics about the birds and the bees... in space of all places

Edited by Rock22, 12 July 2018 - 09:02 PM.

[Paul Hyndman]

I'll bet theres some Studebaker cub cap photos within them pages they make great UFO's 

Really though a saucer is really not the best design for space travel.

 

Robert

Nah... best mode of space travel can be seen in this Mercury transit image I um, captured, years ago.

[TOM KIEHL]

Those asterisks make me feel very apologetic. Sorry.

One asterisk For each letter .

[jcricket]

The astronaut is wearing a half-face oxygen mask, as well as a full pressure suit.

 

That's like wearing suspenders and a belt. 

you got a good chuckle out of me