Insult of the Week
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It’s time for our weekly insult contest!
Don’t call me that… it isn’t that kind of contest.
The GBU Report
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Here it is. Without too overly much in the way of fuss or ado…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly report.
A brief look back on all the happenings that have happened around here in the last week or so. A week in review, with a little bit of perspective. A bit of a “What did we learn on WeaveSnatch this week?” segment.
Sputnik 7 launched (1961)
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Sputnik 7 was the first Soviet attempt at launching a probe to explore Venus. The probe was successfully launched on February 4, 1961 into Earth orbit with a SL-6/A-2-e launcher. The launch payload consisted of an Earth orbiting launch platform (Tyazheliy Sputnik 4) and the Venera probe. The fourth stage (a Molniya rocket) was supposed to launch the Venera probe towards a landing on Venus after one Earth orbit, but ignition failed–probably due to a faulty timer–and the spacecraft remained in Earth orbit. Because of its large size (6,483 kg), the mission was originally thought by non-Soviet observers to be a failed manned mission, and later was described as a test of an Earth orbiting platform from which an interplanetary probe could be launched.The remains of the probe crashed in Siberia, where the pennant was recovered.
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the Haiku Report
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This post is the result of an automated process. Posts to this blog from the last several days have been collected, analyzed, and processed. Some calculations are performed. Some magic happens. The end result is this, a collection of haiku (of sometimes wildly uncontrollable quality and syllable count) for your enjoyment, which will be posted weekly, wether you like it or not.
Think of it as a “Moment of Zen”.
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Groundhog Day
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Groundhog Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada.
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (2003)
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The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Palestine, Texas during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.
Insult of the Week
Posted by SnatchBot | Filed under insult contest
It’s time for our weekly insult contest!
Don’t call me that… it isn’t that kind of contest.
Apollo 14 launched (1971)
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Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon.
Explorer 1 launched (1958)
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Explorer 1 (international designation 1958 Alpha 1) was the first Earth satellite of the United States, launched on February 1, 1958 at 03:48 UTC from LC-26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year and in response to the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. It was the first spacecraft to recognize the Van Allen radiation belt, although Sputnik 2 detected it earlier.
Ranger 6 launched (1964)
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Ranger 6 was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six television vidicon cameras, 2 wide angle (channel F, cameras A and B) and 4 narrow angle (channel P) to accomplish these objectives. The cameras were arranged in two separate chains, or channels, each self-contained with separate power supplies, timers, and transmitters so as to afford the greatest reliability and probability of obtaining high-quality video pictures. No other experiments were carried on the spacecraft. Due to a failure of the camera system no images were returned.
