tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post8412714620378077746..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Space DinosaurRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34670165476029655012013-10-02T17:58:58.806-04:002013-10-02T17:58:58.806-04:00Speaking of lights out. You see that Harry & B...Speaking of lights out. You see that Harry & Barry shut down NIST.gov? Tha t'll show those Republicans. Jay Deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-31504746141800268872013-10-02T16:56:12.042-04:002013-10-02T16:56:12.042-04:00Not to say that they haven't changed their min...Not to say that they haven't changed their mind, because most of their rules that we must follow are unpublished, but knitting needles are oddly one of the things that has been specifically permitted past TSA checkpoints:<br />http://www.ok.ngb.army.mil/famprog/files/Prohibited%20Items%20List%20for%20Air%20Transport.pdfDouglas2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-36805171920244747132013-10-02T16:36:09.662-04:002013-10-02T16:36:09.662-04:00I was going to say something about GLUE IN SPACE, ...I was going to say something about GLUE IN SPACE, but then I read the line about the thousand year old Vels. Ha!Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81257724866767871042013-10-02T11:07:11.314-04:002013-10-02T11:07:11.314-04:00If you look around you can sometimes find glow in ...If you look around you can sometimes find glow in the dark products at craft stores and home improvement stores. (Maybe at <i>real</i>hardware stores too, although I haven't seen one in several years.)<br /><br />NASA did a fair job of differentiating between "mission-critical" and "other" equipment some time ago, and switching to COTS gear when they could. Considering how their budgets tend to get pinched, they had to.<br />Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-88263109561386005732013-10-02T10:34:55.209-04:002013-10-02T10:34:55.209-04:00You can take knitting needles into orbit.
But you...You can take knitting needles into orbit.<br /><br />But you have to drive them to the launch site because TSA doesn't trust you to fly with them.*<br /><br /><br />BGM<br /><br /><br />*Given the sorts of things TSA seems to want to do with those blue gloved mitts it does make sense that they'd want to take any sharp and stabbies away from folks first. Any random .gov drone that wants to feel me up is well advised to remove all possible sources of penetrating trauma first.BGMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848795924399360183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35887950975127666992013-10-02T10:15:51.317-04:002013-10-02T10:15:51.317-04:00That's fascinating. I might rethink some of my...That's fascinating. I might rethink some of my opposition to space travel if I'd be allowed to take knitting needles and yarn with me....fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-29162590889242478622013-10-02T09:00:56.029-04:002013-10-02T09:00:56.029-04:00Duck Tape (the brand) has added a glow in the dark...Duck Tape (the brand) has added a glow in the dark version to their offerings. I haven't yet seen how bright or long lasting it is but it is available almost everywhere they have the big display with fifty different colors and patterns. Look between the mustache pattern and the zebra striped.<br /><br /><br />BGMBGMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848795924399360183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-57681959813582310122013-10-02T07:15:19.952-04:002013-10-02T07:15:19.952-04:00I bought some glow-in-the-dark tape from either Mc...I bought some glow-in-the-dark tape from either McMaster-Carr or W. W. Grainger, probably McMaster. Seems to work okay. Uline and Lab Safety also offer various self-adhesive tapes, dots and arrows (typically used to indicate hazards and exit routes) and nearly all of them will sell online to anyone with a credit card.<br /><br /> The increasing presence of inexpensive, off-the-shelf solutions aboard ISS is a good sign.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-45505225261400179562013-10-02T07:14:09.395-04:002013-10-02T07:14:09.395-04:00How are you supposed to read that label in the dar...How are you supposed to read that label in the dark?pdbhttp://www.papadeltabravo.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-28776672905334168232013-10-02T05:40:05.824-04:002013-10-02T05:40:05.824-04:00That looks like a generic 4-D cell Maglite, plus a...That looks like a generic 4-D cell Maglite, plus a glow-in-the-dark label and some velcro. Couldn't NASA come up with a requirement for custom made $5,000 flashlights available only from some monkey farm in Outer Expensivistan? (Then again, maybe it's super special velcro woven from the exhumed bodies of thousand year-old Vels.)<br /><br />Adding the glow stuff to mine is a good idea, all they have now is reflective tape. RX, any recommendations on which is the best glow stuff to use? Aliennoreply@blogger.com