Subj : Gather 'Round the Radio To : ARRL de WD1CKS From : Cube Inc. Date : Tue Apr 11 2023 20:17:45 Re: NASA Names Three Hams for Artemis II Moon Mission Crew By: ARRL de WD1CKS to QST on Fri Apr 07 2023 04:38 pm > NASA and the Canadian Space Agency > (CSA) announced the four astronauts > will venture around the moon on Arte > II. This will be the first crewed > mission on NASA's path to establishi > long-term moon science and explorati > development. When I hear news like this it makes me wonder what it was like when (our parents) were growing up, sitting around the console radio in the living room each evening, listening with wrapped attention to each news update describing the efforts, failures and victories in the last space race. Of course, this time around the average viewer at home will have access to much more information, faster, and with far more detail and speed of delivery than ever before - but it won't be the same as listening under incandescent light to the warm sounds of a tube radio emitting sound waves picked out of the air and amplified through a cloth speaker grille while those listening intently see the scenes described playing out in their own imaginations. =[ Cube Inc ]= --- þ Synchronet þ TIRED of waiting 2 hours for a taco? GO TO TACOPRONTO.bbs.io .