NBA JAM Scott Skiles begs to differ

Marry/F/Kill:

Must be hard for these people to sleep soundly in SF knowing that their first born is gone....

Not trolling but how is Jon Snow still alive? I thought he died in the Red Wedding a while back.

Best way to avoid the Ghana is to keep your V-Card.

Is it me or does this girl need a shower and a good nights sleep?

Dave! Dave! Don't worry, just cut into it man...Ya it's cool, you'll be fine.

That is/was HispaSat, I believe via Lockheed Martin. The story behind it was that they ran out of bolts to fasten another satellite down for Thermal Vac, so they "borrowed" from the above pictured satellite. They forgot to return the bolts that fasten the bird to the roller and moved it...I don't believe Lockheed…

For station up keeping and satellite positioning fuel is used. The fuel itself is a reaction of two volatile chemicals that get mix right before the thrusters. Up to half of it will be depleted just to get the bird into operating position. Most rockets only get you into LEO (low earth orbit) so you have to take these…

Digital is slowly making its way into aerospace but it still will be some time before it has a firm stake in satellites. Two things, one it cost upwards of 1 million dollars to space qualify a product line of switches or TWTAs so manufacturers want to squeeze as much blood from that stone as humanly possible. The…

EOL was 15 years for a geosynchronous satellite. They usually can go for 2-3 years after contract life but it all depends on how much fuel is left in the tanks.

Picture 3 is a com panel. Space grade TWTAs, switches and ancillary items (couplers/filters/circulators) all line up in predetermined configuration to reduce heat and EMI (electromagnetic interference). There are essentially two ways RF signals travel in satellites coaxial cables/wires and waveguide (geometric…

Sooo Cute!!! I want a door stop soooo bad now!

I was a Product Manager for a satellite company in California. You can run almost a mile of wire in a typical satellite. In fact HNS-1 (Hughes Network Systems) had roughly 1.3 miles of communication wire. Acceptance Testing nightmare, but at the end of the day it was a beautiful thing.

Growing up in the Bay Area I never realized until much later in life that one of Apple's great marketing plans was to give local schools Macintosh's so children can learn how to use a computer. It's like a page out of the Phillip Morris/Religion play book, get them while they are young. It was probably a decent tax…

My buddy gave me 5-1 odds when I picked the Spurs in 6. I still shutter when I think about Ray Allen.

The rent isn't gonna pay itself.

"Not a prospect ruining there career"

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Top Hat to you Sir!