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Apollo 30th Anniversary Avatar Reenactment
Chat Log of the Event
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"Rusty1" Is Apollo IX Astronaut Russell Schweickart
We meet Rusty in the Museum Arrivals Area
Crowds gather in the CERHAS museum near the Apollo IX recreation
Rusty1: Hi all.. Rusty here.
Lord Darth Maul: Hi all
BryanA: what are you trying to say CTC?
Flintrock: Did we Go? mrvideo?
Darth Maul3: hi ryan are you sleepin over tomarow
digigardener: folks please slisten
Trexter Ziam: Hello Rusty :})
digigardener: i am going to position myself in the upper gallery
Lord Darth Maul: yes i am
"Shadow Flare": i'm slitening :)
"mrvideo": i am 98% sure we went
Derrick W: Hi Rusty, Glad you could make it!
BryanA: *opens ears*
digigardener: and then you cna join me
digigardener: and you will be facing rusty
Sir Mykol: Welcome Rusty and DM3.
Darth Maul3: koo
ChrisTheCool: EVEY ONE GET THE H_LL OUT OF HERE
BryanA: what bout tourists?
digigardener: ok all now join me
Lord Darth Maul: is nick?
ChrisTheCool: LOL
Slate: Welcome Rusty
Darth Maul3: welcome to you to @sir Mykol
Varion: I have returned
Flintrock: 98%...where is the other 2%?
digigardener: i would like to formally welcime Russell Schweickart
Rusty1: Ok.. folks are "appearing"... more crowded than space!
Mauz: hi Rusty
Rusty1: Hi mauz
BryanA: Hello Russel
Darth Maul3: hi rusty
digigardener: thanks for spending your evening (or part of it) in-world with us
Trexter Ziam: we are space junk :})
Rusty1: Hi BryanA & Trexter
digigardener: i guess this is "cyberspace meets outer space"
BryanA: hey Rusty
Darth Maul3: every one say hi to rusty
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Bonnie DeVarco.
QuietOne: space junkies
Rusty1: & Darth..
"mrvideo": did anyone know Kennedy had second thoughts about the space race?
Trexter Ziam: Hello Rusty, welcome to Cyberspace :})
Derrick W: It's a pleasure to meet you..
SunDogDeb: yo mykol turn around
BreadAddictTIMv3: ----> is not junk
Flintrock: we have more people here than there were actual astronauts that walked on Moon
digigardener: slate, can you tell us about the apollo 9 setup here as a prelude to what rusty will tell us
Flintrock: go figure
Lumi: hi :-)
Darth Maul3: AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!
BreadAddictTIMv3: Really?
digigardener: ro derrick or ben?
Slate: Glad you joined us
"Shadow Flare": Kennedy... any news on JFK Jr. lately?
Rusty1: Less substantial though ;-)
Lord Darth Maul: Bye all i have buessness Aportunities in Cricetia!
Derrick W: I'm here
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Varion.
QuietOne: Spell checker perhaps?
SunDogDeb: Mykol, driven past me twice
digigardener: maybe give Rusty1 a bit of abackground on the miuseum
Slate: This museum was bilt to honor the history of space flight
Rusty1: Hey Digi.. what do you suggest re conversing?
"mrvideo": loet us all take a moment to remeber the slaves who died building von brauns early rockets, which lead to us being here right now.
BreadAddictTIMv3: Typo checker
Slate: The exhibits mark some of the important moments
digigardener: well rusty, maybe just add your two bits as you see fit
Bonnie DeVarco: he did a recent IMAX 60 minit demo at SJ tech museum for sgi
Slate: On the second floor of GZ is a model of Apollo 9
Rusty1: Well.. I just came back from a rather sad affair in DC... Conrad's funeral
digigardener: and note that slate and crew have added "you": coming out of the hatch of the CSM, red helmet and all
BreadAddictTIMv3: Oooo
digigardener: yes sad indeed
Trexter Ziam: I remember Conrad :(
Varion: Can you remember a few of the words spoken in his rememberance?
BryanA: Are you an astronaunt Rusty????
Rusty1: However.. can't think of anyone who lived a fuller life. great guy
Rusty1: Bryan.. yes.. I was the Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by shard.
digigardener: pete flew on gemini, apollo and skylab
BreadAddictTIMv3: Really? Cool
Rusty1: Got to see lots of the "old " guys there
"buzz cut": HOw soon they forget - or never knew
BryanA: Oh cool =)
queenbee: Rusty, we get a really romantic image of you all, and I suspect that it is all true. Can you comment on being a pioneer?
Rusty1: One interesting thing.. the guys (when at the Cape) were asked whetyher or not they thought there was life elsewhere
Trexter Ziam: yes :})
digigardener: folks if you float down by the command and service module here, you will see a red helmeted avatar (model) coming out, signifying Rusty on his EVA in march 1969
"Shadow Flare": queenbee, are you a reporter?
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Varion.
BreadAddictTIMv3: Wow
Rusty1: Queenbee... guess it was pioneering.. but never seems like it from "inside".. more exploring
Flintrock: was Neil Armstrong there in DC for the funeral?
BryanA: I'm only 14 so I don't really know alot of this stuff
Rusty1: Flint... yes, Neil was there... which was unusual
"JeffM": Polka, then it'll be a REAL party. ;)
Rusty1: Great Bryan... enjoy it!!
digigardener: Rusty, what was it like "riding" on a Saturn V?
Marathon: Lokslike Rusty came out too early -- the LEM i still attached
"GothicGirl": Ôó òû, ìèñòåð Áëèí:(
BryanA: =)
Flintrock: Wow, we tried to contact him for this event.
Rusty1: Actually riding the Saturn V was quite a thrill
"Inga": ðóãàåìñÿ ïî ðóññêè? (÷òîá áîÿëèñü :)
Prickle: Rusty, ever been to Huntsville, AL?
"Inga": òàê.... ãäå òàì àâàòîðû..... âîò!!!!!
Rusty1: It was noisy right after lift off. but smoothed out within a few seconds and you couldn't hear the rocket at all after that
"buzz cut": Even though it was all built by the lowest bidder ?
"GothicGirl": Èíãà...íó è ÷óøü:(
"mrvideo": yes i have
"mrvideo": love huntsville
Slate: Was there any sensation of motion once you were in space?
"Shadow Flare": I'm going to huntsville!!
"GothicGirl": Áàëèí...
Prickle: When, shadow?
Rusty1: The main surprise was the first stage cutoff... it threw us forward almost to the instrument panel
"Shadow Flare": august 21
Prickle: I'm going tomorrow.
queenbee: seatbelts off?
"Inga": ôóóó, ìîæåò åùå êóäà?
"GothicGirl": Èíãà...ïðèâåò!
"Shadow Flare": how are you make ASCII's?
"mrvideo": rusty, what mission where uou on?
Rusty1: Slate... the "sensation" is one of floating... in weightlessness.. I guess the absense of gravity is the sensation.
"GothicGirl": Áëèí...îíè òóòà õîäÿò ÷åðåç äðóã äðóãà...íàñêâîçü...
Varion: Did anyone expect the first stage cutoff to do that?
queenbee: free fall?
"friend": I want my Ben-b-Back Ben-b-BackBen-b-Back Ben-b-Back Ben-b-Back...
"Inga": áðð
BreadAddictTIMv3: Wow
Rusty1: MRvideo... Apollo 9.. and I was backup commander to the first Skylab mission
Cheetah Lady: what is going on here today?
Trexter Ziam: I got your picture Rusty, thank you, I'll go post it to the web and be right back :})
"friend": what'a a cheetah lady?
JLt: what year, Rusty?
Rusty1: Varion... no, no one knew about the impact of the sudden cutoff.. and we aggravated it by loosening our shoulder harnesses to give more mobility.
digigardener: we put your on-orbit picture in the gallery below Rusty
Cheetah Lady: whats a friend?
Rusty1: jLt.. 1969, 3-13 March
"JeffM": Wow! Your a real astronaut?
"friend": thanks for asking...
"GothicGirl": Prixima9
queenbee: how do we see onorbit pix
digigardener: wow it was a good think your visors were not damaged
"GothicGirl": ...Proxima9 sorry
Rusty1: JeffM.. ustabe
JLt: where do you reside now, rusty?
"buzz cut": Rusty, would you go up today if offered teh ride ?
Rusty1: JLt... oh no
"JeffM": Cool!:)
"mrvideo": rusty, why won't neal talk?
Timaeus: What an honor :)
Rusty1: Buzz.. if it was intersting enough... like Mars
Varion: Rusty, I read that the skin of the lem module was the thickness of two sheets of tinfoil...Is this true? What was it made of?
"friend": was anyone at defcon 7?
digigardener: folks you can see pages on rusty's Apollo 9 experience and an earlier meeting in here at:
digigardener: http://www.digitalspace.com/worlds/apollo/apollo9.html
JLt: where are you living these days, rusty?
Rusty1: Var... probably thinner.. but many more layers than 2... about 30 as I recall
Varion: How could it be so strong?
digigardener: so the LEM was not pressurized?
Trexter Ziam: Rusty, your 30th anniversary cyberspace picture is at http://www2.txcyber.com/~tinker/AW/rusty.jpg
Slate: The lower section is like a frame with foil over it
"JeffM": Rusty, can you do me a favor? Say 'Yub' once. =)
digigardener: on your mission I guess you also practiced docking and undocking wiht the LEM
Rusty1: Slate.. the lower part was the decent stage and teh upper the so called ascent stage
"friend": nice carpet, ben!
BryanA: what kind of training did you have to do to become an astronaunt and what made them pick you?
Rusty1: Both had thin skins
Varion: What was it made of?
digigardener: (to Rusty1) sorry for the question bombardment, a feature of virtual worlds and chats :)
Night Warrior: If your interested in a club t-gram me
Night Warrior: bye
Sir Mykol: I think the foil was gold foil.
Rusty1: Bryan... I was an MIT aerospace engineer and USAF fighter pilot
"JeffM": If you had the chance, would you go again, Rusty?
Rusty1: Sir My... actually it was alternating mylar and dacron skrim
Varion: Did you wild pilot guys play any pranks?
Lightwave: Alphanumeric! IM ON THE MOON
BryanA: I saw something at the National Aeronauntics and Space museum I don't remember what it was a few sattelites w/ gold foil
BryanA: Hey Lightwave
Rusty1: Varion... Of Course!
queenbee: phew, now I have some sense of why holocaust survivors feel they have to keep preaching. Some of these folks know nothing!
Daphne: Rusty1.... Thank you for taking us beyond our world.. It's great to have you in our world now tho...
Sir Mykol: Hahaha.
Lydia: Hi Folks :o)
Varion: Tell us some of the pranks! :)
Lightwave: cool who did the avatars?
"friend": Hi Lydia!
Rusty1: The only actual gold I recall on teh mission was the gold coating on my helmet visor
Trexter Ziam: be sure to add this to your write up for the newsgroup :}) http://www2.txcyber.com/~tinker/AW/rusty.jpg
"mrvideo": got to run will be back, great stuff
Timaeus: In your opinion, how can we get more people behind a mission to Mars?
Lydia: Hi Daphne :o)) {{hugz}}
Jeanne: Hello everyone
Lightwave: this is cool
Marathon: It's I Dream of Jeanne!!!
"friend": Hi Jean!
Lumi: hi Daphne :-)
Daphne: Lydia!! *hugs*
Lightwave: and gold foil on LEM
Lumi: hi Lydia :-)
"direwolf": this is my first time here
Varion: We are all talking to Rusty Schweikert...a REAL astronaut...please respect the questions and no spamming.
Daphne: Hello Lumi, *hugs*
digigardener: Rusty do you want to float down to the hatch here and tell us about your EVA?
"friend": hi direwolf!
Rusty1: Varion.. well... in Skylab we set up a huge picture of Henry Kissinger as a centerfold (I think it was in Playgirl mag) as a spoof instead of a genuine playboy bunny
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by queenbee.
Varion: hahaha....he's a cutie!
BryanA: LOL
Lydia: Hi Limi :o))
Mauz: :p
Daphne: hey!!!! Henry was very Sexy!!!! *G*
"direwolf": hello, is your name "friend"?
Marathon: hey there oughta be an av for Henry
Lydia: oops ..Lumi ;o)
Lightwave: DOH!
Sir Mykol: hahaha, so much for the saltpeter. We float down to the Apollo IX Command and Service Module
Rusty in the vicinity of the CSM Rusty1: Digi... I'll try to float down there.. but things are pretty slow & unresponsive!
Jeanne: I wonder what the current Captain? would put up :)
Lumi: wb Mauz :-)
digigardener: ok just join me rusty
digigardener: and you will pop to the right spot
"friend": yes, direwolf, i'm from california...
digigardener: rusty is on a pentium 120 folks
Marathon: how's the join work Digi?
BryanA: so many people in this one spot that it's really laggy
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Trexter Ziam.
BryanA: Rusty do you think there is life beyond our planet???
"direwolf": I originally am from LA, am now in Boston area
Lightwave: 120???
Lightwave: kinda low tech
queenbee: i love this space
shard: Rusty1, to join, right-click Diggigardener's name in your contact list
King Tex: this your latest project Digi ?????
Varion: Please WHISPER any personal communication please.
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by terranea.
"direwolf": is this world VRML 97?
Lightwave: who did the modeling here?
digigardener: (to Rusty1) just right click on my name in your contacts and you can join
Varion: Direct any questions regarding this alphaworld to slate in a whisper please.
"friend": I spent many years in Boston, it's a second home to me..
Trexter Ziam: minus on the numberpad makes us descend :})
"Shadow Flare": Rusty, will we be going to mars anytime soon?
Slate: All the ships and some of the avatars are mine.
Rusty1: Well.. I'm somewhere near the hatch now
"direwolf": Is that your avatar with the blond hair?
digigardener: (to Rusty1) ok
Rusty1: My avatar is actually Neil
BryanA: hehe
Flintrock: what is Rusty's citizenship #, I want to make him the publicspeaker
Lightwave: very cool
"friend": as far as i can tell, i'm in a spacesuit
Rusty1: OK.. re the EVA on the 4th day of the mission
Rusty1: I cam out at sunrise over the Pacific
Rusty1: It was planned for 1.5 orbits but wee only had time for 45 minutes
Varion: That had to be pretty.
Sajinka: buzzzz! :-) Hi qb!
Crow: hi all!
Slate: How long was a single orbit?
Lightwave: my Dad worked on the LEM at grumann
BreadAddictTIMv3: 32 pplz here
Rusty1: I was first gathering in some thermal samples from the outside skin of the LM to see if there was burning there from launch
Rusty1: Slate.. all low earth orbits are 90 minutes
"friend": yes, you're text is blue-how's your mood?
Angel379: Hello All
Lightwave: these models are realy good
Rusty1: So I exited the LM over the Pacific and re-entered over Africa 45 minutes later at sunset
JLt: what are you doing now, Rusty 1?
Varion: Was there any burning?
"JeffM": Could something get burned in vacuam?
Rusty1: I'm retired now JLt
Slate: Was that LM fully functional?
Moff Piett: why are there 49 peple here??
"friend": yes, ben, hat's off for excellent design!
Crow: I'm going to be the first person on mars... I AM...
Rusty1: Jeff.. not really, as far as flames go.. but things get hot from sunlight on them
Lightwave: welcome to the moon moff
Varion: so, no oxidation, but melting?
Moff Piett: hey lightwave
Rusty1: Slate.. no, not fully. We had all systems except the landing specific ones... like the landing radar
"Shadow Flare": are we going to mars anytime soon, rusty (as far as you know?)
queenbee: so is solar radiation the biggest heat factor?
BryanA: lol
"Shadow Flare": oops, off topic. sorry
Rusty1: Var.. yeah, probably.
BryanA: that's some luck
Rusty1: Shadow..depends on some vision and a lot of tax $
"JeffM": Ahhh,. And since the sun is a lot closer there, its easier to have it burn the soil?
"Shadow Flare": LoL
Varion: How was life in skylab?
Varion: Would you recommend it as a vacation? :)
"cowlick": what the fuck is going on here
Zelda64: hi
Rusty1: Jeff... hardly! Your only 100 miles closer to the sun in orbit out of a mere 93 million miles!!
"Sunshine": Anyone want to talk ?
"friend": ...but you're procrastinating here with the rest of us procreators!
Cheetah Lady: did you feel different when you came back to earth , after being weightless?
"Shadow Flare": silence falls on the moon again...
queenbee: ah so solar radiation on Mars would be a very big deal
Moff Piett: Rusty, what are some of the orbital manufacturing and industrial posibilities of earth orbit?
BryanA: How come I can't hear the questions ?
Rusty1: Var.. Skylab was MUCH larger than Apollo... but I didn't get to fly it. I backed up Pete Conrad and couldn't break his leg!
"cowlick": it looks pretty boring
Varion: For those of you just joining us...we are talking to Rusty Schweikert a REAL honest to god astronaut...please respect everyones questions and keep personal communications to a whisper.
"Gnarfus Gtoklmew": holy ** we're cloning!
"JeffM": Ahhhhhh, it can burn easier since it doesnt have the atmosphere earth does which protects us from most of the suns rays?
"Headfull of Goo": Does any one know BEN?!
Sir Mykol: Mar's atmosphere is thin, and not very protective of UV rays etc.
"TRE": lol
queenbee: Rusty, there is a wonderful IMAX movie, the blue planet, that moved me to action. have you seen it
BryanA: lol Rusty shame on you
"cowlick": i am bored
"friend": c'mon, cowlick, I'm sure theree's a big one waiting for you in here somewhere...
Rusty1: Queenb.. yes.. it's great as are most of the IMAX flicks I've seen
Varion: Any other pranks you guys played Rusty?
Flintrock: cowlick can be muted by right-clicking on his character and select 'Mute'
"Shadow Flare": i recall something about a satellite miorror turning mars into a habitable planet. is this true, or something someone just made up?
Varion: I think the pranks you guysplayed give real insight to the spirit of the program.
Rusty1: Var... lots of pranks. One of particular interst to me was that Dave Scott and Jim McDivitt hid a music tape I made to play on the misssion
"cowlick": queenbee, too bad that you couldn't get the Queen Bee name
"JeffM": Thanks, Flintrock. :)
Varion: heh...because of your musical taste i assume?
Sir Mykol: Hahaha, that must have been nervewracking.
Moff Piett: Rusty, what are some of the orbital manufacturing and industrial posibilities of earth orbit? What are soe of the advantages?
queenbee: When I sawMadagascar bleeding into the sea, I realized what a special perspective you all have on our planet. What about earth today?
Rusty1: Var... yes, it was classical music and they'd heard it preflight lots... so I didn't get it back until day 9 of the 10 days
"JeffM": I'd have freaked! Did you think you left it backk on Earth?
Marathon: Rusty.. has there ever been a prank that went too far? You don;t have to mentio names...!
Crow: is it posible/practical to use a small neuclear explosion to propell a ship in space?
Rusty1: Moff.. that's a pretty deep subject... manufacturing... tough to get into it in this environment
"Shadow Flare": if the ship isn't destroyed first
Sir Mykol: The Orion project, crow.
"cowlick": can anyone tell me why the words here are such a rip off?
Moff Piett: do you know some websites or such for info on some industrial oportunities in space?
digigardener: ++
Sir Mykol: brb
digigardener: www.ssi.org
Rusty Schweickart floating around in his avatar (actually a recration of Neil Armstrong) Rusty1: Marathon... none that I knew of. NASA thought it went too far whenGus Grissom took up a corned beef sandwich
Zelda64: bye
Varion: Why exactly was that a bad thing :)
Marathon: what's wrong with corned beef!?! hehe
"Headfull of Goo": Who is the BABE behind me?!?!
Daphne: "cowlick" ejected.. 12:37am VRT 21 July... This is for my log record..
Rusty1: Also Gus named his Gemini spacecraft The Molly Brown for the Unsinkable Molly Brown... which they didn't think was funny after his Gemini capsule sank!
Varion: That would be MArilyn Monroe.
"Marlowe": Ironic.
DreamWeb: Rusty, any insight as to why the moon wasn't further explored by manned spaceflight, other than budget cuts?
Varion: Indeed.
BryanA: LOL
"friend": hi d-wolf, i'm right in front of you!
"Sunshine": Hi
Rusty1: In fact after Gemini 3, we could no longer name the spacecraft... untilon our Apollo 9 mission
Moff Piett: prob cause there isn't much up there of interest that is worth the cost
digigardener: i think they just brought that capsule up today
Rusty1: pardon.. it was Gus' Mercury capsule that sank
Slate: You have to be kidding me
Mekol: They did
Rusty1: Digi.. yes, I heard that too.
queenbee: reallly where did they find it
"Shadow Flare": Rusty, isn't the Molly Brown incident the reason why NASA stopped the practice of naming spacecraft?
BryanA: neat
Marathon: nder the sea... under the sea...
digigardener: yes it was brought up today, see cnn.com
Mekol: four miles down
Slate: Right where Gus left it
Sajinka: hahaha
BryanA: lol
Rusty1: Shadow... until our mission on Apollo 9 all missions after Gus' Gemini 3 were named things like GT-4, etc.
"Marlowe": Good timing
digigardener: a lot of stuff happening that harkens back to the 60s
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by terranea.
Rusty1: On our mission we named them Spider (the LM) and Gumdrop (The CSM)
Slate: Didn't read that in the text!
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL hoonest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikert...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
"friend": hi heart of gold, you're fine!
Rusty1: And.. wehn I wnt outside I was Red Rover (callsign)
"mrvideo": i'm back
Slate: Why the red helmet?
digigardener: rusty is this reconstructipon here of you on EVA accurate?
digigardener: and rusty, where were you 30 years ago today?
Rusty1: After our mission guys got pretty politically correct with things like Columbia, Eagle, etc.
BryanA: How come NASA had all these cool different rockets back then and now we only have these almost identicle Space Shuttles that can't even land on the moon or anything mainly just to put satelites and stuff up that puts a real dampener on the space proj
Rusty1: Slate... the red helmet was for thermal balance
Rusty1: Digi... let me look around a bit.
Daphne: Probably lack of interest.. BryanA. *S*
digigardener: daphne thanks for your pk duty!
Daphne: welcome
2ndChildhood: hello digigardener
Varion: The expense of landing on the moon doesnt' justify the returns at the moment.
digigardener: all the patchews are up
2ndChildhood: hi Daphne
Sajinka: this is great! did you organize this? :-)
Slate: Actually ther are still a lot of cool rockets -- I just made a few
Varion: Putting a person there is much more expensive than just going into orbit.
Daphne: Hello 2nd.. *hugs*
digigardener: rusty want to join us at the landing site?
"mrvideo": is flintrock here?
Rusty1: Well.. I should be coming out o9f teh LM, not the Command module
BryanA: lol Slate
"JeffM": I'm gonna leave now, it was great talking to you all, especially you, Rusty!:)
BryanA: your stuck on yourself
Moff Piett: Rusty, why do they want to have a manned mars mission? WHat advantages of a manned mission are there over robotic exploation? is it worth the cost diferance?
digigardener: oops sorry
Slate: OOPs
BryanA: LOL
Daphne: bye JeffM
Rusty1: I went partway up the front of the LM on teh handrails
"Shadow Flare": Apollo 10 was Charlie Brown and Snoopy, I think, I remeber alot of folks thought they might try to land. That would have been a real LOL at NASA!
Rusty1: Digi... OK
Daphne: ummm are you short, Rusty?? *G*
Jeanne: we almost lost the space program totally there for a while. really put a damper on things
Sir Mykol: b
Off we go to the Apollo Landing Area
Crowds gather at the Apollo reenactment site in MOON world
digigardener: ok folks, lets head to the landingarea
Rusty1: Shadow.. sure would have been
digigardener: you can join me
"direwolf": I read that they removed equipment from Apollo 10 so they can not land
digigardener: you can also find it at 20N 15E i think
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Rusty1.
Derrick W: Hi Digi, Thanks for making this such a special event, It's been great. excuse me but I must Go now. See you soon
Crow: Moff, I want to goto mars, that's why...plus, humans can make qucker, better, and faster decidions, and they can do someohting about it sooner
"friend": Ok ben & Lisa B, thanks for a fun evening!
Sir Mykol: Rusty, how did you handle biological wastes up there? I haven't heard of any frozen waste systems like the shuttle astronauts contend with from time to time.
Rusty1: OK digi... where are we?
Rusty1: Sir M.. well differntly on different missions
digigardener: rusty is joining us
Mauz: come to Landing Area 20s 15e!
Crow: what about one of jupiters moons?
digigardener: area is 20S 15E
Rusty1: On Apollo we kept feces (mixed with a biological deactivant) in plastic bags and brought it back for analysis
Rusty1: Urine we jettisoned overboard
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Trexter Ziam.
Varion: uh...thats kinda yucky sounding. :) Did they actually discover anything?
Mudflap: Hello Mr. Schweickart...Nice to meet you :o)
Lightwave: cool
queenbee: pollution!
Lightwave: Pixelacious!
2ndChildhood: hi Mudflap
Mudflap: hi 2nd
Trexter Ziam: 18s 14e
BryanA: hey al
BryanA: l
Crow: hmmm.. odd..
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Rusty1.
Rusty1: Varion.. yes the doctors were able to analyize the feces for calcuim and other metabolites to understand the medical aspects of weightlessness
terranea: im back
digigardener: rusty want to join me again at the LM site?
Facter: *imagines digging around a pile of astro-poo*
Trexter Ziam: digigardener where are we supposed tobe?
King Tex: Rusty ....are there any plans to return to the moon ???
Varion: How do you feel about the space program today?
Facter: =P
Cheetah Lady: I was wondering, did you suffer any ill effects from being weightless?
"moonie": sometimes my poop floats
queenbee: bye all and thanks for the wonderful evening, wish I could flare may skirt! a la 7 year itch
Facter: hmmm, whose the astronaut ?
Daphne: good night queenbee...
BryanA: cya qb
"mrvideo": hello
Rusty1: King.. well folks are now debating whether we need/should go back to the Moon or directly to Mars next.
Daphne: Hello Facter!!!! *hugs*
Lightwave: my Dad worked on the LEM at grumann
Rusty watching the reenactment of the first steps on the moon
Crow: ~that's one small step for a man... ~ one giant leap for mankind~
Mudflap: hiya folks
"mrvideo": want to ask rusty a question
Flintrock: Do you see the future of space program being taken over by Private Corp.?
Varion: Which do you tend to feel would be the best course of action?
Rusty1: Light... whatd he do, do you know?
"TRE": RUSTY thank you very much
Facter: sorry - did i miss that reply ? Just crashed
King Tex: I had heard they were looking into making the moon a launch site for Mars missions
"moonie": good night queenbee AKA lucrezia borgia
Slate: Please come to the Apollo Landing Zone
shard: Rusty, would you prefer to talk here, or to join Diggigardener at the landing module?
"TRE": and thanks to world creators, this is amazing! ....out
"mrvideo": rusty. 5% of the american public thinks we never went. why?
Rusty1: Flint... private stuff in space will come.. but the cost is pretty high for manned stuff.
digigardener: everyone please join us at the Landing Zone at 19S 14E
BryanA: can anyone hear me?
Daphne: A couple of my uncles helped create the first satellites.. *S* LONG time ago!!!! *G*
Lightwave: my dad was a machinest
Slate: Please use whisper for private conversation.
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Dave99.
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by Rusty1.
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL hoonest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikert...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
Lightwave: he also madde the tool to cut the legs
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by shard.
digigardener: better frame rate here folks
"moonie": yeah, i bet
Rusty1: OK Gigi now I'm here
Lightwave: honeycomb
"mrvideo": rusty, did you meet Von Braun?
digigardener: hello anita!
digigardener: we are at a recreation of the Apollo landing sites
Lightwave: wow
cerhas: what are the coordinents?
Rusty1: mrvid... Yes... Von Braun and I were good friends... also used to hunt together.. occassionally
digigardener: Rusty, can you tell us about the LM here and a few of the instruments, and where you were on this night 30 yrs ago?
shard: Hi Bruce!
Cheetah Lady: bye
Sir Mykol: How well did he do?
Flintrock: what was VonBraun like Rusty?
BryanA: what's the name of this module?
"moonie": it's really amusing to me to see what lengths AWCOM will go to
Internal Affairs: hey slate
Rusty1: Well OK Digi... the LM looks pretty good here
Rusty1: The square feature just at the top of the ladder is the hatch
"moonie": Rusty must be JP
Rusty1: and just in front of the hatch is the "front porch" a platform about a 1.5 ft square
Hovy: This is a national treasure of americana or awericana
Varion: There is a cylinder on the side of the bottom part...is that where the flag was stored?
Rusty1: The two triangular features above and to the sides of the hatch are the windows
Slate: Oh...
Mekol: brb
Sir Mykol: k
Rusty1: People might find it interesting that we stood up in teh LM... there were no seats or couches
Rusty1: Byran
Varion: But, even though you were standing there were 'seatbelts', no?
Daphne: yikes!!! no seats!!!
terranea: ill make some snap shots...FREEZE
Sajinka: wow!
Sir Mykol: Hmmm, but at 1/6 G, you didn't get that tired of standing did you?
Rusty1: Bryan.. no, my mission was the first flight of the LM and we spent 10 days in orbit about the Earth
"mrvideo": nice redstone
"moonie": sorry folks...the whisperers? this is a non event, and rusty is Midnight Madness, JP, Enzo, or Lucrezia
Slate: Was ther some kind of hammock for sleeping?
Flintrock: so is it true that you can't see any stars on Moon Surface during daytime?
digigardener: we are taking a lot of picture
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL hoonest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikert...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
terranea: niceee
Rusty1: Varion.. not really seatbelts... just bungees which held us down to the floor instead of floating around
terranea: have to reboot
DreamWeb: Hey, the 1950 movie, "Destination Moon" is playing right now on TCM! What a difference from the real thing...
digigardener: (to Slate) you might want to eject moonie
Daphne: ejected "moonie" 12:55AM VRT 21 July... For my log records.. MOON world
Internal Affairs: what channel is TMC?
Varion: Were there any surprises when you were in orbit?
Rusty1: Flintrk.. that right.. you can't see stars from the Lunar surface.. or earth orbit in the daytime either... there's too much light into your eyes and the pupils stop down
Chazwick: Halllllloooooooooooooooooooo ouuuuuuuuut therrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeee
"Shadow Flare": Rusty, You guys were the first to ride atop the Saturn V, that must have been a white knuckle experience. How did you feel at lift-off?
BryanA: Look mom I'm in the LM
"mr friendly 13": hi al
cerhas: hi chazwick
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL hoonest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikert...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
"mr friendly 13": hi all
Facter: rusty, do you think that the apollo missions would of been continued in some form if the russians N-1 had been successful, and they also had been able to land on the moon - or do you think that once having "proved" they could get there, Nixon would
Facter: of still canned it
Lightwave: Alphanumeric!
DreamWeb: Hi! TCM is 256 on DirecTV
Facter: jsut interested in an astronauts point of view =)
Internal Affairs: ok
Rusty1: Too many questions!! Yikes
"mrvideo": rusty. why won't neal talk?
Facter: mines a horrible one, i know . ..hehehe
digigardener: everyone feel free to do your own "small step" from the LM
Varion: Feel free to answer the ones that strike your eye Rusty, we are happy to hear anything you have to say.
digigardener: you are a popular guy in cyberspace tonite rusty!
BryanA: more like a giant leap stupid controls in aw
Rusty1: Facter.. the original program was up to Apollo 20, but we terminated at 17 in order to get onto the Skylab and Shuttle programs
Sir Mykol: <---Agrees with Varion.
Crow: ~ That's one small step for a man,… ~ One giant leap for mankind…~
Lightwave: Rusty1 is this your first time in activeworlds?
Crow: wow........
Varion: ~ That may be a small step for him...but it sure is a big one for me. ~
Chazwick: what missions did you fly on?
CyanAura: HI~!
Rusty1: I think that the program at teh time was more interested in getting into new hardware and missions than the additional Lunar science we would have gotten done.
"mr friendly 13": mankind isnt that small
Facter: understood....but there would of been more pressure to continue iof the russians had also made it ...hmmm - god i would give anything to of been able to get up there like you did =P
"mrvideo": how do i jump to the lem area?
digigardener: you can see info on Rusty and his mission at:
"Marlowe": Perhaps the Japanese will put their Lunar Hotel up before 2050
Facter: well done man, you did humanity a great service - just want you to know that =)
LaurieAnn: hi
digigardener: http://www.digitalspace.com/worlds/apollo/apollo9.html
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL hoonest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikert...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
Chazwick: cool
Trexter Ziam: Rusty is getting tired, can we get screen shot of him facing us, but, in front of the module before he leaves?
Rusty1: WE had it a bit with Sourj;a
BryanA: AW crashed
Mauz: MOON shows 0 online :)
Rusty1: Are we back?
Varion: The server is struggling people....please bear with us.
Rusty1: Yep
Internal Affairs: it shows 50 for me
King Tex: 50 here too
RustyNail: Almost there... server is coming back up
Sajinka: not everyone crashed... 52 on mine
Varion: Some of you may experience lag, or even crashes.
cerhas: 50 for me too
"mr friendly 13": it shows 52 for me
"mrvideo": take me to the lem
BryanA: 50 here
Internal Affairs: doesn't this world only hold 48?
BryanA: <-- crashes
Slate: 52
BryanA: why are we getting crashes?
"mr friendly 13": 52 here
Varion: Thank you for being patient Rusty.
cerhas: yes 52
Chazwick: 52 here
Harumi: hello
digigardener: (to Rusty1) how are you doing Rusty, let me know when you want to wrap it up
Rusty1: OK.. back to my point.. I'd like to go beyond Sorjourner and have folks virtually take part in all planetary missions
Slate: Well - we wanted to push it!
Varion: Though with a pentium 120 you are probably used to being a little patient :)
Harumi: slow moving ..
Trexter Ziam: *clap s for Rusty* :})
Rusty1: OK.. another 10 minutes or so
digigardener: (to Rusty1) we just submitted an SBIR to NASA for just that purpose :)
Lightwave: woohoo
BryanA: What do you mean by that Rusty?
Sir Mykol: One small step for Davros, One giant leap for Dalek-kind?
"Jenny": hi
Slate: Mars is the next logical step - but how?
Varion: Wow Rusty...that is a really neat goal.
digigardener: (to Rusty1) for virtual presence in upcoming Mars missions that is
BryanA: Lets charge Nasa!
BryanA: hehe
Varion: How do you imagine this taking place?
Rusty1: Well... supose that folks could have the camera on some rover look "over there" and zoom in , etc.?
"Shadow Flare": Sort of a HALs eye view?
Facter: why is mars the next logical step ? We need to get back to the moon first
Slate: That will be hard with the time lag
Crow: I've got a way to get to mars... but no one listends to 17 year olds..
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL honest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweikart...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
BryanA: yeah
"buzz cut": Of course the LEM had about 16K as I recall - so 102 Mhz pentium must seem zippy
BryanA: Would be awesome
"Jenny": Is eny one under 16?
Rusty1: Slate... yes, but there are ways, voting and all
Jeanne: it's going to make a LOT more bandwidth. I have been on half an hour and am still downloading and can't move
"Shadow Flare": i am
cerhas: hey crow, how?
Flintrock: Sort of like your personal Virtual Camera on Mars or something like that?
Slate: We could really use a Kennedy now...
BryanA: lol
Rusty1: Flint.. yes, a bit like that. If it's a time critical mission it won't happen but if there's lots of time, it could
cerhas: hey jeanne, click on the picture with your mouse, then use your arrow kesy
digigardener: well i hope that this little event in cyberspace tonight proves you can do something educational in a multi user virtual world and inspire people too
Varion: For those of you just joining us...We are talking to a REAL honest to god Astronaut, Rusty Schweickart...please keep personal communication to a whisper.
"Marlowe": Private ventures need to fill in the gaps that NASA leaves -- an ideal application.
MiNdRiOt: we almost could of had one if he didnt go flying in that plane...word is he was gonna run for senate if hillary decided not to
"Shadow Flare": The Kennedy we have hasn't done much for space exploration.
digigardener: (to Rusty1) i can give you a call after for a de brief
Sir Mykol: Off subject folks.
Rusty1: OK.. I'll say bye to all
MiNdRiOt: u know he would have gotten it...everyone would have voted for him even if he didnt campaign lol
MiNdRiOt: hehe i know sorry
digigardener: (to Rusty1) you can go on if you like
digigardener: (to Rusty1) its up to you
King Tex: Rusty ....are you still active in NASA ?????
Chazwick: hmmmmm
Rusty1: Well troops... I'll have to sign off now.. been fun... really ;-)
Slate: What about coninueing with smart robots
Flintrock: Private Ventures made the Internet as Big as it is now
Mauz: awww
Rusty1: bye End of Rusty's participation, thank yous and goodbyes
BryanA: OHHH =(((((((
Chazwick: so there were political aspirations involved
Sajinka: Thank you Rusty!! :-)))
"Shadow Flare": Thanks Rusty!
shard: Thank you so very very much, Rusty!!
Mauz: *wild clapping & cheer*
Varion: Rusty it has been a pleasure and an honor having you here. Thank you very much for participating.
Flintrock: Thank you for coming online Rusty !!
"Marlowe": *bows to Rusty* An honor
BryanA: Been fun
digigardener: Thanks Rusty for taking the time to do this for us
BryanA: *sniff*
Sir Mykol: It has been an honor and a pleasure to share time with you Rusty!
Jeanne: Thanks, rusty
Slate: Thank you Rust you made building this even more worthwhile!
CyanAura: APPLAUSE!
BryanA: Honored to have met you Rusty
Varion: We hope you had fun joining us here...and i hope you forgive my poor spelling. :)
"tp": thanks rusty
BryanA: He's gone!
Slate: Here here
Lightwave: Rusty1 is this your first time in activeworlds (cyberspace)
"Shadow Flare": Three cheers for Rusty!
Chazwick: thanks rusty ...... live long and prosper
"Marlowe": Slate, you built this environment?
Mauz: he left :(
Sir Mykol: Hip, hip, Hooray!
Slate: Waa hoo
Internal Affairs: so is their any more astrounouts comming up?
Varion: He's an important person...why not make him feel that way.
Immigration Officer: You are being joined by terranea.
Flintrock: okay....my hat's off to you Slate.
Slate: Not for sure...
BryanA: gotta get back to working then =/ bye guys
Varion: oops...that was a whisper to Taurus who asked me if i was a suckup
digigardener: well it was great work Slate and CERHAS, it inspired my efforts to get you a real Apollo team member to share it with the world
Lightwave: good job here guys
Sajinka: Thanks Digi! :-)
Varion: Thanks Much Digi!
BryanA: thanks for the fun evening
BryanA: excellent job on the world
BryanA: bye
Slate: Thanks for coming everyone - please enjoy the moon.
digigardener: give my regards to ben britton, was he here?
Slate: I still don't know...
Flintrock: not sure Digi
"Shadow Flare": I've been itching over this for some time, so can anyone tell me how much an Erin Bear is worth?
Facter: good on you Bruce =))...thanks for getting that guy in here
Hovy: THis has been fun.
Mauz: thank you for the organizers :)
shard: Does something in the Moon site name who's on the Moon team here?
digigardener: (to Facter) thanks for your support of the terence mckenna world event, with Pollen
cerhas: he was here in spirit!
Jeanne: who put this together?
Trexter Ziam: okay I have the full documentation, one photo to edit and one on the web
Slate: What was that?
shard: This is an excellent excellent world and exhibit.
Facter: any time, he's an interesting man - i managed to catch up with him a while ago =)
digigardener: i have about 25 screen shots and a chat log
Daphne: Yes.. this was very well done!!!
digigardener: who wants to make the pages?
Flintrock: more virtual than this ??
"Marlowe": Indeed.
Trexter Ziam: great digigardener :})
Daphne: you mean you don't want my shots??? *G*
Slate: Can I answer anyones questions about MOON?
cerhas: thanks for keeping a good reacord digigardener
shard: Yes, Slate...
Varion: I am available for web moderation and barmitzvahs. :)
shard: is there a page on the site that says...
Daphne: LOL Varion. you did well too....
King Tex: was this world done as a personal or school project ????
digigardener: email me if you want these resources
"buzz cut": Night all - good show - thanks for the disk Ben .... Father of nephew of Ben
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