Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:47:16 +0100 (MET) From: Ola Persson <smurfen@ludd.luth.se> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wradar! Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970210123320.11926F-100000@brother.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <199702101124.VAA24980@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > It's small enough that it's still fun for the people that are > involved, which is a major criterion from my POV 8) Yeah they seemed to like it. I guess they told you guys about the accident they had there a few years ago. It was a rocket that ignited in the assembly building smashing one technician in to a concrete wall. So the guy I spoke with said that he REALLY liked it. But that he was scared at the same time. > IIRC they were/are Vaxstation 4000's running VMS; in the anteroom to > the Tele-X control room was (when I was there) one of the old 11/750's > that they used when they were setting it up 8) Ahhh, we were about 60 ppl in that room and a guy just said something about was purpose the room served. So I never had time to check out the computers..... Wish I could have though. The NT machine I saw was on the rocket launch countdown control desk. > it; the road to/from Esrange was too much fun. (Funny how everyone > complained about my driving but never wanted to do it themselves...) Bwahahahhaha, that road is cool..... :) > It's definitely the middle of nowhere 8) Heh..... Did you ever check out how big the crash area is ??? It is like huge.... I don't remember the size right now... Also, one time a rocket that was landing drifted in over Norwegian teritory, and they immediately called in an emergency, fearing it might have been a missile from Soviet :) > Ah, I understand; you would have done the bus-tour thing. On Esrange ? No... not really. We went by bus to Esrange, and then the bus drove us to the launch area and back. > Cripes, I was there for three weeks and made lots of noise about it > both beforehand and afterwards around june last year 8) That was before I joined freebsd-chat :=) By the way.... June eh ? he he.... How did ya like our killer mosquitos ? Really they are miniature vampire bats... > You were probably off on a fishing holiday like everyone else that was > supposed to be helping us! Mmmmmmm, if you have ever been up in the Swedish mountains in the summer, up by a lake high up, all alone, or with a few friends, fishing and camping, you would have done the same.... Nothing beats that, nothing. > There'll be a few of our people there around April or so, but it's not > looking like I'll get to go again this time. Drat. What are you guys doing there ? /Ola Ps. Did you fly to Lulea/Kallax airport or did you go directly to Kiruna ?
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